@article{4391, abstract = {{This paper presents a discussion of current developments in the field of smart medical services. Smart medical services are often cited as a promising solution to support elderly or disabled people. By providing a wide variety of services, they bear an immense potential for revolutionizing the way health services are provided in the future. In general, smart medical services can be clustered into three categories focusing on the detection and prevention of emergency situations, long-term treatment of chronic diseases, and the prevention and early-detection of illnesses. This paper provides an overview over the different types of applications and describes several research demonstrators and prototype systems for each category.}}, author = {{Röcker, Carsten}}, issn = {{2010-3700}}, journal = {{International Journal of Machine Learning and Computing : IJMLC}}, keywords = {{Smart medical services, ambient assisted living, E-healt, intelligent environments, ubiquitous and pervasive computing.}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{226 -- 230}}, title = {{{Smart Medical Services: A Discussion of State-of-The-Art Approaches}}}, doi = {{10.7763/IJMLC.2012.V2.119 }}, volume = {{2}}, year = {{2012}}, } @inproceedings{4393, abstract = {{Research in the field of technology-supported personal care gained considerable momentum over the last 10 to 15 years. This paper provides a comprehensive overview over state-of-the-art research activities in this field by illustrating major projects and research initiatives as well as highlighting successful approaches to Ambient Assisted Living.}}, author = {{Röcker, Carsten and Ziefle, Martina}}, booktitle = {{2012 International Conference on Future Information Technology and Management Science & Engineering ; Lectute notes in information technology : (LNIT)}}, keywords = {{Smart medical services, ambient assisted living, E-healt, intelligent environments, ubiquitous and pervasive computing}}, location = {{Hong Kong}}, number = {{14}}, pages = {{6 -- 14}}, title = {{{Current Approaches to Ambient Assisted Living}}}, year = {{2012}}, } @inproceedings{4480, abstract = {{Traditionally, Ambient Assisted Living applications focus on health-related services, like the detection of emergency situations, long-term treatment of chronic diseases, or the prevention and early-detection of illnesses. Over the last years, more and more projects started to extend these classical healthcare scenarios by designing applications that explicitly aim at increasing well-being and social inclusion for elderly users. With the transition away from purely medical services towards integrated homecare environments, holistic design concepts and evaluation approaches will become necessary. This paper takes a detailed look at state-of-the-art applications in this field and illustrates emerging challenges for the design and development of future homecare systems.}}, author = {{Röcker, Carsten and Ziefle, Martina and Holzinger, Andreas}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'11)}}, keywords = {{Ambient Assisted Living, Ambient Intelligence, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing, Social Inclusion, Older User}}, location = {{Las Vegas, NV, USA}}, pages = {{55--59}}, title = {{{Social Inclusion in AAL Environments: Home Automation and Convenience Services for Elderly Users}}}, volume = {{1}}, year = {{2011}}, } @inproceedings{4485, abstract = {{Research in the field of Ambient Assisted Living gained considerable momentum over the last decade and the diversity of existing applications is matched by a broad variety of implementation approaches. This paper takes a closer look at existing work in this field and provides a structured overview over state-of-the-art implementation concepts.}}, author = {{Röcker, Carsten}}, booktitle = {{Modeling, Simulation and Control}}, editor = {{Chunxiao, X.}}, keywords = {{Smart medical services, ambient assisted living, E-healt, intelligent environments, ubiquitous and pervasive computing}}, location = {{Singapore}}, pages = {{167--172}}, title = {{{Designing Ambient Assisted Living Applications: An Overview of State-of-the-Art Implementation Concepts}}}, year = {{2011}}, } @inproceedings{4490, abstract = {{This paper reports on a cross-cultural user study, which analyzes the perception of concerns commonly associated with technology-enhanced environments. The results of the study show that the concerns addressed in state-of-the-art literature do only partially reflect the concerns of potential users. The analysis also shows that the perception is significantly influenced by several factors. Especially the participants' cultural background has a significant influence on the perception of most concerns.}}, author = {{Röcker, Carsten}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of the Second International IEEE Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE'10)}}, editor = {{Mahadevan, V. and Jianhong, Z.}}, isbn = {{978-1-4244-5585-0 }}, keywords = {{Ubiquitous any Pervasive Computing, Ambient Intelligence, Intelligent Environments, Smart Spaces, Technology Acceptance, User Stuyy, Evaluation}}, location = {{Singapore}}, pages = {{513 -- 517}}, publisher = {{IEEE}}, title = {{{Living and Working in Automated Environments - Evaluating the Concerns of End-Users in Technology-Enhanced Spaces}}}, doi = {{10.1109/ICCAE.2010.5451637}}, year = {{2010}}, } @inproceedings{4491, abstract = {{This paper reports on a cross-national user study exploring the influence of the social work situation on the preferred level of control over IT services in smart office environments. The acceptance of different control mechanisms was tested for representative functionalities with participants from Germany and the USA. The results of the questionnaire-based study show, that the social situation, in which a certain application is used, has a significant effect on the preferred level of user control.}}, author = {{Röcker, Carsten}}, booktitle = {{2nd International Conference on Mechanical and Electrical Technology (ICMET), 2010 }}, isbn = {{9781424481002}}, keywords = {{Ambient Intelligence, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing, User Interface, Intelligent Environments, Human-Computer Interaction, User Study, Evaluation}}, location = {{Singapore}}, pages = {{314 -- 318}}, publisher = {{IEEE}}, title = {{{Socially Dependent Interaction in Smart Spaces: How the Social Situation Influences the Interaction Style in Computer-Enhanced Environments}}}, doi = {{10.1109/ICMET.2010.5598371}}, year = {{2010}}, } @inproceedings{4495, abstract = {{This paper illustrates why existing technology acceptance models are only of limited use for predicting and explaining the adoption of future information and communication technologies. It starts with a general overview over technology adoption processes, and presents several theories for the acceptance as well as adoption of traditional information technologies. This is followed by an overview over the recent developments in the area of information and communication technologies. Based on the arguments elaborated in these sections, it is shown why the factors used to predict adoption in existing systems, will not be sufficient for explaining the adoption of future information and communication technologies.}}, author = {{Röcker, Carsten}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Systems (ICIS'10), Part 1}}, issn = {{1307-6892}}, keywords = {{Technology Diffusion, Technology Acceptance Models, Ambient Intelligence, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing}}, location = {{Tokyo, Japan}}, number = {{5}}, pages = {{490 -- 496}}, publisher = {{World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, WASET}}, title = {{{Why Traditional Technology Acceptance Models Won't Work With Future Information Technologies}}}, doi = {{10.5281/zenodo.1078965}}, volume = {{41}}, year = {{2010}}, } @inproceedings{4497, abstract = {{This paper presents a cross-cultural study analyzing the willingness of users to share context information in work environments. The focus of the study is on three aspects: the general willingness to provide different types of context information, the acceptance of manual and automated data capturing mechanisms and the identification of personal and cultural differences among users. The results of the study show that potential users are rather reluctant to provide context information, especially if the data is automatically captured by the system, and that the willingness to provide context information differs significantly between user groups with different cultural backgrounds and different degrees of computer knowledge.}}, author = {{Röcker, Carsten}}, booktitle = {{Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2010}}, editor = {{Taniar, David and Gervasi, Osvaldo and Murgante, Beniamino and Pardede, Eric and Apduhan, Bernady O. }}, isbn = {{978-3-642-12188-3}}, keywords = {{Context-Awareness, Privacy, Ubiquitous Computing, Pervasive Computing, Ambient Intelligence, Evaluation, Technology Acceptance}}, location = {{Fukuoka, Japan}}, pages = {{93--106}}, publisher = {{Springer}}, title = {{{Information Privacy in Smart Office Environments: A Cross-Study Analyzing the Willingness of Users to Share Context Information}}}, doi = {{10.1007/978-3-642-12189-0_9}}, volume = {{6019}}, year = {{2010}}, } @article{4500, abstract = {{This paper identifies social and technological concerns, which are likely to emerge through the integration of Ubiquitous Computing technologies in future work environments. The concerns presented in this paper were collected by reviewing relevant literature from different research domains and are clustered into two groups. The first group of concerns concentrates on the violation of individual user privacy and the consequences, which arise from these privacy breaches. The second group addresses environmental and societal transformation processes caused by a large-scale penetration of future information and communication technologies into everyday life. }}, author = {{Röcker, Carsten}}, issn = {{1529-7314 }}, journal = {{Issues in information systems : IIS / International Association für Computer Information Systems, IACIS }}, keywords = {{Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing, Ambient Intelligence, Human Factors, Technology Acceptance, User Requirements}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{pp. 61 -- 68}}, title = {{{Social and Technological Concerns Associated with the Usage of Ubiquitous Computing Technologies}}}, doi = {{10.48009/1_iis_2010_61-68}}, volume = {{11}}, year = {{2010}}, } @inproceedings{4676, abstract = {{This paper describes a multi-national study evaluating the perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of Ambient Intelligence (AmI) applications in office environments. In a first step, existing usage scenarios were analyzed to identify characteristic functionalities and application domains. The identified core functionalities were integrated into a representative and coherent evaluation scenario, which was presented to a target user population in a questionnaire-based study. The results of the study indicate, that the participants regard the described Ambient Intelligence functionalities as rather useful and easy to use. Nevertheless, moderate overall ratings for both factors show, that the acceptance of AmI technologies is not as high as often argued.}}, author = {{Röcker, Carsten}}, booktitle = {{ Human Centered Design}}, editor = {{Kuroso, Masaaki }}, isbn = {{978-3-642-02805-2}}, keywords = {{Ambient Intelligence, Ubiquitous Computing, Pervasive Computing, Technology Acceptance, Study, Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease-of-Use}}, location = {{San Diego, CA, USA}}, pages = {{1052--1061}}, publisher = {{Springer}}, title = {{{Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease-of-Use of Ambient Intelligence Applications in Office Environments}}}, doi = {{10.1007/978-3-642-02806-9_120}}, volume = {{5619}}, year = {{2009}}, }