HCI - Context-aware mobile systems - UHasselt

We perform research on how context-aware systems can assist users in a variety of settings. The focus of our research is primarily on situations in which the user is mobile. Context-related information  is not limited to location but also includes information about the software platform, social network, timeliness of activities and the user profile itself. We have  experience in building such systems for cultural organizations (e.g. Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongeren and Middelheim in Antwerp), social help systems (e.g. people in early stages of dementia or commuters) and intervention teams.

Key projects:

• FWO:  CoLaSue, CoDaNuSi
• IWT SBO:  CoDAMoS
• IBBT GBO:  CrosLocis
• IBBT GBO: GeoBips
• EFRO: ARCHIE, RITCHIE, RITCHIE 2
• IBBT GBO: Heritage 2.0, dEUS

Key publications:

• iDiscover: Towards the next generation of Contextualised Mobile Museum Guides, Kris Luyten, Karin Coninx, Eddy Flerackers, Kris Gabriëls, Karel Robert, Jolien Schroyen and Daniël Teunkens, The 9th Culture and Computer Science conference 2011 (KUI'2011), Berlin, Germany, May 12-13, 2011
• Geo-Social Interaction: Context-Aware Help in Large Scale Public Spaces, Nasim Mahmud, Petr Aksenov, Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, Davy Preuveneers, Kris Luyten, Karin Coninx and Yolande Berbers, First International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence (Ami 2010), Málaga, Spain, November 10-12, 2010
• A unified scalable Model of User Localisation with Uncertainty Awareness for large-scale Pervasive Environments (best paper award), Petr Aksenov, Kris Luyten and Karin Coninx, Fifth International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies (NGMAST 2011), Cardiff, Wales, UK, September 14-16, 2011
• Coping with imprecision of location sensing in large-scale ubicomp environments, Petr Aksenov, Kris Luyten and Karin Coninx, International Workshop on Sensing and Acting in Ubiquitous Environments (SEACUBE'09), in Conjunction with the International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecommunications (ICUMT), St.-Petersburg, Russia, October 12, 2009
• Training Social Learning Skills by Collaborative Mobile Gaming in Museums, Jolien Schroyen, Kris Gabriëls, Kris Luyten, Daniël Teunkens, Karel Robert, Karin Coninx, Eddy Flerackers and Elke Manshoven, International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE'2008),
  Yokohama, Japan, December 3-5, 2008
• Beyond mere information provisioning: a handheld museum guide based on social activities and playful learning, Jolien Schroyen, Kris Gabriëls, Daniël Teunkens, Karel Robert, Kris Luyten, Karin Coninx and Elke Manshoven, The Journal on Nordic Museums and Museology, nr. 1, 2007
• A Situation-aware Mobile System to support Fire Brigades in Emergency Situations,  Kris Luyten, Frederik Winters, Dries Naudts, Ingrid Moerman and Karin Coninx, The Second International Workshop on Context-Aware Mobile Systems (CAMS'06), OnTheMove Federated Conferences and Workshops, Montpellier, France, October 31 - November 1, 2006