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People with episodic memory impairment (EMI) lack an awareness of the actions, events and experiences of their everyday lives. This often results in confu People with episodic memory impairment (EMI) lack an awareness of the actions, events and experiences of their everyday lives. This often results in confusion, depression, impaired decision-making, an ...

Context-aware systems adapt to users’ context of use. We are investigating novel interaction techniques to support end-users in building their own context Context-aware systems adapt to users’ context of use. We are investigating novel interaction techniques to support end-users in building their own context-aware applications. In particular, we are sup ...

MOVE (Maps Optimized for Vehicular Environments) is an in-car navigation system that provides assistance for drivers who are navigating an unfamiliar rout MOVE (Maps Optimized for Vehicular Environments) is an in-car navigation system that provides assistance for drivers who are navigating an unfamiliar route. It overcomes the limitation of current syst ...

Project description: Proximity generally increases the likelihood of personal and work relationships, and geographic mobility disrupts them. Is this true Project description: Proximity generally increases the likelihood of personal and work relationships, and geographic mobility disrupts them. Is this true in the Internet age? This research examines ho ...

CareMedia uses behavioral capture, storage, and access techniques to create, maintain, and present a patient’s behavioral log to care-givers. Our current CareMedia uses behavioral capture, storage, and access techniques to create, maintain, and present a patient’s behavioral log to care-givers. Our current focus is using video and audio capture to trac ...

This project focuses on supporting the wakeup routine of dual-income parents. One of the first pieces we are focusing on is an alarm clock that helps keep This project focuses on supporting the wakeup routine of dual-income parents. One of the first pieces we are focusing on is an alarm clock that helps keep small children from waking their parents in t ...

inTouch is a mobile messaging platform that provides group-based communities (such as families, research work groups, carpools, etc) a better way to coord inTouch is a mobile messaging platform that provides group-based communities (such as families, research work groups, carpools, etc) a better way to coordinate tasks, maintain a sense of shared awaren ...

StepGreen is an umbrella project that brings together faculty and research from several disciplines including behavioral science, environmental engineerin StepGreen is an umbrella project that brings together faculty and research from several disciplines including behavioral science, environmental engineering, and computer science. Our ultimate goal is ...

We are working to create graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that automatically detect a user’s needs in order to automatically adjust the interface to accom We are working to create graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that automatically detect a user’s needs in order to automatically adjust the interface to accommodate them. We are focusing our efforts on un ...

The goal of Marmite is to make it easy to create "mashups" that combine content from multiple web sites and web services. Marmite lets end-users extract c The goal of Marmite is to make it easy to create "mashups" that combine content from multiple web sites and web services. Marmite lets end-users extract content from web pages, process it in a data-fl ...

Systems enabling large audiences to interact offer numerous possibilities for entertainment, education, and team building. We are developing interaction t Systems enabling large audiences to interact offer numerous possibilities for entertainment, education, and team building. We are developing interaction techniques that allow the members of a large au ...

People who engage regularly with technology interact with hundreds of visual, auditory, and multimodal displays each day. These displays, which have been People who engage regularly with technology interact with hundreds of visual, auditory, and multimodal displays each day. These displays, which have been described as calm technology or peripheral or ...

This project explores how gaze, speech and sound, small movements, gesture, and proximity to the user affects the way that we perceive and work with socia This project explores how gaze, speech and sound, small movements, gesture, and proximity to the user affects the way that we perceive and work with social robots. We are testing these design primitiv ...

A large percentage of the US population is overweight or obese, and a leading cause of this is lack of physical activity. Early fieldwork has shown that u A large percentage of the US population is overweight or obese, and a leading cause of this is lack of physical activity. Early fieldwork has shown that users have difficulty finding opportunities for ...

Currently, it is hard to manage privacy and security in mobile and pervasive computing environments, both for system administrators and end-users. We are Currently, it is hard to manage privacy and security in mobile and pervasive computing environments, both for system administrators and end-users. We are combining new kinds of user interfaces, visual ...

Signs are everywhere in our lives. They make our lives easier when we understand them, but they can pose problems or even danger when we do not. Automatic Signs are everywhere in our lives. They make our lives easier when we understand them, but they can pose problems or even danger when we do not. Automatic sign translation, in conjunction with spoken ...

Most route recommendation systems ignore the context of the driver (e.g. time of day) and the preferences of the driver (e.g. like to avoid highways). Not Most route recommendation systems ignore the context of the driver (e.g. time of day) and the preferences of the driver (e.g. like to avoid highways). Not surprisingly, if a system can take this infor ...

Open-source software runs the Internet and challenges commercial software in many areas. Despite this success, it is not clear how the open-source paradig Open-source software runs the Internet and challenges commercial software in many areas. Despite this success, it is not clear how the open-source paradigm solves problems of coordinating technical wo ...

Infocockpits: computer interfaces that improve human memory. Humans are adept at remembering information based on its location relative to their body and Infocockpits: computer interfaces that improve human memory. Humans are adept at remembering information based on its location relative to their body and on the place where it was learned. Our interfa ...

A call during dinner? While one party may value the conversation, the receiver thinks it is an interruption. This project examines the conditions under wh A call during dinner? While one party may value the conversation, the receiver thinks it is an interruption. This project examines the conditions under which communication is valuable or disruptive an ...