Human interaction with context-aware computing systems (2005-2008)

Current computing systems are built from disjoint technologies. They include a large variety of standalone and embedded computing devices and a variety of wired and wireless computer networks. Future context-aware systems will integrate these disjoint technologies into a computing environment which adapts to changes in context of user tasks and therefore can seamlessly support users activity as users move between different computing platforms computer networks locations and tasks. Context-aware systems are very complex and interactions with these systems may lead to an emergent behaviour of the system. Using an innovative user-centred approach we examine how to design usable systems that make adaptation decisions that users trust