Just how do consumers use their smartwatches, and how does this compare to smartphone use? A study led by the University of Oulu, joined by Dartmouth College and the University of Melbourne, reveals interesting differences and similarities. The study looked at how more than 300 volunteers used their smartwatches over a period of 6 months, and including variety of smartwatches…
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The Center for Ubiquitous Computing was awarded one of the highly competitive Academy of Finland Key Funding grants, CARE: Context-awareness for Elderly Care. This project reutilises the AWARE framework within the domain of elderly care. Globally, society is ageing at a fast pace, with the population aged 60 and over, representing the fastest-growing group. In Finland, 27% percent of citizens…
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In the most recent global university ranking by the Times Higher Education (2017 edition), the University of Oulu was ranked 98th for Computer Science, and was evaluated as the strongest discipline of our university. The Center for Ubiquitous Computing, along with the other computing-related research groups at the University of Oulu, warmly welcomes this assessment. This outcome reflects the growing ambition of the…
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The Center for Ubiquitous Computing is funded by Huawei for researching IoT traffic modeling and its influence on carrier networks. IoT connects devices producing massive heterogeneous data, introducing applications with different traffic patterns and requirements for the Internet. In this project, we explore characteristics of traffic of big IoT data and IoT applications, model the data traffic, and analyze its…
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