COMBINING INTENT MODELING and visual user interfaces can help users discover novel information and dramatically improve their information-exploration performance. Current-generation search engines serve billions of requests each day, returning responses to search queries in fractions of a second. They are great tools for checking facts and looking up information for which users can easily creat...

Today’s aerospace industry is faced not only with the challenges of developing spacecraft and supporting technologies to explore the unknown, but they must do so successfully with tighter budgets and fewer personnel. Mission failure causes publicity that the industry cannot afford in this economy. To maintain project schedules and prevent budget overruns, problems in the spacecraft system desig...

The indoor environment quality in care facilities impacts residents’ daily lives. Sensor technology has been proven useful evaluating the of buildings, but process using this information to improve comfort, specifically context nursing homes, is still underdeveloped. Thus, study focuses on monitoring environmental a home Netherlands, supported by professional caregivers’ insights. A campaign wa...