Online social networks have become very popular in recent years and their number of users is already measured in many hundreds of millions. For various commercial and sociological...
A question that database administrators (DBAs) routinely need to answer is how long a batch query workload will take to complete. This question arises, for example, while planning...
In this paper, we describe LightWave, a sensing approach that turns ordinary compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs into sensors of human proximity. Unmodified CFL bulbs are shown ...
Sidhant Gupta, Ke-Yu Chen, Matthew S. Reynolds, Sh...
We introduce a location?based game called Feeding Yoshi that provides an example of seamful design, in which key characteristics of its underlying technologies--the coverage and s...
Marek Bell, Matthew Chalmers, Louise Barkhuus, Mal...
We present a study of the effects of instant messaging (IM) on individuals' management of work across multiple collaborative projects. Groups of four participants completed f...
Susan R. Fussell, Sara B. Kiesler, Leslie D. Setlo...