We are now living in a mobile information era, which is fundamentally changing science and
society. Location Based Services (LBS), which deliver information depending on the location …

Underground mining is expected to lead the mining industry in the near future. Due to the
advance of electronic devices and communications technologies, new safety regulations …

Workplace surveillance is traditionally conceived of as a dyadic process, with an observer
and an observee. In this paper, I discuss the implications of an emerging form of workplace …

With the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoTs), it is
crucial to acknowledge the potential security and privacy issues that arise from these …

This book is a second edition, updated and expanded to explain the technologies that help
us find information on the web. Search engines and web navigation tools have become …

In this paper we investigate generic methods for placing photos uploaded to Flickr on the
World map. As primary input for our methods we use the textual annotations provided by the …

Indoor location information is of great value to the building industry in improving the
utilization and maintenance of facilities. The paper identifies previous academic …

A key challenge for rapidly growing cities of today is to provide effective public transport
services to satisfy the increasing demands for urban mobility. Toward this goal, the Internet …

With the gradual maturating of ubiquitous computing and the rapid advances in mobile
devices and wireless communication, indoor Location Based Services have gained …

Virtual Reality (VR) has been adopted as a leading technology for the metaverse, yet most
previous VR systems provide one-size-fits-all experiences to users. Context-awareness in …