Principal Investigator Howard Shrobe
Co-investigator Kimberle Koile
We are working currently on deploying simple sensors throughout our instrumented spaces. In addition to speech, vision and graphical interfaces, these sensors would provide us with simple yet robust information about motion in a space, noise and light levels, pressure on such surfaces as the floor and furniture. These sensors will help us better judge the state of the interactions in a space as well as provide feedback about the state of some of the space's physical resources such as lights, speakers, drapes controllers, etc.
There are two components to this project: firstly, we need to deploy the sensors in a way that makes them accessible from any of the computers controlling the space. Secondly, information from numerous sensors needs to be combined to provide a high-level picture of the state of the interactions in a space.