EXHIBITIONS FOR JANUARY

Truthful Mechanisms for Exhibitions

We consider the following combinatorial auction: Given a range space (U,R), and m bidders interested in buying only ranges in R, each bidder j declares her bid bj : R → R+. We give a deterministic truthful mechanism, when the valuations are single-minded: when R is a collection of fat objects (respectively, axis-aligned rectangles) in the plane, there is a truthful mechanism with a 1 + (respect...

meSch - Tools for Interactive Exhibitions

Digital media offers great possibilities to present cultural heritage: visitors can interactively explore content and the content can be dynamically presented according to the situation in the exhibition. For instance, little content may be presented in larger letters if the visitor is standing far away from the exhibit, but if the visitor is coming closer, a larger body of content can be prese...

Sparc Housing Exhibitions

Multimedia in Exhibitions

Towards Living Exhibitions

This thesis introduces the concept of living exhibitions: continuously evolving museum exhibitions that are cooperatively developed and evaluated by teams of museum professionals and visitor representatives. The author argues that the living exhibition design process should draw its inspiration from multiple resources, including current research on museum learning, interaction principles and te...