Advancements in medical science and technology, medicine and public health coupled with
increased consciousness about nutrition and environmental and personal hygiene have …

Although they have potential, to date location-based information systems have not radically
improved the way we interact with our surroundings. To study related issues, we developed …

Everyday family life involves a myriad of mundane activities that need to be planned and
coordinated. We describe findings from studies of 44 different families' calendaring routines …

Researchers have detailed the importance of routines in how people live and work, while
also cautioning system designers about the importance of people's idiosyncratic behavior …

We explore the design space of energy-neutral situated displays, which give physical
presence to digital information. We investigate three central dimensions: energy sources …

While the HCI community has long investigated issues of designing for family and the home,
very little attention has focused on the lives of divorced families and the ways in which …

Virtual coaching has emerged as a promising solution to extend independent living for older
adults. A virtual coach system is an always-attentive personalized system that continuously …

Generative models of natural images have long been used in computer vision. However,
since they only describe the statistics of 2D scenes, they fail to capture all the properties of …

Fluoroquinolones, a class of antibiotics, have been detected in various aquatic
environments, including those experiencing freeze–thaw cycles. This study investigated the …

Various systems and methods for providing a smart entry system are described herein. A
smart entry system includes a detector to detect a person near a portal to a room; a …