Workshop @ Informatik 2006:
Mobile and Embedded Interactive Systems (MEIS'06)

Aim of the Workshop

The workshop seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry who are concerned with envisioning, creating and implementing mobile and embedded interactive systems. The workshop will provide a venue to present novel research in this field and to openly discuss ideas and problems on the topic. By bringing together different viewpoints, in particular embedded systems, complex software systems, mobile interaction, and user centred design, a common understanding can emerge. The overall aim of the workshop is to foster a community in mobile and embedded interactive systems.

The entire Mobile and Embedded Interactive Systems workshop proceedings are available in a single PDF for download. The individual papers are linked from the sessions below.

Tentative Timetable (Friday, 6th October 2006)

09:00-09:15	Welcome and introduction to the workshop
09:15-10:15	Session: Basic Technologies Toolkit for Bar Code Recognition and Resolving on Camera Phones – Jump Starting the Internet of Things. Robert Adelmann, Marc Langheinrich, Christian Flörkemeier. Institute for Pervasive Computing, ETH Zurich (20 min) Locating Physical Interface Objects on Interactive Surfaces. Florian Block, Hans Gellersen, Mike Hazas, David Molyneaux, Nicolas Villar. Computing Department, Lancaster University (20 min) Discussion on basic technologies for mobile and embedded interactive systems. What are the research challenges? What are the technologies to look out for?
10:15-10:45	Coffee/Tea break
10:45-12:30	Session: Methods and Concepts Klassifikation der Human-Environment-Interaction in intelligenten Umgebungen. Ali A. Nazari Shirehjini. Fraunhofer-IGD (20min) Software Engineering for Ambient Intelligence Systems. Thomas Fuhrmann. Universität Karlsruhe (TH) (10min) Tangible Interfaces in Virtual Environments. Johann Habakuk Israel . Virtual Product Creation. Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology Berlin (10min) Social Mobile Interaction using Tangible User Interfaces and Mobile Phones. Karin Leichtenstern, Elisabeth André. Institute of Computer Science Multimedia Concepts and Applications. Universität Augsburg (20min) Discussion on methods and concepts for mobile and embedded interactive systems. What is different in mobile and embedded systems? What new methods and concepts are required?
12:30-14:00	Lunch break
14:00-15:00	Session Applications - Prototyping and Evaluation Mobile Map Interaction - Evaluation in an indoor scenario. Hans Jörg Müller, Johannes Schöning, Antonio Krüger. Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Münster (20min) The Friday Afternoon Project: A Two-Hour VoodooIO Prototyping Exercise. Nicolas Villar, Hans Gellersen. Computing Department, Lancaster University (20min) Discussion on Prototyping and Evaluation for mobile and embedded interactive systems. Why is prototyping important? What are the applications to expect in the future?
15:00-16:00	Wrap-up, discussion on future plans for the workshopCoffee/Tea break
16:00-16:30	Coffee/Tea
Evening	Dinner (not compulsory)