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Heaven and Hell: Visions for Pervasive Adaptation

Author(s) -

Ben Paechter,

Jeremy Pitt,

Nikola Šerbedžija,

Katina Michael,

Jennifer Willies,

Ingi Helgason

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

procedia computer science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334

H-Index - 76

ISSN - 1877-0509

DOI - 10.1016/j.procs.2011.12.025

Subject(s) - computer science , vision , adaptation (eye) , ubiquitous computing , human–computer interaction , usability , context aware pervasive systems , internet privacy , world wide web , computer security , sociology , anthropology , physics , optics

With everyday objects becoming increasingly smart and the "info-sphere" being enriched with nano-sensors and networked to computationally-enabled devices and services, the way we interact with our environment has changed significantly, and will continue to change rapidly in the next few years. Being user-centric, novel systems will tune their behaviour to individuals, taking into account users' personal characteristics and preferences. But having a pervasive adaptive environment that understands and supports us "behaving naturally" with all its tempting charm and usability, may also bring latent risks, as we seamlessly give up our privacy (and also personal control) to a pervasive world of business-oriented goals of which we simply may be unaware

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