Smart and Ubiquitous: Technology and physical safety - Einzelansicht

Smartphones, Smart Homes, Smart Health Monitors, Smart Cities... Ubiquitous technology applied for the good of people. Or is it? Does this actually deal with the problem? Or should these applications be given a second thought and designed differently?

In this project we will explore what are current problems regarding physical safety, which Smart and Ubiquitous Technologies can help to address them and what tools we have as HCI researchers to influence development of smart. We will plan and carry out mixed-method research on safety issues and investigate how smart and ubiquitous tech can address these. We plan to use methods such as Co-Design, Body Storming, Probes and others depending on the topic chosen. You will train to formulate a research question, gain experience to practically implement research methods, and get more acquainted with the use of ubiquitous technology.

time to be announced.

Place: HCI-Lab, HK 7

Participants should have attended either the Master level course ‘Ubiquitous Computing’ or the ‘HCI Methods & Theory’ course. They should be interested in engaging with the literature, doing empirical work and to work in teams

Active participation and interim presentations, autonomous and self-initiated working mode, project documentation.

M.Sc. Human-Computer Interaction