El trabajo en la tesis después de CHI ha empezado a dar resultados interesantes, en esta semana hemos sido notificados que nos han aceptado dos publicaciones en foros importantes.

La primera de ellas es  “A Web-Based System to Facilitate Elders Communication With Their Families Living Abroad” aceptada en el Encuentro Internacional de Ciencias de la Computación (ENC 2005) organizado por laSociedad Mexicana de Ciencia de la Computación (SMCC) y cuyas memorias son publicadas por IEEE, el cual es un articulo técnico donde presentamos nuestra arquitectura que dará soporte al diseño generado en base al estudio anterior, el cual se publicó en los Extended Abstracts de CHI 2005.

Abstract

The aging of the population is a phenomenon faced by most nations. Growing old is often accompanied of loss of close companionship which has been shown may aggravate the cognitive impairment of elders. From a qualitative study, key
issues emerged regarding unmet needs of elder’s communication that we propose to address with a web based technology. We decided to create an electronic family newspaper to incorporate elders to the current social networks created by their
younger relatives who already communicate through Internet applications, such as IM and e-mail. The system uses web based technology to make it accessible for the users living abroad from any web browser. To serve the needs of elders and make easier the input of information, several autonomous agents help the user to interact with the system which can be accessed by any electronic display with a touch screen, such as a Tablet PC.

El otro trabajo es “An Agent-based System to Strength the Relationships of the Elders and their Families Living Abroad” aceptado en el Fall Symposium on Caring Machines: AI in Eldercare de la American Association for Artificial Intelligence el cual será en Noviembre en Washington DC, y este trabajo nos enfocamos en presentar a detalle una capa de nuestra arquitectura constituida por agentes inteligentes de software.

Abstract

The aging of the population is a phenomenon faced by most nations. Growing old is often accompanied by the loss of close companionship which has been shown may aggravate the cognitive impairment of elders. From a qualitative study, key issues emerged regarding unmet needs of elder’s communication that we propose to address with an agentbased communication system. This is a family newspaper through which seniors and their relatives not only maintain close social ties by sharing information, personal reminiscences and cultural stories, but enable them to exercise their minds through its entertainment section that can help to delay the cognitive decline that elders experience as they become older. The system provides elders with a richer form of communication with their relatives and facilitates their integration into the networks that currently connect members of their families who use email and IM systems to keep in touch with each other. To facilitate the information capture, several autonomous agents help the user to interact with the system which can be accessed by any electronic display with a touch screen, such as a Tablet PC. By means of autonomous agents we have incorporated a reminder mechanism to enable elders and their relatives to preserve and strengthen their relationships. In this paper, we present the study that motivated the development of the electronic family newspaper, and describe its functionality.

Como pueden ver todos parten del mismo trabajo de investigación que tiene sus bases de diseño en el estudio “Supporting Emotional Ties among Mexican Elders and Their families
Living Abroad” solo que cada uno presenta una parte distinta del trabajo a más detalle.