Members of the Center for Ubiquitous Computing are co-organising 4 different workshops at the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp ’16) in Heidelberg, Germany. 2nd International Workshop on Mobile and Situated Crowdsourcing (website) Crowdsourcing beyond the desktop is increasingly attracting interest due to the rapid proliferation of smart phones and other ubiquitous technologies, such as public displays.…
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Notable mentions of our research in media include: The Economist: Buddy, can you spare a Watt? (30/4/2016) Nielsen Norman group: 3D Touch on iPhone 6S: Embrace the Force (1/11/2015) New Scientist: Magnetic messages let smartphones receive secret data (3/7/2014) New Scientist: Use a bus stop touchscreen to kill time – and help out (31/7/2013) Huffington Post: Understanding Humanitarian Disasters Through Citizen Communication (6/8/2013)…
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Just how much do consumers value the battery life on their smartphones? Battery life on mobile devices is a growing concern for consumers and manufacturers, and manufacturers are currently engaged in a heated battle for providing the best battery life on their devices. Yet, very little work has actually attempted to measure the value we place on battery life. “This…
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Member of the Center for Ubiquitous Computing Xiang Su is organizing a Special session on Intelligent Internet of Things in IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics – SMC 2016, October 9-12, 2016, Budapest, Hungary. Other co-organizer is Associate Professor Yuhong Li from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (China). Description: Internet of Things (IoT) has been considered as…
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