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A Ubiquitous Fashionable Computer with an i-Throw Device on a Location-Based Service Environment
The ubiquitous fashionable computer (UFC), introduced in this paper, is a wearable computer that allows people to exploit ubiquitous computing environment in a user-friendly manner. We present the design approach and philosophy of the UFC that is wearable, aesthetic, and intuitive. The UFC supports the interoperability of various communication interfaces among WLAN, Bluetooth and ZigBee devices. We developed a wireless gesture recognition device, called i -Throw, which is small enough to be worn on one's finger like a ring. The UFC, with the help of i -Throw, can control ubiquitous environment using an intuitive hand motion. To explain the practical use of the UFC platform and the user-friendly interaction with ubiquitous environment, we implemented a ubiquitous testbed where multiple UFC users interact with various ubiquitous devices or other UFC users. In addition, we implemented a practical application which makes it possible to exchange the various objects and control ubiquitous devices very easily.
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Resource Volume Management for Shared File System in SAN Environment
In this paper, a volume management scheme that supports multi-host environments is designed and implemented. The proposed scheme provides various features for enterprise internet services such as online resizing, online migration and an enhanced configuration scheme considering workload access patterns and disk geometry. The SANfs is a shared file system in which multiple hosts can share multiple disks via a storage area network (SAN). SANfs is designed to provide high storage I/O performance and reliability to support the internet web server, but various features of SANfs are limited by traditional storage management technology; therefore, a volume management scheme for SANfs is required. The designed volume manager in this paper, called SANfsVM, can maximize the performance of SANfs and provide SANfs with high storage volume scalability and availability. It can provide SANfs with maximum system uptime and unlimited storage capacity using online resizing management. SANfs-VM can also provide the opportunity to use the disk characteristics and access patterns of system workloads by utilizing an enhanced configuration scheme.
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Delayed locking technique for improving real-time performance of embedded Linux by prediction of timer interrupt
In this paper, we propose a new technique, called a delayed locking technique, to improve the real-time performance of embedded Linux. The proposed technique employs the rule that entering a critical section is allowed only if the operation does not disturb the future execution of the real-time application. To execute this rule, we introduce the concepts of timer interrupt prediction and lock hold time acquisition. In addition, we designed and implemented a new high-resolution timer that is simple, yet efficient. We implemented the prototype on Linux 2.4.18. Experimental results show that the worst-case OS latency of real-time process is reduced to 23% of the original one, at the expense of slowdown of the nonreal-time process by 20%. Though we focus only on embedded Linux, our technique is useful for all kinds of real-time operating systems in which the critical section is significantly long.
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Image is everything: advancing HCI knowledge and interface design using the system image
As the field of human-computer interaction matures, the need for proven, dependable engineering processes for interface development becomes apparent. Our continuing work in developing LINK-UP, an integrated design and reuse environment, suggests that a better understanding of the system image is key to the successful evaluation of design prototypes, and an aide in applying knowledge from the repository. This paper describes our ongoing work to enhance LINK-UP by developing and augmenting the system image to make it the central communication point between different stages of design and between different stakeholders. We report on a study of the new task flow that demonstrated the value of the system image within a broader design context. Overall, our findings indicate that the effective creation and use of knowledge repositories by novice HCI designers hinges on successful application of existing HCI design concepts within a practical integrated design environment.
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A novel direction-finding method for cyclostationary signals
We develop a method based on the phase-SCORE algorithm of Agee et al. (Proc. IEEE 78 (April 1990) 753) to achieve direction finding for cyclostationary signals. Using the weight obtained from the phase-SCORE algorithm, we construct a subspace orthogonal to the subspace spanned by the direction vectors of uncorrelated signals of interest (SOIs). Finding the directions of the uncorrelated SOIs is then performed according to a subspace-fitting concept. For coping with the coherence between SOIs, we incorporate the proposed method with the well-known spatial smoothing algorithm of Shan et al. (IEEE Trans. Acoust. Speech Signal Process ASSP-33 (August 1985) 806) to alleviate the performance degradation due to coherence. Simulation examples for illustration and comparison are also provided.
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Case and Constraint-Based Apartment Construction Project Planning System: FASTrak-APT
To effectively generate a fast and consistent apartment construction project network, Hyundai and KAIST have developed a case and constraint based project planning expert system for apartment domain, FASTrak-APT, inspired by the fact that human expert project planner uses previous cases for planning a new project and modifies them using her/his knowledge on domain constraints. This largescale, case based and mixed-initiative planning system integrated with intensive constraint-based adaptation utilizes semantic level meta-constraints and human decisions for compensating incomplete cases imbedding specific planning knowledge. The case and constraint based architecture inherently supports cross-checking cases with constraints during the system development and maintenance. This system has drastically reduced the time and effort required for initial project planning, improved the quality and completeness of the generated plans, and is expected to give the company the competitive advantage in contract bids for new contracts.
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A Monitoring Sensor Management System for Grid Environments
Large distributed systems such as Computational Grids require a large amount of monitoring data be collected for a variety of tasks such as fault detection, performance analysis, performance tuning, performance prediction, and scheduling. Ensuring that all necessary monitoring is turned on and that data is being collected can be a very tedious and error-prone task. We have developed an agent-based system to automate the execution of monitoring sensors and the collection of event data.
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VTAssist: a location-based feedback notification system for the disabled
The needs of individuals with limited mobility have not been given as much importance as those of other users of internet-accessible mobile devices. Disabled users have information and service needs that are unique and a timely delivery of these services and information can be invaluable. This has motivated us toward the development of VTAssist, an application that attempts to provide critical location-based information about building accessibility to impaired users. This paper discusses our initial implementation of VTAssist and reports on preliminary evaluation results. Our results indicate that our system can help wheelchair users to better understand and navigate around environments.