2014
Peña-Rios, Anasol; Callaghan, Victor; Gardner, Michael; Alhaddad, Mohammed J
Interactions within Distributed Mixed Reality Collaborative Environments Conference
2014 International Conference on Intelligent Environments, vol. 2014, IEEE, Shanghai, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-4799-2947-4.
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abstract = {Traditionally virtual worlds have been regarded as standalone entities. However, the world moves fast towards a mixed reality collective environment, joining virtual and real world by incorporating accessible ubiquitous computing for people. Mobile and wearable computers act as a door to connect people to virtuality, e.g. The use of fitness/activity trackers, which collect real world information helping users to complement reality with virtuality improving their health and fitness. A different example is the use of mobile devices to connect people that do not share the same physical location in a virtual way, thought phone calls, videoconferences, chat and social media applications. These examples show that currently we live in two realities, processing information of both worlds in real time. Our video submission presents a work-in-progress research prototype towards the creation of a Blended Reality Distributed System, complementing the paper [1] submitted to the main track of the conference. The test bed scenario proposed is a mixed reality collaborative laboratory activity, performed by learners within geographically dispersed locations. The goal of the activity is to construct a small robot emphasising computing fundamentals. The video is available at: http://youtu.be/akKPHnDY9bw.},
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Traditionally virtual worlds have been regarded as standalone entities. However, the world moves fast towards a mixed reality collective environment, joining virtual and real world by incorporating accessible ubiquitous computing for people. Mobile and wearable computers act as a door to connect people to virtuality, e.g. The use of fitness/activity trackers, which collect real world information helping users to complement reality with virtuality improving their health and fitness. A different example is the use of mobile devices to connect people that do not share the same physical location in a virtual way, thought phone calls, videoconferences, chat and social media applications. These examples show that currently we live in two realities, processing information of both worlds in real time. Our video submission presents a work-in-progress research prototype towards the creation of a Blended Reality Distributed System, complementing the paper [1] submitted to the main track of the conference. The test bed scenario proposed is a mixed reality collaborative laboratory activity, performed by learners within geographically dispersed locations. The goal of the activity is to construct a small robot emphasising computing fundamentals. The video is available at: http://youtu.be/akKPHnDY9bw.
Peña-Rios, Anasol; Callaghan, Victor; Gardner, Michael; Alhaddad, Mohammed J
Using Mixed-Reality to Develop Smart Environments Conference
2014 International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IEEE, Shanghai, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-4799-2947-4.
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abstract = {Smart homes, smart cars, smart classrooms are now a reality as the world becomes increasingly interconnected by ubiquitous computing technology. The next step is to interconnect such environments; however there are a number of significant barriers to advancing research in this area, most notably the lack of available environments, standards and tools etc. A possible solution is the use of simulated spaces; nevertheless as realistic as strive to make them, they are, at best, only approximations to the real spaces, with important differences such as utilising idealised rather than noisy sensor data. In this respect, an improvement to simulation is emulation, which uses specially adapted physical components to imitate real systems and environments. In this paper we present our work-in-progress towards the creation of a development tool for intelligent environments based on the interconnection of simulated, emulated and real intelligent spaces using a distributed model of mixed reality. To do so, we propose the use of physical/virtual components (xReality objects) able to be combined through a 3D graphical user interface, sharing real-time information. We present three scenarios of interconnected real and emulated spaces, used for education, achieving integration between real and virtual worlds.},
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Smart homes, smart cars, smart classrooms are now a reality as the world becomes increasingly interconnected by ubiquitous computing technology. The next step is to interconnect such environments; however there are a number of significant barriers to advancing research in this area, most notably the lack of available environments, standards and tools etc. A possible solution is the use of simulated spaces; nevertheless as realistic as strive to make them, they are, at best, only approximations to the real spaces, with important differences such as utilising idealised rather than noisy sensor data. In this respect, an improvement to simulation is emulation, which uses specially adapted physical components to imitate real systems and environments. In this paper we present our work-in-progress towards the creation of a development tool for intelligent environments based on the interconnection of simulated, emulated and real intelligent spaces using a distributed model of mixed reality. To do so, we propose the use of physical/virtual components (xReality objects) able to be combined through a 3D graphical user interface, sharing real-time information. We present three scenarios of interconnected real and emulated spaces, used for education, achieving integration between real and virtual worlds.
Peña-Rios, Anasol; Callaghan, Victor; Davies, Marc; Sanchez-Lozano, Carlos; Alrashidi, Malek
IOS Press, Shanghai, vol. 18, no. 3-4, 2014, ISSN: 0035919X.
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Callaghan, Victor; Johnson, Brian David; Egerton, Simon; Wu, Hsuan-Yi; Peña-Rios, Anasol; Zhang, Shumei; Zheng, Ping; Graham, Gary; Greenhill, Anita; O'Connor, Jennifer
Introduction to the Proceedings of CS'14 Proceeding
IOS Press, 2014.
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2013
Peña-Rios, Anasol; Olivares, Emmanuel Ferreyra; Rios, Alejandra Peña
Stories of the virtual mind Conference
Workshop on Creative Science 2013 (CS'13), 2013.
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Peña-Rios, Anasol; Callaghan, Victor; Gardner, Michael; Alhaddad, Mohammed J
Developing xReality objects for mixed-reality environments Conference
Workshop Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, no. July, IOS Press, Athens, Greece, 2013, ISSN: 1875-4163.
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These days technology enables people to collaborate on work, despite being separated by large physical distances. A variety of such systems have been developed to support organisations such as universities or companies. Most of these platforms are focused on conveying information rather than dealing with collaboration around physical activities that are common in product development or university laboratory activities, where, if such work exists, tend to be confined to the use of simulations. In this paper we introduce a system and associated set of techniques that enables teams of physically dispersed workers to collaborate on the construction of products that comprise both physical (hardware) and information (software) based objects in a so-called mixed-reality environment. The work aims to support dispersed development teams such as students, company R&D members or hobbyist (e.g. enabling the creation of virtual hackerspaces). As such the work focuses around the use of Internet-of-Things technologies to enable people to collectively build new products. In this work-in-progress paper we describe the implementation of xReality objects and their communication within an interreality system, extending our previous work towards the creation of a holistic option for enable geographically dispersed teams to collaborate on the construction of mixed hardware and software products.
Peña-Rios, Anasol; Callaghan, Victor; Gardner, Michael; Alhaddad, Mohammed J
xReality Objects Demonstration – Collaborative Laboratory Interactions in Immersive Reality Conference
3rd European Immersive Education Summit, 2013.
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Peña-Rios, Anasol; Callaghan, Victor; Gardner, Michael; Alhaddad, Mohammed J
xReality interactions within an immersive blended reality learning space Conference
3rd European Immersive Education Summit, London, 2013.
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Callaghan, Victor; Lear, Malcolm; Peña-Rios, Anasol; Zamudio, Victor; Zheng, Ping
Putting the Buzz Back into Computer Science Education Conference
Workshop on Future Intelligent Educational Environments (WOFIEE'13), no. July, 2013, ISSN: 1875-4163.
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This paper describes a rapid-prototyping system, based around a set of modularised electronics, Buzz-Boards, which enable developers to quickly create a wide variety of products ranging from intelligent environments, through robots to smart-phones peripherals to be built and deployed. In this paper we introduce readers to Buzz-Board technology, illustrating its use through three examples, a desktop robot (BuzzBot), a desktop intelligent environment (BuzzBox) and an Internet-of-Things application using a Raspberry Pi adaptor (BuzzBerry). As part of this paper we provide a general overview of Computer Science curriculum developments and explain how Buzz-Boards technology can provide a highly motivating and effective focus for computer science practical assignments. This paper adds to earlier BuzzBoard publications by describing support for Raspberry Pis and intelligent environments, together with reviewing the latest developments in computer science curricula in the USA and UK.
2012
Peña-Rios, Anasol; Callaghan, Victor; Gardner, Michael; Alhaddad, Mohammed J
Towards the Next Generation of Learning Environments: An InterReality Learning Portal and Model Conference
2012 Eighth International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IEEE, Guanajuato, 2012, ISBN: 978-1-4673-2093-1.
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Peña-Rios, Anasol; Callaghan, Victor; Gardner, Michael; Alhaddad, Mohammed J
End-user programming and Deconstrutionalism for collaborative mixed reality laboratory co-creative activities Conference
2nd European Immersive Education Summit (EiED'12), no. November, Paris, France, 2012.
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Peña-Rios, Anasol; Callaghan, Victor; Gardner, Michael; Alhaddad, Mohammed J
The InterReality Portal : A Mixed Reality Co-creative Intelligent Learning Environment Conference
Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments.Volume 13: Workshop Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, vol. 13, IOS Press, Guanajuato, 2012, ISBN: 9781614990802.
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Peña-Rios, Anasol; Callaghan, Victor; Gardner, Michael; Alhaddad, Mohammed J
IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology Workshops (WI-IAT 2012), IEEE, Macau, 2012, ISBN: 9780769548807.
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Peña-Rios, Anasol; Callaghan, Victor; Lear, Malcolm
BuzzBoards Demonstration-an X-Reality Toolkit for Creating Immersive Reality Educational Laboratories Conference
2nd European Immersive Education Summit (iED), 2012.
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2010
Peña-Rios, Anasol; Chin, Jeannette; Callaghan, Victor
A Web Based Approach to Virtual Appliance Creation, Programming and Management Conference
2010 Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IEEE, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4244-7836-1.
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abstract = {The Internet and Web technology is advancing at a frantic pace, expanding into almost every aspect of our everyday life. One of the latest scientific activities for the Internet and the Web is the so-called pervasive or ubiquitous computing where networking plays a vital role in its core computational framework. In this, people are able to use the Internet and Web to manage the operation of embedded network devices, services and to coordinate their services in ways that create applications such as smart-homes, smart-offices, smart-cars etc, collectively referred to as intelligent environments. For ordinary people (non technologists) to be able to use this technology, it is required that the interaction between the users and the environment must be as transparent and simple as possible, employing intuitive and user- friendly interfaces wherever possible. A popular approach to empowering users to customise the functionality of their environments is via end-user programming. In this work-in- progress paper we describe an approach based on using a web based GUI to augment earlier work of ours concerning an end user programming paradigm known as Pervasive interactive Programming (PiP), in a way that makes it more flexible and easy to use. By doing this, we present a conceptual model and discuss the issues in developing and using this model.},
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The Internet and Web technology is advancing at a frantic pace, expanding into almost every aspect of our everyday life. One of the latest scientific activities for the Internet and the Web is the so-called pervasive or ubiquitous computing where networking plays a vital role in its core computational framework. In this, people are able to use the Internet and Web to manage the operation of embedded network devices, services and to coordinate their services in ways that create applications such as smart-homes, smart-offices, smart-cars etc, collectively referred to as intelligent environments. For ordinary people (non technologists) to be able to use this technology, it is required that the interaction between the users and the environment must be as transparent and simple as possible, employing intuitive and user- friendly interfaces wherever possible. A popular approach to empowering users to customise the functionality of their environments is via end-user programming. In this work-in- progress paper we describe an approach based on using a web based GUI to augment earlier work of ours concerning an end user programming paradigm known as Pervasive interactive Programming (PiP), in a way that makes it more flexible and easy to use. By doing this, we present a conceptual model and discuss the issues in developing and using this model.
Peña-Rios, Anasol
Internet-based Creation and Management of Virtual Appliances Masters Thesis
University of Essex, 2010.
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abstract = {Development of technology has reached a point in which is involved in most of human everyday activities. The computing evolution from mainframes to personal computers, made available the information era to a big sector of the population. The development of the Internet and the World Wide Web contributed to accelerate this evolution. Now researchers try to find the next step in computing; one trend in the race to develop the future tries to emulate human intelligence by different approaches: from robots to the Semantic Web. This involves the so-called ambient intelligence which with the help of the pervasive or ubiquitous computing tries to use the Internet and the WWW to coordinate and manage numerous embedded network devices and services in an environment; collectively known as Intelligent Environment or Intelligent Space (iSpace). But how it could be possible for humans to interact with computers in a natural and transparent way, without the need of poses specialised knowledge? Many researches have been done in this area, involving traditional interfaces like Graphical User Interfaces or experimental interfaces like, voice recognition or touch interfaces. A different approach is the one proposed by the Pervasive Interactive Programming (PiP) model, which follows the Programming-by-Example paradigm. The aim of this model is to program iSpaces by showing them in a physical way the desired behaviour when some requisites are fulfilled. This coordination and execution of a series of actions based on conditions or rules is the foundation of the so-called Virtual Appliances. This document proposes an augmented implementation of the original PiP model in order to create, manage, exchange and modify virtual appliances in different iSpaces and with different users, using a hierarchical-based structure of privileges, through the Internet.},
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Development of technology has reached a point in which is involved in most of human everyday activities. The computing evolution from mainframes to personal computers, made available the information era to a big sector of the population. The development of the Internet and the World Wide Web contributed to accelerate this evolution. Now researchers try to find the next step in computing; one trend in the race to develop the future tries to emulate human intelligence by different approaches: from robots to the Semantic Web. This involves the so-called ambient intelligence which with the help of the pervasive or ubiquitous computing tries to use the Internet and the WWW to coordinate and manage numerous embedded network devices and services in an environment; collectively known as Intelligent Environment or Intelligent Space (iSpace). But how it could be possible for humans to interact with computers in a natural and transparent way, without the need of poses specialised knowledge? Many researches have been done in this area, involving traditional interfaces like Graphical User Interfaces or experimental interfaces like, voice recognition or touch interfaces. A different approach is the one proposed by the Pervasive Interactive Programming (PiP) model, which follows the Programming-by-Example paradigm. The aim of this model is to program iSpaces by showing them in a physical way the desired behaviour when some requisites are fulfilled. This coordination and execution of a series of actions based on conditions or rules is the foundation of the so-called Virtual Appliances. This document proposes an augmented implementation of the original PiP model in order to create, manage, exchange and modify virtual appliances in different iSpaces and with different users, using a hierarchical-based structure of privileges, through the Internet.
2003
Peña-Rios, Anasol; Gamas, Claudia Alejandra Becerril; Velásquez, Alma Rosa García; Olivares, Emmanuel Ferreyra; Barajas, Gisela Citlalli López
Sistema Grafológico Conference
XVI Congreso Nacional y II Congreso Internacional de Informática y Computación ANIEI, no. 950, Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico, 2003.
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abstract = {La grafolog\'{i}a es usada con el fin de conocer el perfil psicol\'{o}gico de una persona a trav\'{e}s del an\'{a}lisis de su escritura. El presente proyecto llamado Sistema Grafol\'{o}gico, pretende recoger el conocimiento de un experto y trasladarlo a un sistema de informaci\'{o}n inteligente que, con ayuda de una base de conocimiento, pueda evaluar ciertos aspectos en un trazo. Para obtener dicho trazo se utiliza un scanner ya que resulta m\'{a}s fidedigna la interpretaci\'{o}n al escribir en papel ordinario que a trav\'{e}s de un dispositivo \'{o}ptico. El an\'{a}lisis se hace mediante el reconocimiento de imagen utilizando una matriz binaria. Sobre esta matriz se aplican diversos algoritmos basados en los criterios de los expertos en grafolog\'{i}a, los cuales a su vez se relacionan con la base de conocimiento, resultando las caracter\'{i}sticas psicol\'{o}gicas. De cada an\'{a}lisis realizado es posible guardar los resultados, por lo que obtendremos un expediente personal para tener seguimiento.},
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La grafología es usada con el fin de conocer el perfil psicológico de una persona a través del análisis de su escritura. El presente proyecto llamado Sistema Grafológico, pretende recoger el conocimiento de un experto y trasladarlo a un sistema de información inteligente que, con ayuda de una base de conocimiento, pueda evaluar ciertos aspectos en un trazo. Para obtener dicho trazo se utiliza un scanner ya que resulta más fidedigna la interpretación al escribir en papel ordinario que a través de un dispositivo óptico. El análisis se hace mediante el reconocimiento de imagen utilizando una matriz binaria. Sobre esta matriz se aplican diversos algoritmos basados en los criterios de los expertos en grafología, los cuales a su vez se relacionan con la base de conocimiento, resultando las características psicológicas. De cada análisis realizado es posible guardar los resultados, por lo que obtendremos un expediente personal para tener seguimiento.