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[Andrew]

Questions about the assignments can be asked here.

[Michael Sarroff]

Hi Andrew, I have been looking into presenting an overview of papers that deal with the 'darker side v's the good side of pervasive computing and wondered if the following papers looked ok to you.

1) "Effects of pervasive computing on sustainable development"
Koehler, A. Som, C.
( http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1407743).

It is a review of a study commissioned by the Swiss Centre for Technology Assessment.(TA-Swiss) to highlight the impact of pervasive computing.It looks at a number of different angles from e-waste to privacy concerns.

Also
2) "Sustainable Interaction Design: Invention & Disposal, Renewal & Reuse"
Eli Blevis.

3) looking at finding a paper on Privacy concerns with pervasive computing.

Is it necessary that they are connected by reference to each other or as related topics.Sorry if this seems like an obvious question

[Michael Sarroff]

Michael Sarroff said:

Hi Andrew, I have been looking into presenting an overview of papers that deal with the 'darker side v's the good side of pervasive computing and wondered if the following papers looked ok to you.

1) "Effects of pervasive computing on sustainable development"
Koehler, A. Som, C.
( http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1407743).

It is a review of a study commissioned by the Swiss Centre for Technology Assessment.(TA-Swiss) to highlight the impact of pervasive computing.It looks at a number of different angles from e-waste to privacy concerns.

Also
2) "Sustainable Interaction Design: Invention & Disposal, Renewal & Reuse"
Eli Blevis.

3)"Using Privacy Policies to Protect Privacy in UBICOMP1"
George Yee.


Is it necessary that they are connected by reference to each other or as related topics.Sorry if this seems like an obvious question

[Andrew]

hi Michael,

I won't be able to check the two papers until tomorrow, but let me answer the two other questions.

Papers do not need to be connected by a reference.

In terms of ethical concerns in ubiquitous computing, I would propose to read the writings from Adam Greenfield, for instance "Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing (Voices That Matter)" or his blog.

[Michael Sarroff]

thanks Andrew I'll take a look

[Michael Sarroff]

It seems that his blog is off-line but I did find this interesting one he contributes to, http://speedbird.wordpress.com/

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Andrew said:

hi Michael,

I won't be able to check the two papers until tomorrow, but let me answer the two other questions.

Papers do not need to be connected by a reference.

In terms of ethical concerns in ubiquitous computing, I would propose to read the writings from Adam Greenfield, for instance "Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing (Voices That Matter)" or his blog.

[Hideyuki Fujikawa]

Hi, Kim and Andrew,
I also chose "NAVITIME: Supporting Pedestrian Navigation in the Real World". My presentation topic is Location based communication services. I'll introduce 3 different devices and found a common problem. one of the devices is pedestrian navigation service in the mobile phone. Can I still use this paper for my presentation? Sorry about this.

Here is three papers for my presentation.

[Andrew]

There is no "claim" on specific papers, so multiple students can use the same paper. Like with each other paper, each of the students needs to explain why that paper was chosen out of the 100s that are available about that topic. Just because it was published in a reputable journal is not enough a reason. How is the research special? Was it the first that accomplished a specific solution? Was it ground-breaking, an example for all the studies that followed it? Was it the most efficient / effective / cheap / ... solution of all? Was it the founding research for a specific subfield? Etc.

[Hideyuki Fujikawa]

I have a question about the final project.
Do you allow us to use a projector or computer display to show data visualisation?
I was impressed by a data visualisation artwork which was shown in week 1. See below.

or
should we use specific tools (LED, wires or switches etc) to create a device?

[Hideyuki Fujikawa]

I posted my initial idea in Project idea in "Forum".

[Andrew]

I would not encourage you to take the projection approach. You would be very tempted to go back to traditional interface and screen design, which we try to avoid in this course. A projection could be used as a very powerful, color-configurable light source, however, or maybe its electronics could be changed?

Hideyuki Fujikawa said:

I have a question about the final project.
Do you allow us to use a projector or computer display to show data visualisation?
I was impressed by a data visualisation artwork which was shown in week 1. See below.

or
should we use specific tools (LED, wires or switches etc) to create a device?

[JiaYi Lin]

hi Andrew. for the Prototype Presentation I, do we need to bring our equipments to the class? or just take photos and video to make a blog post to show how it works.

[Andrew]

Please bring in all your equipment. It will be an experience to get your electronics working on "the spot" and "on time". Believe me that this is not evident nor easy, but a requirement for the final presentation.

JiaYi Lin said:

hi Andrew. for the Prototype Presentation I, do we need to bring our equipments to the class? or just take photos and video to make a blog post to show how it works.