Software engineering issues for ubiquitous computing
Proceedings of the 21st international conference on Software engineering
Turning pervasive computing into mediated spaces
IBM Systems Journal
Designing a Home of the Future
IEEE Pervasive Computing
At Home with Ubiquitous Computing: Seven Challenges
UbiComp '01 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Capturing user requirements for an integrated home environment
Proceedings of the third Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction
Interaction through negotiation
Proceedings of the third Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction
Adaptive middleware for context-aware applications in smart-homes
MPAC '04 Proceedings of the 2nd workshop on Middleware for pervasive and ad-hoc computing
visiBabble for reinforcement of early vocalization
Assets '04 Proceedings of the 6th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
CSCW '04 Proceedings of the 2004 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Middleware support for transparency and user control in context-aware systems
Proceedings of the 3rd international Middleware doctoral symposium
Interpersonal awareness in the domestic realm
OZCHI '06 Proceedings of the 18th Australia conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Design: Activities, Artefacts and Environments
Grow and know: understanding record-keeping needs for tracking the development of young children
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Towards precision monitoring of elders for providing assistive services
Proceedings of the 1st international conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
Intelligibility and accountability: human considerations in context-aware systems
Human-Computer Interaction
IDC '08 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Interaction design and children
Towards personalized mobile interruptibility estimation
LoCA'06 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Location- and Context-Awareness
Evaluating performance in continuous context recognition using event-driven error characterisation
LoCA'06 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Location- and Context-Awareness
LoCA'06 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Location- and Context-Awareness
Principles of smart home control
UbiComp'06 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Ubiquitous Computing
UbiComp'06 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Moving on from weiser's vision of calm computing: engaging ubicomp experiences
UbiComp'06 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Ubiquitous Computing
EELC'06 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic Communication: symbol Grounding and Beyond
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The home of the future will be able to offer comfortable, safe and supportive home spaces. Smart systems and artefacts will know users' routines and anticipate their needs. While the vision of the home of the future is promissory, it is the user who supports UbiComp systems, but certain technical and social challenges must be addressed before the smart home can become a reality. Unexpected human behavior makes it difficult to identify and predict domestic activity. Thus, if a system is not reliable or trusted enough to take actions on behalf of users, context-aware designs must allow for user participation to support the systems' performance. In this article, the authors use their experience designing a context-aware system to illustrate how the users' "touch", that is, their active involvement, is still a requirement for today's UbiComp designs. The configurable system described supports parents awareness of their children's activity. Responses from a user study indicate that parents engaged positively with this kind of mediated, rather than proactive, computing-based support.