Implementing an electronic payment system involves striking a balance between usability and security. Systems that allow payments to be completed with little effort on the part of...
Abstract—With the abundance and ubiquity of mobile devices, a new class of applications is emerging, called participatory sensing (PS), where people can contribute data (e.g., im...
We explored the use of awareness information to facilitate communication by developing a series of prototypes. The ConNexus prototype integrates awareness information, instant mes...
John C. Tang, Nicole Yankelovich, James Begole, Ma...
Multiagent systems for mobile and pervasive computing should extensively exploit contextual information both to adapt to user needs and to enable autonomic behavior. This raises th...
Gabriella Castelli, Marco Mamei, Franco Zambonelli
There have been many attempts to support awareness and lightweight interactions using video and audio, but few have been built on widely available infrastructure. Text-based syste...