These lectures are meant to familiarize the audience with some of the fundamental results in the theory of implementation and provide a quick progression to some open questions in the literature. HSS 228-77, Caltech, Pasadena CA 91125, home page: http://www.hss.caltech.edu/ jacksonm/Jackson.html, email: [email protected]. This paper provides a written version of lectures given at the NAT...

Smart Spaces provide very promising means of creating context-aware environments. Unfortunately, a lack of information about users within Smart Spaces limits their usefulness. We propose a novel solution that involves integrating Smart Spaces with social networks through the IP Multimedia Subsystem. to create truly context-aware and adaptive spaces. By utilizing the wealth of user information p...

The vomeronasal organ, a sensory structure within the olfactory system, detects chemical signals that affect social and sexual behaviors and that elicit responses to predator odors. A recent study demonstrates that innate avoidance of sick conspecifics requires an intact vomeronasal organ, expanding the repertoire of biological functions known to be mediated by this olfactory subsystem.

Digital government strategy has been carried out in many countries as a means of improving the quality of public services. This article studies the Shanghai social security and citizen services system to explain the major advantages of digital government and specifies the Medicare subsystem of the system to illustrate the process reengineering involved in digital government programs.

The recent rise of Social Media services has created huge streams of information which can be very valuable in a variety of scenarios. One specific scenario that has received interest is how Social Media analytics can be beneficial in crisis situations. In this paper, we describe our vision for a Social Media-ready command and control center. As motivation for our work, we present a short analy...

Never before have people been so connected to one another. Today we have the ability to communicate with almost anyone, anytime, anywhere. Our increased connectivity and reachability also leads to new issues and challenges that we need to deal with. When we phone someone we expect an instant connection, and when this does not occur it can be frustrating. On the other hand it is equally disrupti...