@article{4396,
  abstract     = {{This paper presents a set of design recommendations for team awareness systems based on fundamental social and technical requirements. The work was motivated by recurring usability problems identified in evaluations of state-of-the-art awareness systems. Based on these findings, it is argued that the limited success of existing systems is mostly caused by conceptual shortcomings, which can be overcome by adhering to a set of design recommendations elaborated in this paper. To demonstrate the validity of this argumentation, the development and evaluation of an ambient awareness system is illustrated.}},
  author       = {{Röcker, Carsten}},
  issn         = {{1615-5289}},
  journal      = {{Universal access in the information society : international journal}},
  keywords     = {{Ambient intelligence, Ubiquitous computin, Awareness, Informal communication, Distributed teamwork}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{259 -- 271}},
  title        = {{{Universal access to awareness information: using smart artefacts to mediate awareness in distributed teams}}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s10209-011-0237-9}},
  volume       = {{11}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}

@inbook{4774,
  abstract     = {{The manifolds of spaces and places we are entering, populating, transiently crossing and eventually leaving (only to immerse in another subsequent context) as part of our daily activities in our personal, public and professional lives are undergoing a dramatic change. Although this change is taking place we are aware of it only in a limited fashion due to its unobtrusive character as illustrated in the statement by Streitz and Nixon (2005): “It seems like a paradox but it will soon become reality: The rate at which computers disappear will be matched by the rate at which information technology will increasingly permeate our environment and our lives”.}},
  author       = {{Streitz, Norbert and Prante, Thorsten and Röcker, Carsten and van Alphen, Daniel and Stenzel, Richard and Magerkurth, Carsten and Lahlou, Saadi and Nosulenko, Valery and Jegou, Francois and Sonder, Frank and Plewe, Daniela}},
  booktitle    = {{The Disappearing Computer : Interaction Design, System Infrastructures and Applications for Smart Environments}},
  editor       = {{Streitz, Norbert  and Kameas, Achilles  and Mavrommati, Irene}},
  isbn         = {{978-3-540-72725-5}},
  keywords     = {{Informal Communication, Local Mobility, Computer Support Cooperative Work, Smart Environment, Smart Space}},
  pages        = {{3--29}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  title        = {{{Smart Artefacts as Affordances for Awareness in Distributed Teams}}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-540-72727-9_1}},
  volume       = {{4500}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}

@inbook{4829,
  abstract     = {{In this paper, we address three major issues, look at their interaction and combination and present our results on how to arrive at solutions for these issues. The issues are: 1) supporting informal communication and atmosphere in organisations, 2) the role and potential of ambient displays in future work environments, and 3) the combination of mostly static artefacts that are integrated in the architectural environment with mobile devices carried by people. Our results can be considered as steps towards the design and realization of what we call “social architectural spaces” in the context of future work environments. These environments will be populated with a range of different smart artefacts that are designed to facilitate awareness and notification as well as informal communication. We address a range of spaces in office buildings including public spaces, e.g., in the hallway, the foyer, and the cafeteria that have not been the focus of research so far. In particular, we present two artefacts: the Hello.Wall, a wall-size large ambient display, and the ViewPort, a mobile handheld device. They are interacting with each other via wireless networks and different types of sensing technology. The artefacts and the software were developed in the EU-funded “Disappearing Computer”- project “Ambient Agoras: Dynamic Information Clouds in a Hybrid Worlds”.}},
  author       = {{Streitz, Norbert and Prante, Thorsten and Röcker, Carsten and van Alphen, Daniel and Magerkurth, Carsten and Stenzel, Richard and Plewe, D. A.}},
  booktitle    = {{Public and Situated Displays Social and Interactional Aspects of Shared Display Technologies}},
  editor       = {{O'Hara, K. and Perry, Mark  and Churchill, E. and Russell, D.}},
  isbn         = {{978-90-481-6449-3 }},
  keywords     = {{ambient displays, mobile devices, informal communication, atmosphere, social architectural space, ubiquitous computing}},
  pages        = {{387 – 409}},
  publisher    = {{Springer }},
  title        = {{{Ambient Displays and Mobile Devices for the Creation of Social Architectural Spaces: Supporting Informal Communication and Social Awareness in Organizations}}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-94-017-2813-3_16}},
  volume       = {{2}},
  year         = {{2003}},
}