@inproceedings{a80ed9c966ee40f29654c56002b2373f,
title = "Close encounters: Supporting mobile collaboration through interchange of user profiles",
abstract = "This paper introduces the notion of profile-based cooperation as a way to support awareness and informal communication between mobile users during chance encounters. We describe the design of Proem, a wearable system for profile-based cooperation that enables users to publish and exchange personal profile information during physical encounters. The Proem system is used to initiate contact between individuals by identifying mutual interests or common friends. In contrast to most previous research that concentrates on collaboration in well-defined and closed user groups, Proem supports informal communication between individuals who have never met before and who don{\textquoteright}t know each other. We illustrate the benefits of profile-based cooperation by describing several usage scenarios for the Proem system.",
author = "Gerd Kortuem and Zary Segall and {Cowan Thompson}, {Thaddeus G.}",
year = "1999",
doi = "10.1007/3-540-48157-5_17",
language = "English",
isbn = "3540665501",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "171--185",
editor = "Hans-W. Gellersen",
booktitle = "Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing - 1st International Symposium, HUC 1999, Proceedings",
note = "1st International Symposium on Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing, HUC 1999 ; Conference date: 27-09-1999 Through 29-09-1999",
}