Global Ubiquitous Computing

or – why CSCW and UbiComp do not have anything in common, but may

have in the future...

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Who am I?

• University of Aarhus• UC Irvine• IT University of Copenhagen

• Tries to build technology• ... based on studies of real world challenges

• Have been stuck in hospitals for many year• ... but tried honestly to do something else

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UbiComp – origins

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Are CSCW and UbiComp the same?

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Human-Computer Interaction

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Other users?

Other kind oftechnology?

Why CSCW ≠ UbiComp

• HCI– One user – one computer– The Personal Computer– Human Computer Interaction

• CSCW– Other users– Social Computing w. existing technology– Collaborative Interaction

• UbiComp– Other computers– New types of technology– Embedded Interaction

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Comparison

CSCW UbiComp

Mode of Interaction Collaborative Embedded

# Users Many One – few

Focus of Interaction Distributed / Global Local

Applications Work All sort

Research approach Experimental & Studies

Experimental & Studies

Technology focus Software Software & Hardware

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Could UbiComp and CSCW merge?

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Cooking together?

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Global Ubiquitous Computing

• Embedded Computing on a Global Scale

• Globally distributed teams– Software development– Business processes

• Healthcare– Global challenges– Global solutions – Google Health, MS Vault, Intel Health

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