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Addressing Sensory and Social Monotony in Long Duration Missions using the ANSIBLE Virtual Environment

admin — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 19:46:56 +0000

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Wu, Peggy, Morie, Jacquelyn Ford, Wall, Pete, Haynes, Kip, Chance, Eric, Ladwig, Jack, Bell, Bryan and Ott, Tammy (2015). Addressing Sensory and Social Monotony in Long Duration Missions using the ANSIBLE Virtual Environment. In Proceedings of 31th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR). Nov 11-14. Alexandria, Virginia.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

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Social Maintenance and Psychological Support Using Virtual Worlds

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 02:08:17 +0000

In the space exploration domain, limitations in the Deep Space Network and the lack of real-time communication capabilities will impact various aspects of future long duration exploration such as a multi-year mission to Mars. One dimension of interest is the connection between flight crews and their Earth-based social support system, their family, friends, and colleagues. Studies in ground-based analogs of Isolated and Confined Environments (ICE) such as Antarctica have identified sensory deprivation and social monotony as threats to crew psychological well-being. Given the importance of behavioral health to mission success and the extreme conditions of space travel, new methods of maintaining psycho-social health and social connections to support systems are critical. In this paper we explore the use of Virtual Environments (VEs) and Virtual Agents (VAs) as tools to facilitate asynchronous human-human communication, and counteract behavioral health challenges as-sociated with prolonged isolation and deep space exploration.

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Wu, Peggy, Morie, Jacquelyn Ford, Benton, J., Haynes, Kip, Chance, Eric, Ott, Tammy and  Schmer-Galunder, Sonja (2014).Social Maintenance and Psychological Support Using Virtual Worlds. 2014 International Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction Conference (SBP). Washington, DC, March 31- April 3. p 393-402

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Monday, March 31, 2014

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SBP14-SIFT-ANSIBLE-Final.pdf

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Results from a Field Study: The Need for an Emotional Relationship between the Elderly and their Assistive Technologies

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 19:11:34 +0000

Keywords: ILSA system, focus group, social needs

Abstract: Many of the elder-care giving responsibilities of the aging population fall on the shoulders of adult children. Caregiver burnout is one of the top reasons for the transition from independent living to costly nursing homes or other care-giving facilities. As a result, technologists are rushing to find tools that can assist caregivers and augment the elder’s ability to age in place. For a generation whose introduction to technology includes the black and white television, where the metaphors of windows and desktops are not automatically understood, the blitz of PDAs, smart homes, and voice recognition systems can be confusing, intimidating and stressful. Add to this the elder’s need for companionship to ward off isolation and dementia, and the design problem transpires to a much bigger challenge than designing around physical limitations of the elderly. The idea of companionship provided by technology is not new. From the simple rule-based Tamagotchi pets to Sony’s sophisticated AIBO, there is a large body of evidence that shows that the owners of these robotic pets form genuine and meaningful emotional bonds. However, few solutions combine ‘purposeful utility’ with entertainment and companionship. Solutions that are ‘purposeful’ are predictable and seldom achieve the level of autonomy that captures the interest of and engages the user, while solutions with high entertainment value often lack functions that directly aid the elder with daily functions. We describe the details of a smart home field test, and examine focus group discussions that were conducted with both the participants and their adult children caregivers. We identify discussions from focus group transcripts that are related to the user’s social behaviours and emotions towards the technology, and changes in the user’s interaction with his/her caregiver caused by the introduction of the technology. We describe some aspects of the “personality” the participants projected onto the smart home despite the intended lack of physical character embodiment of the system, and relate this to existing theoretical work from human-human interactions and human learning theory. Finally, we offer insight into how these observations might translate into functional implementations to reap the benefits of assistive technology as a means to both reduce the burden of caregivers and provide companionship.

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Wu, P., & Miller, C. (2005, July 22-27). Results from a Field Study: The Need for an Emotional Relationship between the Elderly and their Assistive Technologies. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Augmented Cognition, Las Vegas, NV.

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Friday, July 22, 2005

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Wu-AugCog2005.pdf

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Managing Knowledge throughout the Software Development Cycle using the Cognitive Decision Aid Knowledge Acquisition Toolset (CDAKAT)

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 19:01:26 +0000

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Funk, H., Miller, C., Wu, P., & Meisner, J. (2004, November 8-10). Managing Knowledge throughout the Software Development Cycle using the Cognitive Decision Aid Knowledge Acquisition Toolset (CDAKAT). Paper presented at the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, Las Vegas, NV.

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Monday, November 8, 2004

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Automated Elder Home Care:Long Term Adaptive Aiding and Support We Can Live With

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:47:55 +0000

Keywords: ILSA, etiquette, interactions,

Abstract: We have been working on home automation to support eldercare. This is an instance of long term humanautomation interaction in very intimate and personal settings with a potentially difficult user population. We report our design philosophy and some of the lessons learned relative to that philosophy from a six month field test with representatives of this user community. As a separate research thread, we report on the importance of "etiquette" in human-automation interactions in this domain, along with some initial models and findings about how to configure human-automation reminder interactions to support longterm "livability".

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Miller, C., Wu, P., Krichbaum, K., & Kiff, L. (2004, March 22-24). Automated Elder Home Care:Long Term Adaptive Aiding and Support We Can Live With. Paper presented at the AAAI Spring Symposium on Interaction between Humans and Autonomous Systems over Extended Operation, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA.

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Monday, March 22, 2004

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SS204CMiller.pdf

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The Independent LifeStyle Assistant

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:12:43 +0000

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Miller, C., & Riley, V. (2001, July 1-6). The Independent LifeStyle Assistant. Paper presented at the XVIIth World Congress of the International Association of Gerontology, Vancouver, BC.

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Sunday, July 1, 2001

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Maintaining Psycho-Social Health on the Way to Mars and Back

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 15:25:17 +0000

In future long duration Mars exploration missions, network limitations and the lack of real-time communication capabilities will impact various aspects of space crew performance as well as behavioral health. Studies in ground-based analogs of Isolated and Confined Environments (ICE) such as Antarctica have identified sensory and social monotony as threats to crew psychological well-being. Given the importance of behavioral health to mission success and the extreme conditions of space travel, new methods of maintaining psycho-social health and social connections to support systems are critical. We describe ANSIBLE – A Network of Social Interactions for Bilateral Life Enhancement. ANSIBLE leverages Virtual Environments (VEs) to deliver evidence based wellness promoting strategies and socially intelligent Virtual Agents (VAs) as tools to facilitate asynchronous human-human communication, and counteract behavioral health challenges associated with prolonged isolation and deep space exploration.

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Wu, Peggy, Morie, Jacquelyn, Chance, Eric, Haynes, Kip, Hamell, Joshua , Wall, Pete, Ladwig, Jack and Ott, Tammy (2015) Maintaining Psycho-Social Health on the Way to Mars and Back. Virtual Reality International Conference (VRIC). April 8-10, Laval, France

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

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VRIC_ACM-ANSIBLE.pdf

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