:::Publications::

Bashar Altakrouri, Fahim Kawsar, and Gerd Kortuem. Spin&Swing : Spatial Interaction with Orientation Aware Devices.. Demo paper in the Eighth International Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2010), Helsinki, Finland, 17 - 20 May 2010. (http://www.pervasive2010.org/)

Gerd Kortuem, Fahim Kawsar, and Bashar Altakrouri. Flow Driven Ambient Guidance.. Eighth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2010), Mannheim, Germany March 29 - April 2, 2010. (http://www.percom.org/)

Bashar Altakrouri. Flow-driven Interactions for Adaptive Pervasive Applications. Abstract at Mobile and Embedded Interactive Systems (MEIS 2009), Informatik 2009, Luebeck, Germany, September 28- October 02, 2009. (http://www.hcilab.org/events/meis09/)

Bashar Altakrouri and Andreas Schrader. Ambient Media Services in Intelligent Environments.. In: Callaghan, V.; Kameas, A.; Reyes, A.; Royo, D., Weber, M. (eds.): Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments. IE09. Special Session on Awareness Systems. Volume 2 Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, July 20-21, 2009, Barcelona, Spain. IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2009. ISBN 978-1-60750-034-6, pp. 75-82. (IOS Press, Amsterdam.)

Bashar Al Takrouri, Karen Detken, Carlos Martinez, Mari-Klara Oja, Steve Stein, Luo Zhu, Andreas Schrader. Mobile HolstenTour: Contextualized Multimedia Museum Guide. Accepted and published at International Workshop on Ubiquitous Web Applications at the 10th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services (ACM iiWAS 2008) November 24-26, 2008, Linz, Austria. (http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/iiwas2008)

Al Takrouri, B., Bustamante, L., Canonico, A., Janiszewski, M., Nikolova, E., Talmantas, M., and Schrader, A. Pictory - A Hybrid Augmented Table-Top Game using Image Search Engines. Accepted and published at the 4th International Symposium on Pervasive Gaming applications (PERGAMES'2007), June 11-12, 2007,Salzburg, Austria. Shaker Verlag, Aachen 2007, . (www.pergames.de)

Al Takrouri, B., Canonico, A., Gongora, L., Janiszewski, M., Toader, C., and Schrader, A. eyeJOT - A Ubiquitous Context-aware Campus Information System. Published at the Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Applications (ICPCA07), IEEE press, July 26-27, 2007, Birmingham, UK (http://www.icpca.uce.ac.uk/).

Hasebrook, Joachim P.; Janiszewski, Michal; Mansilla, Wendy Ann; Schmidts, Uli; Takrouri, Bashar Al. PortNet Navigator:Internet-Based Visual Planning Tool for Maritime Logistics. Published at The 3rd International Symposium on Management, Engineering and Informatics: MEI 2007. July 8-11, 2007 – Orlando, Florida, USA. (http://www.iiis-cyber.org/wmsci2007/)

de Jong, T., Al Takrouri, B., Specht, M., & Koper, R. (November, 2006). Campus Memories: Learning with Contextualised Blogging. Paper presented at the TENCompetence workshop, Manchester, 11th 12th January 2007.

Live demonstration:

Bashar Altakrouri, Fahim Kawsar, and Gerd Kortuem Spin&Swing : Spatial Interaction with Orientation Aware Devices.. Demo paper in the Eighth International Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2010), Helsinki, Finland, 17 - 20 May 2010. (http://www.pervasive2010.org/)

Al Takrouri, B., Bustamante, L., Canonico, A., Janiszewski, M., Nikolova, E., Talmantas, M., and Schrader, A. Pictory - A Hybrid Augmented Table-Top Game using Image Search Engines. Live demo at the 4th International Symposium on Pervasive Gaming applications (PERGAMES'2007), June 11-12, 2007,Salzburg, Austria. . (www.pergames.de)

Al Takrouri, B., Canonico, A., Gongora, L., Janiszewski, M., Toader, C., and Schrader, A. eyeJOT - A Ubiquitous Context-aware Campus Information System. Life demo at the Open House 06 at the International School of New Media, July 7, 2006.

Posters:

Hasebrook, Joachim P.; Janiszewski, Michal; Mansilla, Wendy Ann; Schmidts, Uli; Takrouri, Bashar Al. PortNet Navigator:Internet-Based Visual Planning Tool for Maritime Logistics. Poster presented at the Open House 06 at the International School of New Media, July 7, 2006

::Presentations and Talks::

Al Takrouri, B. Context-aware Services to Enhance U-learning in Museums. LEARNTEC 2008 the 16th Iinternational Convention and Trade Fair for Educational Information Technology. January 29-31, 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany. (http://www.learntec.de/cgi-bin/x-mkp/congress/presenter.pl?language=2&eve_id=3&pre_id=901)

Al Takrouri, Bashar.(December 2007). Towards Ubiquitous Computing. Presented at Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron, Palestine, 16th December 2007.

Al Takrouri, Bashar.(November 2007).Ubiquitous computing towards cultural, learning, gaming and social experience. Presented at Infolab21 at Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, 16th November 2007.

Al Takrouri, Bashar.(October 2007).Ubiquitous computing towards cultural, learning, gaming and social experience. Presented at the group for Information and Communication services at Rostock University, Rostock, Germany, 23th October 2007.

Al Takrouri, Bashar.(January 2007).The Web 2.0 way of learning with technologies. Presented at the Social Software's &  Web 2.0 class at ISNM, Luebeck, Germany, 8th January 2007.

Al Takrouri, Bashar.(January 2007).Interactive TV example . Presented at the Interactive Tv class at ISNM, Luebeck, Germany, 9th January 2007.

Al Takrouri, Bashar.(January 2007). Discovery: Ubiquitous Language learning game. Presented at the Game design class at ISNM, Luebeck, Germany, 15th January 2007.

Al Takrouri, Bashar.(June 2006).Managing Intercultural Conflicts Effectively. Presented at the Intercultural studies class at ISNM, Luebeck, Germany, June 2006.

Al Takrouri, Bashar.(May 2006). Personal Firewalls: “Case study ::ZoneAlarm Security Suite”. Presented at the T Security and Intellectual Property course at ISNM, Luebeck, Germany, May 2006.