Adjunct Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers

The proposed workshop envisions the idea of Pervasive Participation, forms of advanced citizen e-participation based on the pervasive computing paradigm utilizing latest mobile technology such as feature-rich smartphones and appliances embedded in today&rsquo;s technically enriched urban surroundings. Opportunities reach from using today&rsquo;s sensing, communication and display features of smartphones, wearable gadgets including smartwatches and glasses, up to instrumented environments with interactive walls. Pervasive Participation is an inherently interdisciplinary research endeavor requiring expertise from disciplines such as pervasive and mobile computing, human-computer interaction, social sciences as well as political sciences. We will select participants based on submitted position papers describing their research on advanced citizen e-participation. Together with them, we seek to discuss the requirements, opportunities, challenges and impact of such novel citizen e-participation concepts. This workshop is planned as a one-day workshop containing presentation sessions and an interactive brainstorming session and breakout activity for identifying relevant issues and upcoming research challenges. Based on the collected contributions, we will try to create a research roadmap for Pervasive Participation and to explore opportunities for future work and collaborations.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p

Development of a Structured Reactor System for CO 2 Methanation under Dynamic Operating Conditions

Herein, the use of an additively manufactured rack‐type reactor for CO2 methanation under dynamic operating conditions is proposed. In detail, CO2 methanation using an additively manufactured structured reactor (catalyst: 2.5 wt% Ru/Al2O3/MgO) is reported. The dynamic operation is simulated by changing the reactant flow rates (loads) based on the operation strategy of an electrolyzer connected to a wind farm. Due to the high heat conductivity of the metallic structures, temperature hotspots related to load variations are avoided efficiently. In the test rig, these structured reaction systems reach equilibrium CO2‐conversions with only minor axial temperature gradients for various loads and thus offer a high potential for the dynamic operation of exothermic gas‐phase processes

AutomationXP 2023: Intervening, Teaming, Delegating - Creating Engaging Automation Experiences, Proceedings of the Workshop on Intervening, Teaming, Delegating, co-located with the ACM CHI 2023

Proceedings of the Workshop on Intervening, Teaming, Delegating co-located with the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023), Hamburg, Germany, April 23, 2023International audienc

Bladder Tumor Recurrence after Primary Surgery for Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract

Objective: Primary transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the upper urinary tract represents 6–8% of all TCC cases. Nephroureterectomy with removal of a bladder cuff is the treatment of choice. The rates of TCC recurrence in the bladder after primary upper urinary tract surgery described in the literature range between 12.5 and 37.5%. In a retrospective analysis we examined the occurrence of TCC after nephroureterectomy for upper tract TCC in patients without a previous history of bladder TCC at the time of surgery. Methods: Between 1990 and 2002, 29 patients underwent primary nephroureterectomy for upper tract TCC. The mean age of the patients was 69.5 years. In 5 cases upper urinary tract tumors were multilocular, in the remaining cases unilocular in the renal pelvis (n = 12) or the ureter (n = 12). The follow-up was available for 29 patients with a mean follow-up of 3.37 (0.1–11.2) years. Results: 11/29 (37.9%) patients had TCC recurrence with 9/11 patients having bladder TCC diagnosed within 2.5 years (0.9–6.0) after nephroureterectomy. 13/29 patients are alive without TCC recurrence, 3/29 patients died due to systemic TCC progression and 5/29 died of unrelated causes without evidence of TCC recurrence. Conclusion: Our data indicate a high incidence of bladder TCC after nephroureterectomy for primary upper tract TCC of up to 6 years after primary surgery. Because of the high incidence of bladder TCC within the first 3 years of surgery, careful follow-up is needed over at least this period.Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich

Intervening, Teaming, Delegating: Creating Engaging Automation Experiences

International audienceAutomated systems are becoming common in private, public and professional life. Given their increasing ubiquity and availability to a growing diversity of users, it is important to explore requirements, design principles, and user experience factors across application sectors and scientific disciplines. This workshop provides a forum for researchers and practitioners active in the field of "Automation Experience". In a keynote talk, a poster madness, discussions, and hands-on sessions, the participants will explore and discuss specific opportunities and challenges related to future forms of engagement with an increasing number of automated entities (automations). To this end, the focus topics for the workshop comprise (1) novel ways for monitoring of and intervening with increasingly intelligent agents and artifacts, (2) collaborative interaction to support teaming up and cooperation among humans and automations, and (3) orchestration and delegation of increasingly complex tasks to smart spaces. The results of the workshop are a set of research ideas and drafts of joint research initiatives to drive further automation experience research in a collaborative and interdisciplinary manner

AutomationXP 2021: Automation Experience at the Workplace 2021: Proceedings of the Workshop on Automation Experience at the Workplace, co-located with the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2021), Online Workshop (originally Yokohama, Japan), May 7, 2021

International audiencePreface AutomationXP 2021 - Automation pervades manifold workplaces taking up an increasing part of human tasks and transforming work dramatically. It emerges in different appearances (e.g., from scripted tasks over digital agents to physical robots) with various scopes (e.g., office,production, maintenance).This online workshop focusedon skilled workers and professionals who increasingly encounter new forms of automation in specialized and demanding workplace environments. Taking a human-centered perspective, opportunities and challenges for establishing effective forms of collaboration and for building up meaningful relationships with automated systems wereexplored.The workshop addressedthe following pressing human-oriented challenges in the field of automation at workplaces:•Encountering Workplace Automation•Collaborating with Workplace Automation•Building Meaningful RelationshipsParticipants wereasked to submit position papersdescribing their recent or future work in the field of ‘automation experience at the workplace’. Overall, 13papers were accepted by an expert committee for presentation.Since CHI 2021could not be held physicallydueto the pandemic situation, the workshop was held virtually.Previous activities of the ‘Everyday Automation Experience’initiativeinclude theWorkshop on Automation Experience across Domainsat CHI'20,the Workshop on Everyday Automation Experienceat CHI’19 and the Personal and Ubiquitous Computing theme issue on ‘Everyday Automation Experiences’including Everyday Automation Experience: a Research Agenda. July 202

CEUR Workshop Proceedings 2700, CEUR-WS.org 2020

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Automation Experience across Domains: Designing for Intelligibility, Interventions, Interplay and Integrity

International audienceAutomation takes up an increasingly important role in everyday life. The objective of the workshop is to provide a forum for a holistic view on design foundations for automated systems in everyday private, public and professional surroundings. We conceive the workshop as an interdisciplinary forum for user-centered design and research, taking inspiration from diverse problem areas and application fields. Given their current relevance for automation experience, four key aspects (intelligibility, interventions, interplay, and integrity) will be addressed in expert talks, participant presentations and group-wise creative thinking exercises. The workshop will provide a further step towards a research agenda for comprehensive design and research approaches that provide a transfer and consolidation across different application domains, user requirements and system capabilities

Engaging with Automation : Understanding and Designing for Operation, Appropriation, and Behaviour Change

| openaire: EC/H2020/101006817/EU//AWARDAutomation has been permeating our everyday lives in various facets. Given both the ubiquity and, in many cases, the indispensability of ubiquitous automated systems, creating engaging experiences with them becomes increasingly relevant. This workshop provides a platform for researchers and practitioners working on (semi-) automated systems and their user experience and allows for cross-discipline networking and knowledge transfer. In a keynote talk, paper presentations, discussions, and hands-on sessions, the participants will explore and discuss user engagement with automation for operation, appropriation, and change. The results of the workshop are a set of research ideas and drafts of joint research projects to drive further automation experience research in a collaborative interdisciplinary manner.Non peer reviewe