UbiComp 2006: Ubiquitous Computing: 8th International Conference, UbiComp 2006, Orange County, CA, USA, September 17-21, 2006, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4206)

Fifteen years after the publication of Weiser’s seminal paper in Scientific American, ubiquitous computing is a large, thriving field of academic research and commercial innovation. The proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous C- puting reflect the strength, diversity and vigor of the research program that Weiser initiated. We hope that you will find much in the papers contained herein to stimulate new and exciting work as we reach forward toward ubiquitous computing together. The location of the conference, in Orange County, California, was particularly - posite given recent directions in the field. A Pacific Rim location linked the conf- ence to last year’s venue in Tokyo, Japan, and provided an appropriate space to reflect on the different implementations and visions of ubiquitous computing in d- ferent parts of the world. Two significant elements of local industry – the software industry and the entertainment industry – reflect concerns heavily represented in - cent research in ubiquitous computing, with mobile and ubiquitous gaming, for - stance, an obvious link. The unique metropolitan setting of the Los Angeles region provided a useful setting in which to develop research agendas in urban computing. Finally, while there are no papers in the proceedings on surfing-based Ubicomp, the cultural focus on healthy lifestyles in Southern California relates to concerns with aging and health as important application areas for ubiquitous computing technologies and solutions. Frontmatter A Quantitative Method for Revealing and Comparing Places in the Home Principles of Smart Home Control Historical Analysis: Using the Past to Design the Future Extending Authoring Tools for Location-Aware Applications with an Infrastructure Visualization Layer Automated Generation of Basic Custom Sensor-Based Embedded Computing Systems Guided by End-User Optimization Criteria An Experimental Comparison of Physical Mobile Interaction Techniques: Touching, Pointing and Scanning An Exploratory Study of How Older Women Use Mobile Phones Farther Than You May Think: An Empirical Investigation of the Proximity of Users to Their Mobile Phones {\itshape No More SMS from Jesus:} Ubicomp, Religion and Techno-spiritual Practices Scribe4Me: Evaluating a Mobile Sound Transcription Tool for the Deaf SenseCam: A Retrospective Memory Aid Development of a Privacy Addendum for Open Source Licenses: Value Sensitive Design in Industry Mobility Detection Using Everyday GSM Traces Practical Metropolitan-Scale Positioning for GSM Phones Predestination: Inferring Destinations from Partial Trajectories Fish'n'Steps: Encouraging Physical Activity with an Interactive Computer Game Hitchers: Designing for Cellular Positioning Embedding Behavior Modification Strategies into a Consumer Electronic Device: A Case Study Instrumenting the City: Developing Methods for Observing and Understanding the Digital Cityscape Voting with Your Feet: An Investigative Study of the Relationship Between Place Visit Behavior and Preference Lo-Fi Matchmaking: A Study of Social Pairing for Backpackers Experiences from Real-World Deployment of Context-Aware Technologies in a Hospital Environment Doing Community: Co-construction of Meaning and Use with Interactive Information Kiosks Moving on from Weiser's Vision of Calm Computing: Engaging UbiComp Experiences Ferret: RFID Localization for Pervasive Multimedia PowerLine Positioning: A Practical Sub-Room-Level Indoor Location System for Domestic Use UbiREAL: Realistic Smartspace Simulator for Systematic Testing Instant Matchmaking: Simple and Secure Integrated Ubiquitous Computing Environments A Wirelessly-Powered Platform for Sensing and Computation Automated Application-Specific Tuning of Parameterized Sensor-Based Embedded System Building Blocks Backmatter

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2006, held in Orange County, CA, USA in September 2006.

The 30 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 232 submissions. The papers address all current issues in the area of ubiquitous, pervasive and handheld computing systems and their applications including topics like: improving natural interaction (applied sensing, fusion and reasoning, AI and speech technologies for Ubicomp, increasing machine understanding of human action and vice versa), constructing ubicomp systems (systems and toolkit support for constructing, maintaining and deploying and prototyping ubicomp environments), embedding computation (novel user interfaces, computational and sensing, actuator platforms, assistive technologies, applied to ubicomp), understanding ubicomp and its consequences (conceptual models, lessons learnt, user studies and results from ubicomp experiments), deploying ubicomp technologies (privacy, security, and trust, real-world and deployment experiences, studies of ubicomp settings).

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2006. The book presents 30 revised full papers, carefully reviewed and selected from 232 submissions. The papers address all current issues in the area of ubiquitous, pervasive and handheld computing systems and their applications. Topics include improving natural interaction, constructing ubicomp systems, embedding computation, understanding ubicomp and its consequences, and deploying ubicomp technologies.