contact information

Email : dipak@cs.umu.se
Mobile : +46 (0)767971723
Office : +46 (0)907869672
Skype :
Visiting: E451, 4th Floor MIT-Huset
Postal : Dept. of Computing Science
Umeå University
901 87 Umeå, Sweden
Fax : +46 (0)907866126
Teaching
Ubiquitous Computing - 2011, 2010, 2009 (Teacher)
- 2008, 2007, 2006 (Assistant)
Student Conference - 2010, 2009, 2008 (Teacher)
Software Engineering - 2005 (Assistant)
Projects

Agent-Supported Assessment for Adaptive and Personalised Ambient Assisted Living
Independent Life Despite Dementia
Blending the Physical and the Virtual
Other Affiliations
UIKM: User Interaction and Knowledge Modelling CCG: Cognitive Computing Group UCIT: Umeå Center for Interaction Technology
PhD Thesis
Dipak Surie
ABOUT ME
Post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Computing Science, Umeå University, Sweden.
Interested in ambient intelligence, smart objects and environments, situated interaction, context-aware computing, activity-centered design, natural and multimodal interfaces, and cognitive science.
Long-term research goal is to design and develop assistive homes capable of supporting elderly people with their activities of daily living (ADL).
EDUCATION
PhD and MSc in Computing Science from Umeå University, Sweden
BTech in Information Technology from the University of Madras, India
Journal and Magazine
Surie, D., Janlert, L-E., Pederson, T., Roy, D.: ""Egocentric interaction as a tool for designing ambient ecologies – The case of the easy ADL ecology". Journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Special Issue on "Ambient Ecologies", Elsevier, (2012). (In Press)
Pederson, T., Janlert, L-E., Surie, D.: "A Situative Space Model for Mobile Mixed-Reality Computing". IEEE Pervasive Computing, Vol. 10, Issue 4, (2011).
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Surie, D., Pederson, T., Janlert, L-E.: "The easy ADL home: A physical-virtual approach to domestic living". Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, Smart Home Thematic Issue, IOS Press, (2010).
Conference
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Lindgren, H., Surie, D., Nilsson, I.: "Agent-Supported Assessment for Adaptive and Personalized Ambient Assisted Living". Trends in Practical Applications of Agents and Multiagent Systems, Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, Springer-Verlag 90, pp. 25-32, (2011).
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Pederson, T., Janlert, L-E., Surie, D.: "Towards a model for egocentric interaction with physical and virtual objects". Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries, ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 755-758, (2010).
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Surie, D., Jäckel, F., Janlert, L-E., Pederson, T.: "Situative Space Tracking within Smart Environments". In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, IEEE Computer Society Press, (2010).
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Surie, D., Laguionie, O., Pederson, T.: "Wireless Sensor Networking of Everyday Objects in a Smart Home Environment". In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, Sydney, Australia, (2008).
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Surie, D., Pederson, T.: "An Activity-Centered Wearable Computing Infrastructure for Intelligent Environment Applications". In Proceedings of the IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, Taipei, Taiwan, Springer LNCS 4808, pp. 456-465, (2007).
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Pederson, T., Surie, D.: "Towards an Activity-Aware Wearable Computing Platform Based on an Egocentric Interaction Model". In Proceedings of the IFIP International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing Systems, Tokyo, Japan, Springer LNCS 4836, pp. 211-227, (2007).
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Surie, D., Lagriffoul, F., Pederson, T., Sjölie, D.: "Activity Recognition based on Intra and Extra Manipulation of Everyday Objects". In Proceedings of the IFIP International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing Systems, Tokyo, Japan, Springer LNCS 4836, pp. 196-210, (2007).
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Surie, D., Pederson, T., Lagriffoul, F., Janlert, L.-E., & Sjölie, D.: "Activity Recognition using an Egocentric Perspective of Everyday Objects". In Proceedings of the IFIP International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Hong Kong, China, Springer LNCS 4611, pp. 246-257, (2007). (Best student paper award)
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Surie, D.: "Evaluation and Integration of Risk Management in CMMI and ISO/IEC 15504". In Proceedings of the 8th Student Conference in Computing Science, Umeå, Sweden, (2004).
Workshop
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Pederson, T., Surie, D.: "A Situative Space Model for Distributed Multimodal Interaction", In Proceedings of the NordicCHI 2008 Workshop on Future Mobile Experiences, Lund, Sweden, (2008).
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Pederson, T., Piccinno, A., Surie, D., Ardito, C., Caporusso, N., Janlert, L.-E.: "Framing the Next-Generation Desktop using Proximity and Human Perception". In Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2008 Conference Workshop on User Interface Description Languages for Next-Generation User Interfaces, Florence, Italy, (2008).
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Backman, A., Bodin, K., Bucht, G., Janlert, L.-E., Maxhall, M., Pederson, T., Sjölie, D., Sondell, B., & Surie, D.: "easyADL - Wearable Support System for Independent Life despite Dementia". In Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2006 Conference Workshop on Designing Technology for People with Cognitive Impairments, Montreal, Canada, (2006).
Book Chapter
Technical Report
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Surie, D.: "Egocentric Interaction for Ambient Intelligence". PhD. Thesis, UMINF 12.01, ISSN 0348-0542, Department of Computing Science, Umeå University, Sweden, (2012).
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Surie, D.: "An Agent-Centric Approach to Implicit Human-Computer Interaction". MSc. Thesis, UMNAD-551, Department of Computing Science, Umeå University, Sweden, (2005).
Keynote Speech
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Surie, D.: "Providing Activity-Centered Computing Infrastructure for Intelligent Environments", Third International Conference on Usability Engineering, 19-20th May, Oviedo, Spain, (2008).
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Surie, D.: "Computer Support for Human Activities in the wild", 10th Conference on Human Computer Interaction, 13-15th December, Oviedo, Spain, (2005).
