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. Front Matter....Pages - A Quantitative Method for Revealing and Comparing Places in the Home....Pages 1-18 Principles of Smart Home Control....Pages 19-34 Historical Analysis: Using the Past to Design the Future....Pages 35-51 Extending Authoring Tools for Location-Aware Applications with an Infrastructure Visualization Layer....Pages 52-68 Automated Generation of Basic Custom Sensor-Based Embedded Computing Systems Guided by End-User Optimization Criteria....Pages 69-86 An Experimental Comparison of Physical Mobile Interaction Techniques: Touching, Pointing and Scanning....Pages 87-104 An Exploratory Study of How Older Women Use Mobile Phones....Pages 105-122 Farther Than You May Think: An Empirical Investigation of the Proximity of Users to Their Mobile Phones....Pages 123-140 No More SMS from Jesus: Ubicomp, Religion and Techno-spiritual Practices....Pages 141-158 Scribe4Me: Evaluating a Mobile Sound Transcription Tool for the Deaf....Pages 159-176 SenseCam: A Retrospective Memory Aid....Pages 177-193 Development of a Privacy Addendum for Open Source Licenses: Value Sensitive Design in Industry....Pages 194-211 Mobility Detection Using Everyday GSM Traces....Pages 212-224 Practical Metropolitan-Scale Positioning for GSM Phones....Pages 225-242 Predestination: Inferring Destinations from Partial Trajectories....Pages 243-260 Fish’n’Steps: Encouraging Physical Activity with an Interactive Computer Game....Pages 261-278 Hitchers: Designing for Cellular Positioning....Pages 279-296 Embedding Behavior Modification Strategies into a Consumer Electronic Device: A Case Study....Pages 297-314 Instrumenting the City: Developing Methods for Observing and Understanding the Digital Cityscape....Pages 315-332 Voting with Your Feet: An Investigative Study of the Relationship Between Place Visit Behavior and Preference....Pages 333-350 Lo-Fi Matchmaking: A Study of Social Pairing for Backpackers....Pages 351-368 Experiences from Real-World Deployment of Context-Aware Technologies in a Hospital Environment....Pages 369-386 Doing Community: Co-construction of Meaning and Use with Interactive Information Kiosks....Pages 387-403 Moving on from Weiser’s Vision of Calm Computing: Engaging UbiComp Experiences....Pages 404-421 Ferret: RFID Localization for Pervasive Multimedia....Pages 422-440 PowerLine Positioning: A Practical Sub-Room-Level Indoor Location System for Domestic Use....Pages 441-458 UbiREAL: Realistic Smartspace Simulator for Systematic Testing....Pages 459-476 Instant Matchmaking: Simple and Secure Integrated Ubiquitous Computing Environments....Pages 477-494 A Wirelessly-Powered Platform for Sensing and Computation....Pages 495-506 Automated Application-Specific Tuning of Parameterized Sensor-Based Embedded System Building Blocks....Pages 507-524 Back Matter....Pages -

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.