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    Presenting the networked home: a content analysis of promotion material of Ambient Intelligence applications

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    Ambient Intelligence (AmI) for the home uses information and communication technologies to make users’ everyday life more comfortable. AmI is still in its developmental phase and is headed towards the first stages of diffusion. \ud Characteristics of AmI design can be observed, among others, in the promotion material of initial producers. A literature study revealed that AmI originally envisioned a central role for the user, convenience that AmI offers them and that attention should be paid to critical policy issues such as privacy and a potential loss of freedom. A content analysis of current promotion material of several high-tech companies revealed that these original ideas are not all reflected in the material. Attributes which were used most in the promotion material were ‘connectedness’, ‘control’, ‘easiness’ and ‘personalization’. An analysis of the pictures in the promotion material showed that almost half of the pictures contained no humans but appliances. These results only partly correspond to the original vision on AmI, since the emphasis is now on technology. The results represent a serious problem, since both users, as well as critical policy issues are underexposed in the current promotion material

    Machine Understanding of Human Behavior

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    A widely accepted prediction is that computing will move to the background, weaving itself into the fabric of our everyday living spaces and projecting the human user into the foreground. If this prediction is to come true, then next generation computing, which we will call human computing, should be about anticipatory user interfaces that should be human-centered, built for humans based on human models. They should transcend the traditional keyboard and mouse to include natural, human-like interactive functions including understanding and emulating certain human behaviors such as affective and social signaling. This article discusses a number of components of human behavior, how they might be integrated into computers, and how far we are from realizing the front end of human computing, that is, how far are we from enabling computers to understand human behavior

    Chata Sia “I am Choctaw”. Using Images as a Methodology for Cultural and Technological Discourse

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    Unlike positivist quantitative designs, many qualitative researchers tend to dive right into data collection without benefit of an exploratory study or other pilot study. The purpose of this paper is twofold: (1) to share an image-based methodology adapted from a community strategic planning process and applied to an exploratory study of one native American tribes reaction to cultural images and\ud ICT’s, and (2) to share the many benefits of a pilot study in advance of a larger qualitative research study, including opportunities for discourse around ICT’s in relation to local culture

    Construction IT in 2030: a scenario planning approach

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    Summary: This paper presents a scenario planning effort carried out in order to identify the possible futures that construction industry and construction IT might face. The paper provides a review of previous research in the area and introduces the scenario planning approach. It then describes the adopted research methodology. The driving forces of change and main trends, issues and factors determined by focusing on factors related to society, technology, environment, economy and politics are discussed. Four future scenarios developed for the year 2030 are described. These scenarios start from the global view and present the images of the future world. They then focus on the construction industry and the ICT implications. Finally, the preferred scenario determined by the participants of a prospective workshop is presented

    ACII 2009: Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction. Proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium 2009

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    Kehollistuneet vuorovaikutuskoreografiat. Kinesteettinen lÀhestymistapa ÀlykkÀiden ympÀristöjen suunnitteluun

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    Research investigates interaction design through application of the concept of choreography. Special attention is paid to assess what kind of influences technological designs have on the user’s body and movements. Choreographic approach to interaction design emphasizes the felt experience of movement as content to interaction design and offers methods for conducting multi-level choreographic analysis. The concept of kinesthesia, which refers to the felt sensation of movement, is regarded as the foundational concept for both understanding and realizing the choreographic analysis. Choreographic method is applied in studying a future vision of intelligent information and communication environments. Intelligent environment refers to development where objects in everyday environments become connected and form a communicating-actuating network that possess abilities to collect information on the environment and of its users, and enables processing of this information for serving the user’s needs. The research data consists of two visions on intelligent environments in video format, introduced by Microsoft. Visions are analyzed through choreographic analysis with intention to investigate interactions between the user, the intelligent environment and the computer system. Micro level choreography analysis focuses on how the user experiences choreographies as movement continuums. Also local level choreographies that address the broader interaction context will be analyzed. Task based analysis focuses on two functions, first, sending and fetching digital information and, second, real time re-modelling of data and visualizations. Phenomenological methodology that enabled embodiment of the choreographies through dancing was applied in the analysis. Dancing aimed at internalizing the choreographies and enabled the analysis of felt sensation of movement. Key finding of the study is that choreographic analysis and hermeneutics of the body work well to be utilized in tandem in conducting a case study research on intelligent ICT environments. Dancing is considered as choreographic practice that provides understanding on the unfolding of interactions in space, time and movement. Furthermore, dancing integrates the designer’s explicit technological information to the design context and highlights the kinesthetic dimension of interaction. Presented methods provide relevant support for defining technological systems in intelligent ICT environments that are grounded in the embodied experience of interaction. I suggest that ‘dancing as choreographic practice’ is to be applied in user-centered design of intelligent information and communication environments.Tutkimus tarkastelee vuorovaikutussuunnittelua koreografian kĂ€sitteen kautta. Koreografinen lĂ€hestymistapa tarkastelee teknologian kokonaisvaltaista ohjausvaikutusta kĂ€yttĂ€jĂ€n liikkeeseen teknologian kĂ€yttötilanteessa. Koreografinen suunnitteluote korostaa liikkeen kokemuksen huomioimisen tĂ€rkeyttĂ€ vuorovaikutussuunnittelussa ja tarjoaa menetelmiĂ€ monitasoisen vuorovaikutusanalyysin toteuttamiseen. Kinestesian kĂ€site, jolla tarkoitetaan liikkeen kokemista kehossa, nousee yhdeksi koreografisen lĂ€hestymistavan keskeisistĂ€ kĂ€sitteistĂ€. Sovellan koreografista menetelmÀÀ tulevaisuuden Ă€lykĂ€stĂ€ informaatio- ja kommunikaatioympĂ€ristöÀ kuvaavan vision tutkimiseen. ÄlykkÀÀllĂ€ ympĂ€ristöllĂ€ viittaan kehityskulkuun, jossa jokapĂ€ivĂ€isissĂ€ ympĂ€ristöissĂ€mme lĂ€snĂ€ oleva teknologia verkottuu, kykenee kerÀÀmÀÀn ja jakamaan tietoa ympĂ€ristöstĂ€ ja kĂ€yttĂ€jistĂ€ sekĂ€ mahdollistaa tiedon jalostuksen kĂ€yttĂ€jĂ€n tarpeita palvelevalla tavalla. Aineistona on kĂ€ytetty Microsoftin teknologiavisioita, joissa esitetyt kuvaukset Ă€lykkĂ€istĂ€ ympĂ€ristöistĂ€ sekĂ€ esimerkit kĂ€yttĂ€jĂ€n ja teknologian vĂ€lisistĂ€ liikkeellisistĂ€ vuorovaikutuksista nousevat analyysin kohteeksi. Analyysissa keskitytÀÀn ensinnĂ€kin kĂ€yttĂ€jĂ€n toteuttamien mikroliikkeiden jatkumon kokemuksen analyysiin. Toiseksi analysoidaan yksilön kokemusta paikallisen tason koreografioissa. TĂ€llĂ€ analyysitasolla huomiota kiinnitetÀÀn teknologista vuorovaikutusta laajemman vuorovaikutustapahtuman kontekstiin jolloin mm. sosiaaliset tapahtumat ja tilan vaikutus vuorovaikutukseen tulevat huomioiduksi. Analyysi toteutetaan tehtĂ€vĂ€perusteisena ja analyysi kĂ€sittÀÀ kaksi toimintoa: tiedostojen jakaminen ja vastaanottaminen sekĂ€ datan ja visualisointien muokkaus. Toteutin tutkimuksen nojaten fenomenologiseen metodologiaan, joka mahdollisti koreografioiden henkilökohtaisen omaksumisen tanssin eli tutkimuksen kohteena olevien vuorovaikutustapojen kehollisen harjoittamisen kautta. Teknologiavisioissa esitetyn liikemateriaalin perusteella jĂ€sentyi koreografia, jonka tanssiminen mahdollisti liiketiedon sisĂ€istĂ€misen ja vuorovaikutusten kehollisesti koettujen ulottuvuuksien arvioinnin. Tutkimus osoitti koreografisen analyysin ja osittain tanssimalla toteutetun ruumiin hermeneuttisen lĂ€hestymistavan soveltuvan hyvin sovellettavaksi yhdessĂ€ Ă€lykĂ€stĂ€ ympĂ€ristöÀ kĂ€sittelevĂ€ssĂ€ tapaustutkimuksessa. Tutkimuksen johtopÀÀtöksenĂ€ koreografisen menetelmĂ€n ja vuorovaikutusten kehollisen harjoittamisen todetaan auttavan suunnittelijaa tilassa, ajassa ja liikkeessĂ€ tapahtuvien vuorovaikutusten jĂ€sentĂ€misessĂ€, ja arvioimaan miten teknologisen jĂ€rjestelmĂ€n suunnitteluratkaisut vaikuttavat kĂ€yttĂ€jĂ€n kehoon ja liikkeeseen vuorovaikutustapahtumassa. EsitĂ€n ’tanssimista koreografisena kĂ€ytĂ€ntönÀ’ sovellettavaksi Ă€lykkĂ€iden ympĂ€ristöjen kĂ€yttĂ€jĂ€keskeisen suunnittelun menetelmĂ€nĂ€

    Machine Analysis of Facial Expressions

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