Thesis Presentations Group 1

Title: Using Gestures to Interact with Home Automation Systems
Author: Villanueva, Marcel Lowell G.
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Olaf Droegehorn
Hosting Institution: Hochschule Harz - University of Applied Sciences

Abstract: Homes and working spaces are considered significant contributors to the top percentage of energy consumption and carbon emissions worldwide (GeSI Report, 2017). Previous studies in the field of home- and building automation have demonstrated the sustainability gain brought by smart home solutions, in terms of energy-efficiency, economic savings, and enhanced living and working conditions. A major barrier, however, to the adoption of these solutions is the complexity and limited usability of user interfaces. In addition, various modes of interactions for the control and automation of residential environments are an emerging area of study within Human-Computer Interaction. As a response to these challenges, this study investigates the use of gestures as a natural way of controlling and interacting with home automation systems. Using available motion capture technologies, a gesture dictionary will be defined as a set of meaning actions for in-air free-form movements. A usability test will then be conducted to measure the resulting socio-technical aspects. Lastly, the study will present the analysis and effects of gestures control for a higher up-take of smart home solutions towards designing and maintaining buildings of the future that are both user-centric and resource efficient to reduce our overall carbon footprint.
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Title: Available Bandwidth measruements' approach for high speed mobile networks “Blixt™”
Author: Jasim, Al-Hussein Hameed
Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Karl Andersson
Hosting Institution: Luleå University of Technology
Abstract: The significant increase in the number of mobile networks’ users and the emergence of IoT devices which use the same infrastructure of 4G/LTE networks, makes them in the process of becoming the world’s leading medium for data traffic. In order to meet this challenge, there is also an increase in the number of service providers, which creates a competition in the quality of services provided. It requires methods and tools to verify the Service Level Agreement (SLA) by comparing metrics of QoS, such as the available bandwidth and round-trip time. For this purpose, Blixt™ has been developed, which is a property of InfoVista Sweden AB. Blixt™ is an android application which measures the available bandwidth and the round-trip time for the latest generation of mobile networks and keeps the level of intrusiveness to absolute minimum. Blixt™ technique relies on a time-stamping protocol commonly known as Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol or TWAMP. This paper discussed how the probing parameters affecting the accuracy of measurements. We experimentally tested the performance of the approach and compared it to other tools and methods like MobiPerf and FTP test.
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Title: Grid Metrics for Network Sustainability
Author: Villers, Geraldine
Supervisor(s): Eric Rondeau; Jean-Philippe Georges
Hosting Institution: Université de Lorraine
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