Moleskine Transfer (2)

• I need to describe the relevance of my research focus. Starting from a big picture (find relations/interconnections with other themes) into a the specific low level of detail. List the key issues and do a selection.
• I will write a first internal report, with a frame and interactively update it (the Umberto Eco way).
• Do literature review on uncertainty and HCI
• Redefine the “measured” space with taking more that sensors into consideration
• Deepen my knowledge with ABM and how to integrate the methodology in my research scope.
• Think about the separation of the soft (socio-psycho, usability) and hard (practical and computational) aspects and how to make may work original on the soft side and with a mix of tools (e.g. ABM)
• I won’t submit conference papers too soon, because my literature review has gaps (missing the uncertainty in HCI part) and I do not want to rush into analyzing CatchBob! data without a strong ground. However, participation in Doctoral colloquiums would be a good thing. Targeted conferences would be:

MobileHCI in Espoo, Finland (May 7. No Doctoral Colloquium)
Perception and modelling of the environment

Ubicomp 2006 in Irvin, USA (March 31, Doctoral Colloquium June 12)
Understanding ubicomp and its consequences (e.g. conceptual models, lessons learnt, user studies and results from Ubicomp experiments)

CSCW 2006 in Banff, Canada (March 17, Doctoral Colloquium July 7)
Innovative technologies and architectures to support group activity, awareness and telepresence (bof…)

Pervasive 2006 in Dublin, Ireland (February 1, Doctoral Colloquium February 15)
Analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of pervasive systems and applications.

ICPS’06 : IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services 2006, Lyon