" Tools for human computers" is an underexplored design space in human computation
research, which has focused on techniques for buyers of human computation rather than …

Harnessing human computation through crowdsourcing offers an alternative approach to
solving complex problems, especially those that are relatively easy for humans but difficult …

Distributed storage systems are mainly justified due to the limited amount of storage capacity
and improving the reliability through distributing data over multiple storage nodes. On the …

Despite the pervasiveness of markets in our lives, little is known about the role of user
interfaces (UIs) in promoting good decisions in market domains. How does the way we …

We present the design of a fully autonomous smart thermostat that supports end-users in
managing their heating preferences in a realtime pricing regime. The thermostat uses a …

The concept of the intuitive has been central to HCI practices for a long time, as is evident in
both textbooks and research articles. However, while the notion of the intuitive is so often …

One reason for market failure is the inherent complexity that excludes non-sophisticated
users. Market complexity can be reduced by adapting the market rules or by simplifying the …

The next decade will see an abundance of new intelligent systems, many of which will be
market-based. Soon, users will interact with many new markets, perhaps without even …

In this paper we take the problem of a market-based P2P backup application and carry it
through market design, to implementation, to theoretical and experimental analysis. While …

The Social Cloud framework leverages existing relationships between members of a social
network for the exchange of resources. This thesis focuses on the design of coordination …