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...
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...
...og så nyte ferien uten bekymring? Hjelpeløse? – Det begynner å bli mange intelligente ting rundt oss, og vi forventer mange flere, sier Jacqueline Floch ved SINTEF IKT. – Spørsmålet er om folk vil klare å operere selvstendig i denne verdenen. Noen greier å skaffe seg riktig teknologikompetanse og skreddersy...
...og erfaringer fra tjenesten. Elin S. Boysen Å inkludere pasienter og helsepersonell i utforming av digitale løsninger for egenmestring. Jacqueline Floch Avstandsoppfølging av kronisk syke, brukererfaringer fra de fire pilotkommunene i det nasjonale programmet. Anita Das Hva er fastlegens rolle i tjenesten...
To design usable mobile applications, exploiting context changes is of vital importance. The rapid context changes in a mobile setting cause the need for flexible and adaptive user interfaces that are multitasking and possibly exploiting multiple modalities. Implementing adaptive user interfaces...
...of tailoring, sharing of user-generated content and code, and service composition can be exploited by users to create a tailored city exploration. Floch Jacqueline (2011). A Framework for User-Tailored City Exploration. End-User Development - Third International Symposium, IS-EUD 2011, Torre Canne (BR)...
...den mer privat enn Facebook. Svar på meldingene er det kun den som spør og svarer som ser, forklarer forsker og prosjektleder i SINTEF, Jacqueline Floch. I tillegg må man identifisere seg enten med telefonnummer eller bank-id. Det handler om sikkerhet: identifisering forhindrer brukere å opprette falske...
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...
Social networks connect people while internet of things platforms connect things. Although both platforms use various communication tools in efficient ways, platforms for things often don't communicate and interoperate with social networks. As a consequence, there is a lack of unified programming...
Plug-and-play (from now on PaP) for network and teleservice component s means that the hardware and software "parts", as well as complete n etwork elements that constitute a communication system, have the abil ity to configure themselves when installed into a network (to plug) a nd then to provide...
This paper explores the use of sharing economy platforms at the neighbourhood level. We aim to discuss appropriations of these technologies by studying the variety of user motivations and experiences. For that purpose, we conducted a case study of the Norwegian sharing platform “Nabohjelp” designed...
The influence of indoor shared spaces in neighbourhoods on voluntary activities is barely investigated in literature. Conversely, the impact of space on social activities is widely recognized in literature and an impact on voluntary activities is also identified – but it focuses more on wider...
...together with parents, professionals and a variety of special interest organisations. “We knew that this work wasn’t going to be easy”, says Jacqueline Floch, who is leading the work being carried out at SINTEF. “However, the complexity of the problem still surprised us”, she says. Different needs The researchers...
Background: Remote care services and patient empowerment have boosted mobile health (mHealth). A study of user needs related to mHealth for pediatric cystic fibrosis (PCF) identified the set of preferred features mobile apps should support; however, the potential use of PCF apps and their...
...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...
...development complexity of context-aware and self-adaptive mobile applications can be mastered by using an adaptation framework such as MUSIC. Jacqueline Floch, Cristina Frà, Rolf Fricke, Kurt Geihs, MichaelWagner, Jorge Lorenzo, Eduardo Soladana, Stephan Mehlhase, Nearchos Paspallis, Hossein Rahnama, Pedro...
The preventive measures applied in response to the covid-19 pandemic have transformed social and economic activities. Based on a case study of the Norwegian digital sharing platform Nabohjelp (English: Neighbour help), this article describes how sudden introductions of social distancing policies...
...og ulike interesseorganisasjoner. –Vi visste dette ikke ville bli et enkelt arbeid, men ble likevel overrasket over kompleksiteten, sier Jacqueline Floch som leder arbeidet ved SINTEF. Ulike behov Forskerne kom fram til 466 ulike behov – noe som er komplisert og overveldende å jobbe videre med. –Vi ser...
...without worrying? Overwhelmed? ‘We’re now seeing many intelligent devices affecting our lives, and we are expecting to see more,’ says Jacqueline Floch at SINTEF ICT. ‘The question is whether people out there will be able to function independently. Some will manage to acquire the right technology skills...