We address the problem of collecting a database of "common-sense facts" using a computer game. Informally, a common-sense fact is a true statement about the world that i...
Email consumes significant time and attention in the workplace. We conducted an organizational survey to understand how and why people attend to incoming email messages. We examin...
Laura A. Dabbish, Robert E. Kraut, Susan R. Fussel...
SwissQM is a novel sensor network platform for acquiring data from the real world. Instead of statically hand-crafted programs, SwissQM is a virtual machine capable of executing b...
Donald Kossmann, Gustavo Alonso, Jan S. Rellermeye...
Nearly all components that comprise modern information technology, such as Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) environments,...
Ubiquitous computing has fueled the idea of constructing sentient, information-rich "smart spaces" that extend the boundaries of traditional computing to encompass physi...
Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Anand Ranganathan, Roy H. Campbe...