12. ISWC 2008: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
12th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC 2008), September 28 - October 1, 2008, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. IEEE 2008 ISBN 978-1-4244-2637-9
Session 1: Location Mapping
Burcu Cinaz, Holger Kenn: HeadSLAM - simultaneous localization and mapping with head-mounted inertial and laser range sensors. 3-10
Kihwan Kim, Jay Summet, Thad Starner, Daniel Ashbrook, Mrunal Kapade, Irfan A. Essa: Localization and 3D reconstruction of urban scenes using GPS. 11-14
Robert O. Castle, Georg Klein, David W. Murray: Video-rate localization in multiple maps for wearable augmented reality. 15-22
Session 2: Mobile Phones and Human Interface
Sasank Reddy, Jeff Burke, Deborah Estrin, Mark H. Hansen, Mani B. Srivastava: Determining transportation mode on mobile phones. 25-28
Katayoun Farrahi, Daniel Gatica-Perez: Discovering human routines from cell phone data with topic models. 29-32
Andreas Zinnen, Bernt Schiele: A new approach to enable gesture recognition in continuous data streams. 33-40
Kevin Huang, Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Thad Starner: PianoTouch: A wearable haptic piano instruction system for passive learning of piano skills. 41-44
Session 3: Activity Recognition
Gerald Pirkl, Karl Stockinger, Kai S. Kunze, Paul Lukowicz: Adapting magnetic resonant coupling based relative positioning technology for wearable activitiy recogniton. 47-54
Georg Ogris, Thomas Stiefmeier, Paul Lukowicz, Gerhard Tröster: Using a complex multi-modal on-body sensor system for activity spotting. 55-62
Kristof Van Laerhoven, David Kilian, Bernt Schiele: Using rhythm awareness in long-term activity recognition. 63-66
Session 4: Activity Support
Kristof Van Laerhoven, Marko Borazio, David Kilian, Bernt Schiele: Sustained logging and discrimination of sleep postures with low-level, wrist-worn sensors. 69-76
Brian French, Divya Tyamagundlu, Daniel P. Siewiorek, Asim Smailagic, Dan Ding: Towards a Virtual Coach for manual wheelchair users. 77-80
Maja Stikic, Kristof Van Laerhoven, Bernt Schiele: Exploring semi-supervised and active learning for activity recognition. 81-88
Session 5: Power and System Integration
Travis Deyle, Matthew Reynolds: PowerPACK: A wireless power distribution system for wearable devices. 91-98
Yuvraj Agarwal, Trevor Pering, Roy Want, Rajesh Gupta: SwitchR: Reducing system power consumption in a multi-client, multi-radio environment. 99-102
Posters
Ross T. Smith, Benjamin Avery, Bruce H. Thomas: Lightweight hand and arm tracking for mobile augmented reality. 105-106
Daniel Spelmezan, Adalbert Schanowski, Jan O. Borchers: Rapid prototyping for wearable computing. 109-110

Seungyon Claire Lee, Thad Starner: Stop burdening your eyes: A wearable electro-tactile display. 115-116
Geeta Shroff, Asim Smailagic, Daniel P. Siewiorek: Wearable context-aware food recognition for calorie monitoring. 119-120
Moonsoo Sung, Keesam Jeong, Gilsoo Cho: Suggestion for optimal location of textile-based ECG electrodes on an elastic shirts considering clothing pressure of the shirt. 121-122
Tutorials and Workshop
Lucy E. Dunne: Wearability in wearable computers. 125
Elena I. Gaura, James Brusey: Sensing and actuation: End-to-end wireless systems design for mission critical applications. 126
Thomas Martin: The role of design in wearable computing. 128



