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GEO-RBAC: A spatially aware RBAC

Securing access to data in location- based services and mobile applications requires the definition of spatially aware access- control systems. Even if some approaches have already been proposed either in the context of geographic database systems or conte ...

2007

Collaboration in a Video Game : Impacts of Location Awareness

Pierre Dillenbourg, Nicolas Nova

This paper presents an experimental research that focuses on collaboration in a multi-player game. The aim of the project is to study the cognitive impacts of awareness tools, i.e. artifacts that allow users of a collaborative system to be aware of what is ...

2007

The eLogBook Framework: Sustaining Interaction, Collaboration, and Learning in Laboratory-Oriented CoPs

Denis Gillet, Christophe Salzmann

Convinced by the important role of CoPs (communities of practice) and the innovative learning modality they offer, the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne is currently developing a framework to sustain interaction, collaboration, and learning in labor ...

2007

Data security in location-aware applications: an approach based on RBAC

Maria Luisa Damiani

Data security in a mobile context is a critical issue. Over the last few years a new category of location-based services, the Enterprise LBS (ELBS), has emerged focusing on the demands of mobility in organisations. These applications pose challenging requi ...

2007

Tackling Acceptability Issues in Communities of Practice by Providing a Lightweight Email-based Interface to eLogbook: a Web 2.0 Collaborative Activity and Asset Management System

Denis Gillet, Christophe Salzmann

eLogbook is a Web-based collaborative environment designed for communities of practice. It enables users to manage joint activities, share related assets and get contextual awareness. In addition to the original Web- based access, an email-based eLogbook i ...

CEUR-WS.org2007

Preference-based search with suggestions

Paolo Viappiani

The internet provides an unprecedented variety of opportunities to people. Whether looking for a place to go on vacation, an apartment to rent, or a PC to buy, the potential customer is faced with countless possibilities. Most people have difficulty findin ...

EPFL2007

Hierarchical domains for decentralized administration of spatially-aware RBAC systems

Maria Luisa Damiani

Emerging models for context-aware role-based access control pose challenging requirements over policy administration. In this paper we address the issues raised by the decentralized administration of a spatially-aware access control model in a mobile setti ...

2007

Daily Routine Classification from Mobile Phone Data

Daniel Gatica-Perez, Katayoun Farrahi

The automatic analysis of real-life, long-term behavior and dynamics of individuals and groups from mobile sensor data constitutes an emerging and challenging domain. We present a framework to classify people's daily routines (defined by day type, and by g ...

IDIAP2007

The Underwhelming Effects of Automatic Location-Awareness on Collaboration in a Pervasive Game

Pierre Dillenbourg, Nicolas Nova, Gaëlle Molinari

In this paper we seek to empirically study the use of location-awareness of others in the context of mobile collaboration. We report on a field experiment carried out using a pervasive game we developed called CatchBob!. Using both quantitative and qualita ...

2006

Investigating How Automatic Disclosure of Partners' Location Influences Mobile Coordination

Pierre Dillenbourg, Nicolas Nova

This paper reports on results from a field experiment using a pervasive game that aims at eliciting the influence of location-awareness of others in a mobile and collaborative task. We present the environment as well as first results concerning how differe ...

2006

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