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Proceedings IEEE Virtual Reality 2000 (Cat. No.00CB37048), 2000
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IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2002
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1996 IEEE/SICE/RSJ International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (Cat. No.96TH8242), 1996
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ICANN ’93, 1993
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In the near future, intelligent agents on mobile devices will push to as well as request locatio... more In the near future, intelligent agents on mobile devices will push to as
well as request location-dependent information from users at convenient and
inconvenient times. In this paper, we consider the negative effects of mobile
agent interruption and present strategies to reduce these effects drawn from
social psychology and task-interruption literature. We propose the
implementation of social behaviours to minimize the negative effects of (task)
interruptions caused by mobile agents and report the results of two studies that
evaluate two social behaviours agents can adopt. The results from these studies
indicate that a mobile agent adopting social system behaviour can lead to a less
disruptive user experience.
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This paper presents a framework of ICT solutions developed in the EU research project DIADEM that... more This paper presents a framework of ICT solutions developed in the EU research project DIADEM that supports environmental management for chemical hazards in industrial areas, with an enhanced capacity to assess population exposure and health risks, alert relevant groups and organize efficient response. The emphasis is on advanced solutions which are economically feasible and maximally exploit the existing communication, computing and sensing resources. This approach supports collaborative information ...
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In this paper, we present experiments performed to inform the design of a mobile environmental mo... more In this paper, we present experiments performed to inform the design of a mobile environmental monitoring agent that communicates with members of the general public to establish the source, location and nature of environmental incidents. Furthermore, we propose an experiment we aim to conduct in order to evaluate a prototype of the mobile agent in a field study. Finally, we present a list of issues we have identified concerning the evaluation of the prototype.
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This paper discusses our ongoing research on user interaction with autonomous mobile agents. The ... more This paper discusses our ongoing research on user interaction with autonomous mobile agents. The overarching project, DIADEM, involves the development of a (semi-)autonomous system that detects potential environmental hazards in heavily populated urban- industrial areas by using input from both a distributed sensor network and humans through their mobile devices. User experiments in this project will focus on social and affective issues in interacting with autonomous mobile agents (such as positioning of mobile agents in relation to the user, empathic interaction and user trust). We describe the project and research context for our studies.
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Being interrupted by notifications and reminders is common while working. In this study we consid... more Being interrupted by notifications and reminders is common while working. In this study we consider whether system politeness reduces (negative) effects of being interrupted by system requests. We carried out a 2 (polite vs. neutral system request) x 2 (high vs. low mental load) between-participants experiment. We measured annoyance, frustration and mental effort. Our results suggest that social strategies can mitigate some of the negative effects, but that this depends on the difficulty of the task. We discuss the implications of these results for the design of interruptive system messages and for further research into social computing.
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In the near future, intelligent agents on mobile devices will push to as well as request location... more In the near future, intelligent agents on mobile devices will push to as well as request location-dependent information from users at convenient and inconvenient times. In this paper, we consider the negative effects of mobile agent interruption and present strategies to reduce these effects drawn from social psychology and task-interruption literature. We propose the implementation of social behaviours to minimize the negative effects of (task) interruptions caused by mobile agents and report the results of two studies that evaluate two social behaviours agents can adopt. The results from these studies indicate that a mobile agent adopting social system behaviour can lead to a less disruptive user experience.
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This paper reports ongoing research into social robots in public environments as agents to monito... more This paper reports ongoing research into social robots in public environments as agents to monitor levels of pollutive gasses in the air. Next to licensed environmental agents and immobile chemical sensors, mobile technologies such as robotic agents are needed to collect complaints and smell descriptions from humans in urban industrial areas. These robots will need to interact with members of the public and ensure responsiveness and accuracy of responses. Highly developed social skills will be important to achieve this as well as compliance to the environmental robot’s instructions in the case of a calamity. In this paper we will describe the intelligent environment the environmental robot is part of and discuss preliminary work on the effects of robot empathic and touch behaviors on human responses to robots. These and future findings will inform the design of social monitoring robot behaviors in public settings.
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Emotion has been found to influence humans’ cognitive information processing and decision-making ... more Emotion has been found to influence humans’ cognitive information processing and decision-making (Schwarz, 2000). A state of sadness, for example, is accompanied by substantive information processing, with greater attention to detail, whereas people in a happier state tend to process information more heuristically. Mobile applications or services presenting information to users, especially those used primarily in emotionally laden contexts, could adapt information presentation to users’ current emotional state to improve compliance. This paper reports the results of an 2x2 between- subject survey experiment (N=91) with affective state (happy vs. sad) and information presentation style (heuristic vs. substantive) as dimensions. The results confirm that participants in a sad affective state are more likely to comply with mobile agents’ advice when information is tailored to a substantive processing style. They base decisions on substantive information and provide longer descriptions. In contrast, people in a happy affective state prefer heuristic information. These findings reinforce the importance of affect-sensitive adaptation, especially for mobile agents in potentially emotionally laden contexts.
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In this paper, we present ongoing research concerning the interaction between users and autonomou... more In this paper, we present ongoing research concerning the interaction between users and autonomous mobile agents in the environmental monitoring domain. The overarching project, DIADEM, deals with developing a system that detects potentially hazardous situations in populated industrial areas using input from both a distributed sensor network and humans through mobile devices. We propose a model of interaction with the gas detection system where concerned citizens communicate with a mobile agent to inform the gas monitoring system about unusual smells via their mobile phones. Next, we present a preliminary user requirements analysis based on 40 phone calls from members of the public to an environmental monitoring agency. Finally, we introduce measures to study the delicate long-term social relationship between users and the gas monitoring system.
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FIT3D is a Toolbox built for Matlab that aims at unifying and distributing a set of tools that wi... more FIT3D is a Toolbox built for Matlab that aims at unifying and distributing a set of tools that will allow the researcher to obtain a complete D model from a set of calibrated images. In this paper we motivate and present the structure of the toolbox in a tutorial and example based approach. Given its exibility and scope we believe that FIT3D represents an exciting opportunity for researchers that want to develop or test one particular method with real data without the need for extensive additional programming.
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Environmental monitoring and emergency response projects in urban-industrial areas increasingly r... more Environmental monitoring and emergency response projects in urban-industrial areas increasingly rely on efficient collaboration between experts in control rooms and at incident locations, and especially on information provided by inhabitants. In the video accompanying this abstract, we present a system that uses distributed sensor technology and Bayesian network decision tools and facilitates collaboration between environmental experts and the public for environmental monitoring and the early detection of chemical air pollution incidents.
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Methods of Information in Medicine, 2009
Emotion has been found to influence humans’ cognitive information processing and decision-making ... more Emotion has been found to influence humans’ cognitive information processing and decision-making (Schwarz, 2000). A state of sadness, for example, is accompanied by substantive information processing, with greater attention to detail, whereas people in a happier state tend to process information more heuristically. Mobile applications or services presenting information to users, especially those used primarily in emotionally laden contexts, could
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International Journal of Computer Vision, 2007
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Proceedings IEEE Virtual Reality 2000 (Cat. No.00CB37048), 2000
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1996 IEEE/SICE/RSJ International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (Cat. No.96TH8242), 1996
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In the near future, intelligent agents on mobile devices will push to as well as request locatio... more In the near future, intelligent agents on mobile devices will push to as
well as request location-dependent information from users at convenient and
inconvenient times. In this paper, we consider the negative effects of mobile
agent interruption and present strategies to reduce these effects drawn from
social psychology and task-interruption literature. We propose the
implementation of social behaviours to minimize the negative effects of (task)
interruptions caused by mobile agents and report the results of two studies that
evaluate two social behaviours agents can adopt. The results from these studies
indicate that a mobile agent adopting social system behaviour can lead to a less
disruptive user experience.
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This paper presents a framework of ICT solutions developed in the EU research project DIADEM that... more This paper presents a framework of ICT solutions developed in the EU research project DIADEM that supports environmental management for chemical hazards in industrial areas, with an enhanced capacity to assess population exposure and health risks, alert relevant groups and organize efficient response. The emphasis is on advanced solutions which are economically feasible and maximally exploit the existing communication, computing and sensing resources. This approach supports collaborative information ...
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In this paper, we present experiments performed to inform the design of a mobile environmental mo... more In this paper, we present experiments performed to inform the design of a mobile environmental monitoring agent that communicates with members of the general public to establish the source, location and nature of environmental incidents. Furthermore, we propose an experiment we aim to conduct in order to evaluate a prototype of the mobile agent in a field study. Finally, we present a list of issues we have identified concerning the evaluation of the prototype.
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This paper discusses our ongoing research on user interaction with autonomous mobile agents. The ... more This paper discusses our ongoing research on user interaction with autonomous mobile agents. The overarching project, DIADEM, involves the development of a (semi-)autonomous system that detects potential environmental hazards in heavily populated urban- industrial areas by using input from both a distributed sensor network and humans through their mobile devices. User experiments in this project will focus on social and affective issues in interacting with autonomous mobile agents (such as positioning of mobile agents in relation to the user, empathic interaction and user trust). We describe the project and research context for our studies.
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Being interrupted by notifications and reminders is common while working. In this study we consid... more Being interrupted by notifications and reminders is common while working. In this study we consider whether system politeness reduces (negative) effects of being interrupted by system requests. We carried out a 2 (polite vs. neutral system request) x 2 (high vs. low mental load) between-participants experiment. We measured annoyance, frustration and mental effort. Our results suggest that social strategies can mitigate some of the negative effects, but that this depends on the difficulty of the task. We discuss the implications of these results for the design of interruptive system messages and for further research into social computing.
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In the near future, intelligent agents on mobile devices will push to as well as request location... more In the near future, intelligent agents on mobile devices will push to as well as request location-dependent information from users at convenient and inconvenient times. In this paper, we consider the negative effects of mobile agent interruption and present strategies to reduce these effects drawn from social psychology and task-interruption literature. We propose the implementation of social behaviours to minimize the negative effects of (task) interruptions caused by mobile agents and report the results of two studies that evaluate two social behaviours agents can adopt. The results from these studies indicate that a mobile agent adopting social system behaviour can lead to a less disruptive user experience.
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This paper reports ongoing research into social robots in public environments as agents to monito... more This paper reports ongoing research into social robots in public environments as agents to monitor levels of pollutive gasses in the air. Next to licensed environmental agents and immobile chemical sensors, mobile technologies such as robotic agents are needed to collect complaints and smell descriptions from humans in urban industrial areas. These robots will need to interact with members of the public and ensure responsiveness and accuracy of responses. Highly developed social skills will be important to achieve this as well as compliance to the environmental robot’s instructions in the case of a calamity. In this paper we will describe the intelligent environment the environmental robot is part of and discuss preliminary work on the effects of robot empathic and touch behaviors on human responses to robots. These and future findings will inform the design of social monitoring robot behaviors in public settings.
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Emotion has been found to influence humans’ cognitive information processing and decision-making ... more Emotion has been found to influence humans’ cognitive information processing and decision-making (Schwarz, 2000). A state of sadness, for example, is accompanied by substantive information processing, with greater attention to detail, whereas people in a happier state tend to process information more heuristically. Mobile applications or services presenting information to users, especially those used primarily in emotionally laden contexts, could adapt information presentation to users’ current emotional state to improve compliance. This paper reports the results of an 2x2 between- subject survey experiment (N=91) with affective state (happy vs. sad) and information presentation style (heuristic vs. substantive) as dimensions. The results confirm that participants in a sad affective state are more likely to comply with mobile agents’ advice when information is tailored to a substantive processing style. They base decisions on substantive information and provide longer descriptions. In contrast, people in a happy affective state prefer heuristic information. These findings reinforce the importance of affect-sensitive adaptation, especially for mobile agents in potentially emotionally laden contexts.
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In this paper, we present ongoing research concerning the interaction between users and autonomou... more In this paper, we present ongoing research concerning the interaction between users and autonomous mobile agents in the environmental monitoring domain. The overarching project, DIADEM, deals with developing a system that detects potentially hazardous situations in populated industrial areas using input from both a distributed sensor network and humans through mobile devices. We propose a model of interaction with the gas detection system where concerned citizens communicate with a mobile agent to inform the gas monitoring system about unusual smells via their mobile phones. Next, we present a preliminary user requirements analysis based on 40 phone calls from members of the public to an environmental monitoring agency. Finally, we introduce measures to study the delicate long-term social relationship between users and the gas monitoring system.
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FIT3D is a Toolbox built for Matlab that aims at unifying and distributing a set of tools that wi... more FIT3D is a Toolbox built for Matlab that aims at unifying and distributing a set of tools that will allow the researcher to obtain a complete D model from a set of calibrated images. In this paper we motivate and present the structure of the toolbox in a tutorial and example based approach. Given its exibility and scope we believe that FIT3D represents an exciting opportunity for researchers that want to develop or test one particular method with real data without the need for extensive additional programming.
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Environmental monitoring and emergency response projects in urban-industrial areas increasingly r... more Environmental monitoring and emergency response projects in urban-industrial areas increasingly rely on efficient collaboration between experts in control rooms and at incident locations, and especially on information provided by inhabitants. In the video accompanying this abstract, we present a system that uses distributed sensor technology and Bayesian network decision tools and facilitates collaboration between environmental experts and the public for environmental monitoring and the early detection of chemical air pollution incidents.
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Methods of Information in Medicine, 2009
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International Journal of Computer Vision, 2007
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