a field activity with the participation of members with mental disabilities

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We just had a field activity with the participation of members with mental disabilities. It provided close-up opportunities to investigate their special needs at workplaces.

iPad

We once believed content is independent of the device, just like TV sets and cellular phones. We also believed content is independent of channels, just like Internet. However, this device controls the content. The device becomes a channel itself.

Gait Analysis and Activity Detection

I saw this device IDEEA on the web. It looks interesting to me.
Video on http://www.minisun.com/Movie.asp

Medical Monitoring Networks Get Personal

I just read a wonderful article from Scientific American, Sep. 2009
Medical Monitoring Networks Get Personal


quote:
"[Bluetooth] really falls down when it comes to battery issues," says Nathaniel Sims, a physician at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School.

If all goes well, look for MBANs to fall into three categories in the near future—those used to monitor a patient's general health or "wellness," those measuring the health of the elderly, and those used to monitor patients with long-term medical conditions such as Parkinson's disease or epilepsy, says Paolo Bonato,

Healthcare sensors

Two Ideas for outpatient healthcare
1. Bluetooth headset for chewing problem detection, ISWPC 2008, Greece
2. In-bed accelerometer sensors for sleeping patterns identification,
Pervasive Health 2008, Finland (software now also available on i-Phone as
paid download)

I like their ideas of using widely available Bluetooth headset and i-Phone
instead of expensive medical equipment. But I do not have signal processing
background to make judgments.

Indoor positioning

There are two recent survey papers on indoor positioning.

Survey of Wireless Indoor Positioning Techniques and Systems
Hui Liu; Darabi, H.; Banerjee, P.; Jing Liu;
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews, IEEE
Transactions on
Volume 37, Issue 6, Nov. 2007 Page(s):1067 - 1080

A survey of indoor positioning systems for wireless personal networks
Yanying Gu; Lo, A.; Niemegeers, I.;
Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE
Volume 11, Issue 1, First Quarter 2009 Page(s):13 - 32

SSL on embedded linux

If SSL has to be implemented in C, CyaSSL is a C language based SSL developed for
embedded environments and real time operating systems where resources are
constrained.

Homework statistics

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If you have any question, please feel free to contact me.

Oral presentation for 12/19, 12/26, 1/9

We have 3 oral presentation on 12/19. We have another 3 on 12/26.

Journals that I read, review

General
Cybernetics and Systems (Taylor & Francis)
Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (Elsevier)
JCNA Journal of Computer and Network Applications (Elsevier)
ACM/Springer Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, PUC (Springer)
JUCS Journal of Universal Computer Science (Open Access)

DISABILITY(technical)
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BIOMEDICINE
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS MAN AND CYBERNETICS PART A-SYSTEMS AND HUMANS
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation (Open Access)

DISABILITY(special eudcation)
Developmental Disabilities and Research Reviews (Wiley)
Brain Injury (Informa) accessible through EBSCO
JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY　(Informa) accessible through EBSCO
EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (CEC-DDD)
Research in Developmental Disabilities (Elsevier)
JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH (Wiley)
Exceptionality (Taylor & Francis) accessible through EBSCO
Jounral of Behavioral Education (Springer) accessible through EBSCO
Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities (Springer) accessible through EBSCO

Educational Technology

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, TLT, started January 2008

ILE Interactive Learning Environments 0.914 (Taylor & Francis) accessible through EBSCO
INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION AND TEACHING INTERNATIONAL, IETI 0.18

ET&S http://www.ifets.info/ 1.067 (Open Access)

JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING, JCAL 1.313

BJET 1.255 (Wiley)
Computers and Education, CAE 1.6 (Elsevier)

ps:
Taylor & Francis Group 以及 Springer 本校不提供
Elsevier & Wiley 本校提供
IEEE & ACM 本校提供
Informa 本校提供 (EBSCO)

12/12 Course material

Applications

• Anomaly detection
  
• Wayfinding

About 12/5

Yes. We have class on 12/5.

I know it is the day for election. And we are supposed to take one day off. However, I really hate to let it go. Therefore, if you cannot make it, that's OK. For those who can attend the class, I will be more than happy to deliver the lecture regardless of the number of attendees.

12/5 Course material

Recent research on wireless communications

Applications

• Online behavior
• blogs and peer support
• Mobile Social Services for People with Disabilities
  
• Anomaly detection
  
• Indoor positioning (a survey)
  
• Task prompting
• Wayfinding
  

11/14 class course materials

• Cloud Computing, examples

11/21 no class, midterm week

course materials for 11-7-2009

• Cloud Computing, examples

I am at Juilliard School, New York City

Guess what? I am right now at Juilliard School, one of the most prestigious schools of performing arts including dance, vocal, drama, musical instruments, and Jazz. They happen to have 2 recitals this afternoon at 4:00 and 6:00 pm. And they are free to the public.How generous and wonderful!

I am waiting at their cozy lobby to get in the recital on time. Another good thing here is that you enjoy free Wi-Fi access. That is why I am being able to write this blog right now.

about the Juilliard
It is just a building around W 65th Street and Broadway. The inside of the building is as gorgeous as the facade. The recital/concert hall that I am in is called Paul Hall. Very beautiful although it is not a big one. There are of course a few other concert halls inside this building.

I saw a very cozy corner for students. Very relaxing and inviting. Best of all, it provides free Internet access to guests as well as students.

update: I am attending a recital by Conor Hanick, a pianist PhD candidate at Juilliard School. This recital is presented as a partial fulfillment for his PhD. His committee got to be around although I don't know them of course.
He plays Beethoven very well. Good job!



YJ

Phantom of the opera musical moved me so much

I was moved both emotionally and economically (121.5 USD + TAX).

I saw Phantom of the opera last night in the Majestic Theater at Broadway. I am at F row, Seat 111, the best position in the theater. It is just 6 rows away from the Orchesrta and stage. I can clearly see the faces of each characters. Of course, not including the one who wears the mask all the time.

What a breath taking experience. You guys next time visit New York got to see this.

YJ

Flight to Larguadia, New York

We took an airplane US Airways to fly to Laguardia Oct 28 at 4:20. The 1:40 flight that we booked was canceled. So I got some time to take a rest at the Pittsburgh airport.

The plane turned out to arrive some time earlier than 5:53 pm when we finally took off. I missed a musical that I planned soon after I arrived at New York.

When you travel, everything can change any minute. That makes people exciting.

visited the Quality of Life Technology Center, (Gates Center for Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University).

WE visited Carnegie Mellon University on Oct 27, 2009. Talked to their students and asked them a lot of questions. I enjoyed the trip to the lab. We saw research work on activity recognition by Accelerometer or Image Processing. We saw the use of Animation of task motion sequence to help people with TBI get employed. We also saw character recognition by a low cost sound sensor and signal processing algorithms. No matter whether you write one a wall or a window, the system can detect what you just write on the surface. Clever.

We saw a dog in the Quality of Life Tech Center. I supposed it was a guide dog for blind persons. However, it turned out that it is a service dog called Sophie. She can pick up something for her master who is not blind but has mobility impairments. She looks so adorable, cute and gentle. So nice.

We met a student who is a PhD student at U. of Pittsburgh. She brought us to to a Chinese Restaurant. It was an exciting experience to talk to a local and get to know more about the things we want to know.
After the meal, she drove us to see more about CMU and U. of Pittsburgh and finally gave a lift to the hotel we live.
YJ

Ways to increase awareness about accessibility in higher education

To promote inclusion on the campus

• add AT (Assistive Technology) as a core course
• Create an Accessibility and AT program for undergraduates and beyond
• Research focused on AT
• Support students with special needs
• Recruit disabled staff/faculty

We are all on the same boat. Word prediction technology previously developed for the disabled now becomes ubiquitous on almost all mobiles.

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