COMS E6176 Tentative Syllabus and Assignments

Spring 2004, Th 12:35pm-2:25pm
825 SW Mudd

Prof. Steven Feiner 
feiner [at] cs.columbia.edu
212-939-7083


Schedule is subject to change.

 
Date  Topics covered  Assignment out  Assignment in 
Thu Jan 22 Course Introduction:
Bush, V. As We May Think. The Atlantic Monthly, 176(1), July 1945, 101-108.
Thorp, E.O. The invention of the first wearable computer. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 1998 (ISWC 98), 4-8.
Feiner, S. The importance of being mobile: Some social consequences of wearable augmented reality systems. Proc. IEEE and ACM Int. Workshop on Augmented Reality 1999 (IWAR 99), 145-148.
Mann, S. An historical account of the `WearComp' and `WearCam' inventions developed for applications in `personal imaging.' IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 1997 (ISWC 97), 66-73.
Rhodes, B.J. The wearable remembrance agent: a system for augmented memory. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 1997 (ISWC 97), 123-128.


Thu Jan 29 Applications Our goal in Class 2 is to gain an understanding of the kinds of applications in which mobility and wearability would be most useful. Bear in mind the key characteristics of mobile and wearable computing we discussed in Class 1, and the more inclusive definition of wearable computing given in Feiner, IWAR 99 (listed above, which we didn't get to discuss). Read the papers with an eye to determining which of these characteristics they exploit, how they exploit them, and how well they do it. What real or potential applications can you think of that are not addressed in the readings? (Although I do want you to read these papers, I don't expect you to memorize them, but rather to get a good feel for the range of applications and approaches that people are exploring. Class participation is "open book"!)

Butz, A., Baus, J., and Krueger, A. Augmenting buildings with infrared information. Proc. IEEE and ACM Int. Symp. on Augmented Reality 2000 (ISAR 2000), 93-96.
Feiner, S., MacIntyre, B., and Seligmann, D. Knowledge-based augmented reality. Communications of the ACM,, 36(7), July 1993, 52-62.
Ockerman, J.J. and Pritchett, A.R. Preliminary investigation of wearable computers for task guidance in aircraft inspection. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 1998 (ISWC 98), 33-40.
Zhang, X., Genc, Y., and Navab, N. Taking AR into large scale industrial environments: navigation and information access with mobile computers. Proc. IEEE and ACM Int. Symp. on Augmented Reality 2001 (ISAR 2001), 179-180.
Feiner, S., MacIntyre, B., Hollerer, T., and Webster, A. A touring machine: prototyping 3D mobile augmented reality systems for exploring the urban environment. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 1997 (ISWC 97), 74-81.
Rensing, N.M., Weststrate, E., Zavracky, P.M., Chandler, M., Nobel, K.R., Helfter, S., Kinsky, M., Gold, M., and Martin, B. Threat response: a compelling application for wearable computing. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 2002 (ISWC 2002), 152-153.
Brashear, H., Starner, T., Lukowicz, P., and Junker, H. Using multiple sensors for mobile sign language recognition. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 2003 (ISWC 2003), 45-52.
Mikkonen, J., Vanhala, J., Reho, A., and Impi, J. Reima Smart Shout concept and prototype. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 2001 (ISWC 2001), 174-175.
Jebara, T., Eyster, C., Weaver, J., Starner, T., and Pentland, A. Stochasticks: augmenting the billiards experience with probabilistic vision and wearable computers. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 1997 (ISWC 97), 138-145.
MacIntyre, B., Bolter, J.D., Moreno, E., and Hannigan, B. Augmented reality as a new media experience. Proc. IEEE and ACM Int. Symp. on Augmented Reality 2001 (ISAR 2001), 197-206.

Thu Feb 5 Context: How can we make computing sensitive to the user's constantly changing environment?  We will explore the different kinds of environmental context that can be sensed and the advantages of responding to that context.

Weiser M. The Computer for the 21st Century. Scientific American, 265(3), September 1992, 94-104.
Want, R., Schilit, B.N., Adams, N.I., Gold, R., Petersen, K., Goldberg, D., Ellis, J.R., and Weiser, M.. An overview of the PARCTAB ubiquitous computing experiment. IEEE Personal Communications, 2(6), December 1995, 28-43.
Hull, R., Neaves, P., and Bedford-Roberts, J. Towards situated computing. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 1997 (ISWC 97), 146-153
Pascoe, J. Adding generic contextual capabilities to wearable computers. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 1998 (ISWC 98), 92-99.
Cybertracker
Abowd, G., Atkeson, C., Hong, J., Long, S., Kooper, R., and Pinkerton, M. Cyberguide: A mobile context-aware tour guide. Wireless Networks, 3(5), October 1997, 421-433.
Jebara, T., Schiele, B., Oliver, N., and Pentland, S. DyPERS: Dynamic Personal Enhanced Reality System. Proc 1998 Image Understanding Workshop, Monterey CA, May 1998.
Golding, A.R. and Lesh, N. Indoor navigation using a diverse set of cheap, wearable sensors. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 1999 (ISWC 99), 29-36.
Choudhyry, T. and Pentland, A. Sensing and modeling human networks using the sociometer. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp.on Wearable Computers 2003 (ISWC 03), 216-222.

Select a topic to present from the reading list
Thu Feb 12 Form and Function:
In the hand: Tiqit, OQO UPC, Vulcan FlipStart, Garmin iQue 3600, Garmin Rino, Nokia N-Gage, Cybiko.

Over the shoulder and on the belt: Smailagic, A. and Siewiorek, D. Matching interface design with user tasks: Modalities of interaction with CMU wearable computers. IEEE Personal Communications, 3(1), February 1996, 14-25.
CMU Spot, Xybernaut, Charmed,

On the arm: Stein, R., Ferrero, S., Hetfield, M., Quinn, A., and Krichever, M. Development of a commercially successful wearable data collection system. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 1998, 18-24.
onHand, Fossil Tech.

Clipped, pinned, pocketed, and buttoned: Starner, T., Auxier, J., Ashbrook, D., and Gandy, M. The gesture pendant: A self-illuminating, wearable, infrared computer vision system for home automation control and medical monitoring. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 2000, 87-94,
PLAY research studio, Lovegety, iButton.

On the back: Mann, S. Smart clothing: The wearable computer and WearCam. Personal Technologies, 1(1), March 1997,
MIT MIThril.

Chameleon: Antelope Technologies MCC,

In the environment: Elrod, S., Hall, G., Costanza, R., Dixon, M., and des Rivieres, J. The responsive environment. Xerox PARC TR CSL93-5, June 1993.
Georgia Tech Aware Home Research Initiative,
Microsoft Research Easy Living

Putting them all together: Post, E.R., Reynolds, M., Gray, M., Paradiso, J., and Gershenfeld, N. Intrabody buses for data and power. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 1997, 52-55.
Feiner, S.K. Environment management for hybrid user interfaces. IEEE Personal Communications, 7(5), October 2000, 50-53.


Develop a project proposal
Thu Feb 19 Wearability: What to Put Where and Why:
Gemperle, F., Kasabach, C., Stivoric, J., Bauer, M., and Martin, R. Design for wearability. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 1998, 116-122.
Thomas, B., Grimmer, K., Makovec, D., Zucco, J., and Gunther, B. Determination of placement of a body-attached mouse as a pointing input device for wearable computers. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 1999, 193-194.
Rekimoto, J. GestureWrist and GesturePad: Unobtrusive wearable interaction devices. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 2001, 21-27.
Martin, T.L. Time and time again: Parallels in the development of the watch and the wearable computer. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 2002, 5-11.
Toney, A., Mulley, B., Thomas, B.H., and Piekarski, W. Minimal social weight user interactions for wearable computers in business suits. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 2002, 57-64.
Rantanen, J., Alfthan, N., Impio, J., Karinsalo, T., Malmivaara, M., Matala, R., Makinen, M., Reho, A., Talvenmaa, P., Tasanen, M., and Vanhala, J. Smart clothing for the arctic environment. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 2000 (ISWC 2000), 15-23. (See also Clothing+.)
Carr, C., Schwartz, S., and Rosenberg, I. A wearable computer for support of astronaut extravehicular activity Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Wearable Computers 2002 (ISWC 2002), 23-30.

Presentation topic due
Thu Feb 26 Project proposal initial review

 


Project proposal due
Thu Mar 4

"Mobilizing" an application:  How can we apply what we've learned about mobile and wearable technology, and the context within which computing takes place, to develop applications and user interfaces that make sense?  We'll choose some example domains in class, relate them to what we've covered thus far, and do some "low-fi" sketches that specifically address mobility and wearability.  This will provide you with some of the tools you will need to develop your project design. Please come to class with some ideas about domains and applications to explore, with one important constraint: they should be different from your project proposal!

 


Revise your project proposal Project proposal returned
Thu Mar 11 Project proposal presentations

 


Revised project proposal and presentation due
Thu Mar 18 Spring Break (no class)

 


Thu Mar 25 "Mobilizing" an application: Case study

 


10  Thu Apr 1 Body-worn sensors and affective computing for assistive user interfaces: Chien-i Tu

 


11  Thu Apr 8 Augmented reality: Deepak Subramanian

 


Project progress report due
12  Thu Apr 15 Assistive user interfaces for wearable computing; mobile design (Moved to Tue Apr 13 noon-2pm)

 


13  Thu Apr 22 Augmented reality: Supplementary review and design

 


14  Thu Apr 29 Moved to Tue May 4 noon-2pm, 620 CEPSR: Privacy and social consequences (slides)

 


Mon May 10 (No class)

 


Project design and realization due
Thu May 13 12:30pm-2:30pm: Project demos in 473 CSB (Official exam time/room are different from class time/room)

 


Project demo due