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EENERGY
2010
13 years 11 months ago
ICT for green: how computers can help us to conserve energy
Information and communication technology (ICT) consumes energy, but is also an important means of conserving energy. Conventionally, it has done so by optimizing the performance o...
Friedemann Mattern, Thorsten Staake, Markus Weiss
ANOR
2008
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13 years 7 months ago
Scheduling vessels and container-yard operations with conflicting objectives
Abstract We consider the problem of coordinating the operations of two supply chain partners: a foreign shipping company and a domestic port. The two partners have conflicting busi...
Endre Boros, Lei Lei, Yao Zhao, Hua Zhong
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
"Pimp My Roomba": designing for personalization
We present a study of how householders personalize their domestic vacuuming robot, iRobot’s Roomba™. In particular, we build on Blom and Monk’s [3] theory of personalization...
Ja-Young Sung, Rebecca E. Grinter, Henrik I. Chris...
HRI
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Robots in the wild: understanding long-term use
It has long been recognized that novelty effects exist in the interaction with technologies. Despite this recognition, we still know little about the novelty effects associated wi...
Ja-Young Sung, Henrik I. Christensen, Rebecca E. G...
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Designing for families
In this Special Interest Group (SIG) we plan to focus on discussions and activities surrounding the design of technologies to support families. Many researchers and designers stud...
Carman Neustaedter, Svetlana Yarosh, A. J. Bernhei...