@article{4376,
  abstract     = {{This paper analyzes the requirements of users of different generations with regard to future e-banking systems. An empirical study was conducted to verify six previously formulated hypotheses. The results show that the acceptance of such systems highly depends on factors such as age, gender and general technical affinity. It turned out that most of the older people are not yet willing to use such systems at all – independent of specific system characteristics. Additionally, it is more likely that men will use smart banking systems than women and that technical affinity has a positive influence on the general usage intention.}},
  author       = {{Röcker, Carsten and Kaulen, Daniel}},
  issn         = {{2368-6103}},
  journal      = {{International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction}},
  keywords     = {{Smart Banking, User Study, Technology Acceptance, Design Requirements.}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{83 -- 91}},
  publisher    = {{Avestia Publishing, International ASET Inc.}},
  title        = {{{Smart Banking: User Characteristics and Their Effects on the Usage of Emerging Banking Applications}}},
  doi          = {{10.11159/vwhci.2014.009}},
  volume       = {{2}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}

@article{4377,
  abstract     = {{Within the last years the concept of trust has attracted increased attention in the field of smart home environments. However, little is known about what determines trustworthiness in this context. For this reason the objective was to examine mental models in terms of anthropomorphic perception of smart home environments and its relation to trustworthiness. Two studies (N=36) were carried out in the Future Care Lab, a simulated intelligent home environment. We used the teach-back method to help participants to talk about the smart home environment technology and asked to generate a metaphor of an experienced home-monitoring scenario. Finally, we applied linguistic analysis of responses to detect anthropomorphic characteristics. In general, results demonstrate inspiring metaphors related to the personal assistance system, e.g. "like an airbag…" or "like a family member…", which might be useful for future interface designs and approaches of communication in the context of smart home environments. However, no relation of anthropomorphism and trustworthiness could be found. Therefore, we suggest an anthropomorphic threshold, which should be investigated by using an improved method and trust scale.}},
  author       = {{Sack, Oliver and Röcker, Carsten}},
  issn         = {{2368-6103}},
  journal      = {{International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction}},
  keywords     = {{Smart environment, e-health, user study, mental model, anthropomorphism, metaphor, technology acceptance, trust, evaluation}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{28 -- 36}},
  publisher    = {{ Avestia Publishing, International ASET Inc. }},
  title        = {{{“Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home Environments}}},
  doi          = {{10.11159/vwhci.2014.004}},
  volume       = {{2}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}

@inproceedings{4481,
  abstract     = {{This paper reports on a study exploring the attitudes of users towards video-based monitoring systems for long-term care of elderly or disabled people in smart home environments. The focus of the study was on investigating the willingness of users to accept medical technology in their homes and the specific conditions under which continuous monitoring would be acceptable. Using the questionnaire method, a total of 165 users (17-95 years) were examined regarding privacy, intimacy and trust issues for medical technology in homes. The results highlight trust and privacy as central requirements, especially when implemented within private spaces. The reported concerns were mostly insensitive to gender and age. Overall, it was revealed that acceptance issues and users' needs and wants should be seriously considered in order to successfully design new medical technologies.}},
  author       = {{Ziefle, Martina and Röcker, Carsten and Holzinger, Andreas}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the IEEE 35th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops (COMPSACW'11)}},
  isbn         = {{9997-0-7695-4459--5}},
  keywords     = {{Medical Technologiee, Smart Homese, Ambient Assisted Livinge, Technology Acceptance, User Study}},
  location     = {{Munich, Germany }},
  pages        = {{410--415}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  title        = {{{Medical Technology in Smart Homes: Exploring the User’s Perspective on Privacy, Intimacy and Trust}}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/COMPSACW.2011.75}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}

@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{4501,
  abstract     = {{This paper describes first steps in the design process of an open and integrative test bed for studying the acceptance of Ambient Assisted Living technologies. The research work reported in this paper was conducted within the project “eHealth - Enhancing Mobility with Aging”, an interdisciplinary research project funded by the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and State Governments. In the first part of the paper, several formative studies are described, which were conducted in order to analyze personal and medical needs of potential end users, as well as the habits they have in dealing with their illnesses. The insights gained in these studies were used to define fundamental requirements for the design of an intelligent home environment. The second part of the paper shows how the concept was realized and presents several technical prototypes of intelligent home components.}},
  author       = {{Röcker, Carsten and Wilkowska, Wiktoria and Ziefle, Martina and Kasugai, Kai and Klack, Lars and Möllering, Christian and Beul, Shirley}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the International Communications Society: Culture, Communication and the Cutting Edge of Technology}},
  keywords     = {{Ambient Intelligence, Ambient Assisted Livin, Ubiquitous Computing, User Interfaces, User-Centered Design, User Study}},
  location     = {{Tokyo, Japan}},
  title        = {{{Towards Adaptive Interfaces for Supporting Elderly Users in Technology-Enhanced Home Environments}}},
  year         = {{2010}},
}