A major challenge of dynamic composition is to find ways to model components and analyze their composition in order to guarantee that the composition is free from interaction errors and deadlocks. Existing techniques for validation typically require expert knowledge in formal modelling and reasoning...
This paper presents application of ontology-based modelling and reasoning related to the different phases of the lifecycle of mobile services. Ontology-based descriptions complement traditional design-time and runtime models allowing more complex reasoning. We present use cases for ontologies that...
ICT-based personalization in cultural heritage has been an important topic of research during the last twenty years. Personalization is used as a means to enhance the visitors’ experience of a cultural site. Little consideration has however been set on lifelong cultural experiences, i.e. engaging...
In this session we compare and contrast e-mobility solutions to common central problems across Europe, using the GreenCharge cities Barcelona, Bremen and Oslo as test cases, supported by our host city of Freiburg which has many years of experience in the mobility and energy transition. We will give...
Intelligent objects and devices are becoming part of the environment where people live. The more mobile and pervasive computing becomes, the greater opportunity users potentially have to customize the computing activities that take place around them. For some people the availability of devices and...
Places we walk through every day often have cultural heritage stories connected to them, but many stories remain unknown and many get lost. Storytelling for cultural heritage discovery has long been used, mostly in cultural institutions. The documentation and dissemination of cultural heritage...
The workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on the application of AmI to crisis and disaster management. Because of their pervasiveness and ease of use, AmI technologies hold a great potential to support crisis management in an efficient and effective way. Focus will be...
This paper discusses the applicability of Cooperating Smart Spaces in the disaster management realm and their potential to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of rescue relief teams. The Cooperating Smart Space is a novel concept that combines and extends pervasive computing and social...
Gamification, i.e. applying game elements in non-game contexts, is been increasingly used for designing systems and application elements to foster user engagement, enjoyment and support behavior change. Experts agree that, to be efficient, gamification strategies should be designed in a user-centric...
...deployment. Following the proposed approach gives benefits for software engineering, in particular in settings where multiple stakeholders are involved. Floch Jacqueline, Carrez Cyril, Cieślak Pawel, Rój Michal, Sanders Richard, Shiaa Mazen Malek (2010). A Comprehensive Engineering Framework for Guaranteeing...
...with easily operable tools for service composition. The goal of this paper is to highlight the main challenges for a meaningful end-user tool support. Floch Jacqueline, Herrmann Peter, Khan Mohammad Ullah, Sanders Richard, Stav Erlend, Sætre Rune (2011). End-User Service Composition in Mobile Pervasive Environments...
When people are moving around using handheld networked devices, the environment for theprovided services vary influencing service quality properties and user needs. In order to maintain usability and usefulness for mobile users, dynamic service adaptation is needed. Several forms of adaptation may...
Collaborative AmI technologies have the potential to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of rescuers during crisis response work. However, few AmI technologies are designed specifically for such scenarios. Our findings from a number of case studies have resulted in a set of requirements. In...
Although the idea of context-awareness was introduced almost two decades ago, few mobile software applications are available today that can sense and adapt to their run-time environment. The development of context-aware and self-adaptive applications is complex and few developers have experience in...
Cultural heritage represents one of the most important drivers for personal development, social cohesion and economic growth in Europe. Although the general population is aware of this fact, cultural heritage is still underexplored and cultural activities are not incorporated into citizens...
Advances in wireless communication and handheld computers make it realistic to envisage that in the near future people will always carry with them small personal computing devices providing wireless access to a large set of information and communication services, and assisting them in whatever they...
Governments in the western countries are faced with a number of growing social challenges, such as unemployment, migration, ageing population, explosion of chronic disease. Although they offer a wide range of public social services, we cannot assume that the economy will grow at a rate that can fund...
Social Innovation is gaining popularity as an approach to address societal challenges. Governments, charities, NGOS and organizations are taking up the role of facilitating citizens participation into social innovation initiatives. Digital collaborative platforms have a great potential for enabling...
...that interests them the most. Basically, it will put our cultural heritage at our fingertips. The saint who was tortured ICT researcher Jacqueline Floch sits in her office at SINTEF in Trondheim. She shows me photos of the West Front of Nidaros Cathedral on her mobile, and explains: “Look at all these...
This paper seeks to discuss whether and how digital collaborative sharing platforms can foster citizen engagement in urban neighbourhoods by addressing various challenges experienced by local initiatives. To that aim, we conducted a case study in the Saupstad neighbourhood of Trondheim in Norway...