This article aims to investigate the Grand Challenges which arise in the current and
emerging landscape of rapid technological evolution towards more intelligent interactive …

The increased use of mobile maps in our highly mobile digital culture has resulted in a large
variety of map users and map use situations. For mobile map applications that engage a …

The advent of ubiquitous systems places even more focus on users, since these systems
must support their daily activities in such a transparent way that does not disturb them. Thus …

Business Intelligence (BI) applications provide business information to drive decision
support. Usability is one of the factors determining the optimal use and eventual benefit …

Ubiquitous computing has changed the way users interact with technology. Its applications
are everywhere, supporting users in everyday activities in a transparent way with little or no …

Play is an important factor in the life of children. It plays a role in their cognitive, social, and
physical development, and provides entertaining and fulfilling activities in itself. As with any …

Analysing users in their context of work and finding out how and why they use different
information resources is essential to provide interactive visualisation systems that match …

The built environment remains a persistent accessibility challenge for people with mobility
impairments. Whilst platforms to report these inaccessible locations exist, the underlying …

A hierarchical scheme for elastic graph matching applied to hand gesture recognition is
proposed. The proposed algorithm exploits the relative discriminatory capabilities of visual …

Intelligent environments are rapidly gaining ground, propelled by a rich sensor
infrastructure, the Internet of Things, sophisticated reasoning capabilities, and Artificial …