Publications

2007

• Patel, S.N. and Abowd, G.D. BLUI: Low-cost Localized Blowable User Interfaces. In the Proceedings of UIST 2007. Newport, Rhode Island, USA. 2007.
• Patel, S.N., Truong, K.N., Hayes, G.R., Iachello, G., Kienta, J.A., Abowd, G.D. The Personal Audio Loop: A Ubiquitous Audio-Based Memory Aid. Book chapter to appear in Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology. 2007.
• Patel, S.N., T. Robertson, J.A. Kientz, M. Reynolds, G.D. Abowd. At the Flick of a Switch: Detecting and Classifying Unique Electrical Events on the Residential Power Line. In the Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp 2007), Innsbruck, Austria, September 2007, pp. 271-288.
• Kientz, J.A., R.I. Arriaga, M. Chetty, G.R. Hayes, J. Richardson, S.N. Patel, and G.D. Abowd. Grow and Know: Understanding Record-Keeping Needs for the Development of Young Children. In the Proceedings of CHI 2007. San Jose, California. 2007. (PDF)
• Kientz, J.A., G.R. Hayes, T.L. Westeyn, T. Starner, and G.D. Abowd. Pervasive Computing and Autism: Assisting Caregivers of Children with Special Needs. In IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine. Special Issue on Pervasive Healthcare. January 2007. (PDF)
• Köhler, M., Patel, S.N., Summet, J.W., Stuntebeck, E.P., Abowd, G.D. TrackSense: Infrastructure Free Precise Indoor Positioning using Projected Patterns To appear, Fifth International Conference on Pervasive Computing, May 13-16 2007, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2006

• Summet, J.W., Flagg,M., Rehg, J.M., Abowd,G.D., and Weston, N. GVU-PROCAMS: Enabling novel projected interfaces. ACM Multimedia, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. October 23-27 2006. (pdf)
• Kientz, J.A., S.N. Patel, A.T. Tyebkhan, B. Gane, J. Wiley, and G.D. Abowd. Where’s My Stuff? Design and Evaluation of a Mobile System for Locating Lost Items for the Visually Impaired. In the Proceedings of ASSETS 2006. Portland, Oregon, USA. 2006. (pdf)
• Kientz, J.A. and G.D. Abowd. Designing Technology to Aid in the Early Detection of Developmental Delay in Young Children. UbiHealth 2006: The 4th International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing for Pervasive Healthcare Applications and Ubicomp 2006.
• Patel, S.N., K.N. Truong, and G.D. Abowd. PowerLine Positioning: A Practical Sub-Room-Level Indoor Location System for Domestic Use.In the proceedings of Ubicomp 2006. Orange County, California, USA. 2006. (pdf)
• Patel, S.N., J.A. Kientz, G.R. Hayes, S. Bhat, and G.D. Abowd. Farther Than You May Think: An Empirical Investigation of the Proximity of Users to their Mobile Phones. In the proceedings of Ubicomp 2006. Orange County, California, USA. 2006. (pdf)
• Kientz, J.A., G.R. Hayes, G.D. Abowd, and R.E. Grinter. From the War Room to the Living Room: Decision Support for Home-based Therapy Teams. In the proceedings of CSCW 2006. Banff, Alberta, Canada. 2006. (Nominated for Best Paper) (pdf)
• Truong, K.N., G.R. Hayes, G.D. Abowd. Storyboarding: an empirical determination of best practices and effective guidelines. Conference on Designing Interactive Systems 2006: 12-21
• Patel, S.N., Rekimoto, J., and Abowd, G.D. iCam: Precise at-a-distance Interaction in the Physical Environment.In the Proceedings of Pervasive 2006: The 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing. Dublin, Ireland. 2006. (Nominated for Best Paper) (pdf)
• Hayes, G.R. and Abowd, G.D., Tensions in Designing Capture Technologies for an Evidence-Based Care Community, In the Proceedings of CHI’06, (April 22-27, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 2006.
• Iachello, G., Truong, K.N., Abowd, G.D., Hayes, G.R., Steven, M. Prototyping and Sampling Experience to Evaluate Ubiquitous Computing Privacy in the Real World, In the Proceedings of CHI’06, (April 22-27, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 2006. (Nominated for Best Paper)
• Kientz, J. A. and Abowd, G.D. Collective Remembering in Evidence-Based Care. Workshop on Collective Remembering at CHI 2006 (April 22-27, Montreal, Canada), 2006.
• Abowd, G.D., Hayes, G.R., Kientz, J.A., Mamykina, L., and Mynatt, E.D. Challenges and Opportunities for Collaboration Technologies for Chronic Care Management, To be presented at The Human-Computer Interaction Consortium (HCIC 2006). Frasier, CO., 2006.

2005

• G.D. Abowd, G.R. Hayes, G. Iachello, J.A. Kientz, S.N. Patel, M. Stevens, K.N. Truong, Prototypes and Paratypes: Mixed Methods for Designing Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Applications, IEEE Pervasive Computing, 4(4), IEEE Press, 67–73.
• G. Iachello, G. D. Abowd, An Evaluation Of The Comprehensibility and Usability Of a Design Method For Ubiquitous Computing Applications, GVU Technical Report GIT-GVU-05-32, Georgia Institute of Technology, GVU Center.
• Heather Richter, Chris Miller, Gregory D. Abowd, and Idris Hsi. An Empirical Investigation of Capture and Access for Software Requirements Activities, in the Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2005, May 2005, pp 121-128.
• Hayes, G.R. and Truong, K.N. Using Wearable Devices to Take Advantage of Environmental Services. IEEE Pervasive Computer Magazine, 2005.
• Summet, J., Abowd, G.D., Corso, G.M., and Rehg, J.M. Virtual Rear Projection: Do Shadows Matter? CHI 2005 Extended Abstracts, Pages 1997-2000, Portland, Oregon, USA. April 2-7, 2005. (pdf)
• Hayes, G.R., Truong, K.N., Abowd, G.D., Pering. T. Experience Buffers: A Socially Appropriate, Selective Archiving Tool for Evidence-Based Care. To Appear in the Proceedings of CHI’05 (April 2-7, Portland, OR, USA), 2005.
• Kientz, J. A., Boring, S., Abowd, G. D., Hayes, G. R. Abaris: Evaluating Automated Capture Applied to Structured Autism Interventions. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2005, to appear, September 11-14, Tokyo, Japan, 2005. (pdf)
• Boring, S., Kientz, J. A., Abowd, G. D., Hayes, G. R. Abaris: Capture and Access for Structured One-on-One Educational Settings. In the Extended Abstracts of UBICOMP 2005: The 7th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, to appear. September 11-14, Tokyo, Japan, 2005.
• G. Iachello, I. Smith, S. Consolvo, G.D. Abowd, J. Hughes, J. Howard, F. Potter, J. Scott, T. Sohn, J. Hightower, A. LaMarca, Control, Deception, and Communication: Evaluating the Deployment of a Location-Enhanced Messaging Service, Proc. Ubicomp 2005, LNCS 3660, Springer Verlag, 213-231.
• G. Iachello, I. Smith, S. Consolvo, M. Chen, G.D. Abowd. Developing Privacy Guidelines for Social Location Disclosure Applications and Services. Proc. 2005 Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), July 6-8, 2005, Pittsburgh, PA. (pdf) (Best Paper Winner)
• Bian, X., Abowd, G.D., and Rehg, J.M. Using Sound Source Localization in a Home Environment. In Proceedings of The 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing. Munich, Germany (2005)
• Iachello, G., Abowd, G.D. Privacy and Proportionality: Adapting Legal Evaluation Techniques to Inform Design In Ubiquitous Computing, Proc. CHI 2005, ACM Press (2005) 91-100.
• Iachello, G., Abowd, G.D. A Token-based Access Control Mechanism for Automated Capture and Access Systems in Ubiquitous Computing, GIT Technical Report GIT-GVU-05-06, Georgia Institute of Technology, GVU Center, (pdf)
• Truong, K.N., Patel, S.N., Summet, J.W., and Abowd, G.D. Preventing Camera Recording by Designing a Capture-Resistant Environment. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2005, September, Tokyo, Japan, 2005. (PDF)
• Summet, J. and Sukthankar, R. Tracking Locations of Moving Hand-held Displays Using Projected Light. International Conference on Pervasive Computing 2005. Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) No. 3468. Pages 37-46. Munich, Germany May 8-13, 2005.(pdf)
• Kristine S. Nagel and Gregory D. Abowd (2005). Designing Context-Aware Communication Mediators for Busy Families. HCI International, 2005.

2004

• Truong, K.N., Huang, E.M., Abowd, G.D. CAMP: A Magnetic Poetry Interface for End-User Programming of Capture Applications for the Home. In the Proceedings of UBICOMP 2004: The 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (September 7-10, Nottingham, England), 2004, pp. 143-160. (pdf)
• Hayes, G.R., Kientz, J.A., Truong, K.N., White, D.R., Abowd, G.D., Pering, T. Designing Capture Applications to Support the Education of Children with Autism. In the Proceedings of UBICOMP 2004: The 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (September 7-10, Nottingham, England), 2004. (pdf)
• Bian, X., Rehg, J. and Abowd, G.D. Sound Source Localization in Home Environment. Georgia Tech 2004 GVU Technical report. (pdf)
• Geyer, W., Richter, H.A. and Abowd, G.D. Towards a Smarter Meeting Record – Capture and Access of Meetings Revisited. Multimedia Tools and Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
• Hayes, G.R., Patel, S.N., Truong, K.N., Iachello, G., Kientz, J.A., Farmer, R., Abowd, G.D. The Personal Audio Loop: Designing a Ubiquitous Audio-Based Memory Aid. Proceedings of Mobile HCI 2004: The 6th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (September 13-16, Glasgow, Scotland), 2004
• Hayes, G.R., Piper, A.M., Amar, B., Bevis, K.J., Newstetter, W. and Bruckman, A.S. Audience in Computer Learning: A Constructionist Interpretation. International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2004<. (June 22-26, Santa Monica, CA).
• Patel, S.N. , Bunch, J.A., Forkner, K.D., Johnson, L.W., Johnson, T.M., Rosack, M.N. and Abowd, G.D. The Design and Implementation of Multi-player Card Games on Multi-user Interactive Tabletop Surfaces. In the Proceedings of International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC) 2004, September, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2004.
• Kristine S. Nagel, James M. Hudson and Gregory D. Abowd (2004). Predictors of Availability in Home Life Context-Mediated Communication. Computer Supported Collaborative Work, 2004, pp 497-506.
• Patel, S.N. and Abowd, G.D. The ContextCam: Automated Point of Capture Video Annotation. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2004, September, Nottingham, England, 2004.
• Patel, S.N., Pierce, J. and Abowd, G.D. A Gesture-based Authentication Scheme for Untrusted Public Terminals. In the Proceedings of UIST 2004, October, Sante Fe, NM, 2004.
• Patel, S.N., Kientz, J. A. and Zagal, J.P. LoCoL: Encouraging Social Interaction and Exploration Through a Distributed, Multi-Media, Location-Based Mobile Game. GVU Tech Report. 2004.
• Lonnie D. Harvel, Ling Liu, Gregory D. Abowd, Yu-Xi Lim, Chris Scheibe, Chris Chatham. Context Cube: Flexible and Effective Manipulation of Sensed Context Data. Pervasive 2004: 51-68
• Pierce, J. S. and Mahaney, H. E. Opportunistic Annexing for Handheld Devices: Opportunities and Challenges. In the Proceedings of The Human-Computer Interaction Consortium 2004 (Feb 4-8, Fraser, CO), 2004.
• Truong, K.N. and Abowd, G.D. INCA: A Software Infrastructure to Facilitate the Construction and Evolution of Ubiquitous Capture & Access Applications. Proceedings of Pervasive 2004: The Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing (April 21-23, Linz/Vienna, Austria), 2004. (pdf)
• Truong, K.N., Richter, H., Hayes, G.R. and Abowd, G.D. Devices for Sharing Thoughts and Affection at a Distance. Extended Abstracts of ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems: CHI 2004 (April 24-29, 2004, Vienna, Austria), 2004. (pdf)
• Truong, K.N., Huang, E.M., Stevens, M.M. and Abowd, G.D. How Do Users Think about Ubiquitous Computing? Extended Abstracts of ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems: CHI 2004 (April 24-29, 2004, Vienna, Austria), 2004.

2003

• Abowd, G.D., Gauger, M. and Lachenmann, A. The Family Video Archive: An annotation and browsing environment for home movies. In the Proceedings of MIR, November, 2003, Berkeley, CA.
• Geyer, W., Richter, H.A. and Abowd, G.D. Making Multimedia Meeting Records More Meaningful. In the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2003), Baltimore, MD, July 2003.
• Fithian, R., Iachello, G., Moghazy, J., Pousman, Z. and Stasko, J. The design andevaluation of a mobile location-aware handheld event planner. In the Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium, Mobile HCI 2003 Udine, Italy, LNCS 2795, Springer Verlag, ISBN 3-540-40821-5
• Hayes, G., Pierce, J.S. and Abowd, G.D. Practices for Capturing Short Important Thoughts. In the Extended Abstracts, Interactive Posters of CHI 2003.
• Iachello, G. Protecting Personal Data: Can IT Security Management Standards Help? In the Proceedings of 19th ACSAC, Dec. 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. (pdf)
• Macedo, A.A., Truong, K.N., Camacho, J.A., Pimentel, M.G.C. Automatically Sharing Web Experiences through a Hyperdocument Recommender System. In the Proceedings of ACM HyperText’03: The Fourteenth Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia (August 26-30, Nottingham, UK), 2003, pp. 48-56. (pdf)
• Nguyen, D.H., Truong, K.N. PHEmail: Designing a Privacy Honoring Email System. In the Extended Abstracts of ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems: CHI 2003 (April 5-10, Fort Lauderdale, FL), 2003. (pdf)
• Patel, S.N. and Abowd, G.D. A 2-way Laser-assisted Selection Scheme for Handhelds in a Physical Environment. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2003, October, Seattle, WA.
• Stevens, M.M., Abowd, G.D., Truong, K.N. and Vollmer, F. Getting into the Living Memory Box: Family Archives & Holistic Design. In the Journal Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol. 7 (3-4), 2003, pp. 210-216. (pdf)
• Richter, H.A., Miller, C., Abowd, G.D. and Funk, H. Tagging Knowledge Acquisition To Facilitate Knowledge Traceability. In the Proceedings of the Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, July 2003. Extended version to appear in International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, World Scientific.
• Summet, J., Abowd, G.D., Corso, G.M. and Rehg, J.M. Virtual Rear Projection: A Comparison Study of Projection Technologies for Large Interactive Displays. GT Tech Report 03-36. (PDF, 157KB)
• White, D.R., Camacho-Guerrero, J.A., Truong, K.N., Abowd, G.D., Morrier, M.J., Vekaria, P.C. and Gromala, D. Mobile Capture and Access for Assessing Language and Social Development in Children with Autism. In the Extended Abstracts of UBICOMP 2003: The 5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (October 12-15, 2003, Seattle, WA), 2003, pp. 137-140. (pdf)
• R. Ruddaraju, A. Haro, K. Nagel, Q. Tran, I. Essa, G. Abowd, E. Mynatt (2003). Perceptual User Interfaces using Vision-Based Eye Tracking. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI-PUI'03), 2003, pp. 227-233, ACM Press, Vancouver B.C., Canada.