Bridging Information Worlds

Bridging the Synthetic and Biopolymer Worlds

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Contextware: Bridging Physical and Virtual Worlds

Today a variety of terms – like Ubiquitous Computing, Pervasive Computing, Invisible Computing, Ambient Intelligence, Sentient Computing, Post-PC Computing, etc. – refers to new challenges and paradigms for the interaction among users and mobile and embedded computing devices. Fertilized by a vast quantitative growth of the Internet over the past years and a growing availability of wireless com...

Conversational agents in virtual worlds: Bridging disciplines

This paper examines the effective deployment of conversational agents in virtual worlds from the perspective of researchers/practitioners in cognitive psychology, computing science, learning technologies and engineering. From a cognitive perspective, the major challenge lies in the coordination and management of the various channels of information associated with conversation/ communication and...

Bridging Thought Worlds of an Academic CoP and IT Support

This paper reports a case study of a Community of Practice (CoP) of tertiary educators in information technology (IT), who seek ways to obtain adequate IT support to match their particular work environment. A facilitated workshop sought to bring members of the CoP and a key representative of the central IT department together with the aim of creating common ground for improved communication and...

Bridging and Breakdowns - Using computational artifacts across social worlds