Dissertation
Books:
Carmien, Stefan, Assistive Technology Design for Intelligence Augmentation (Synthesis Lectures on Assistive, Rehabilitative, and Health-Preserving Technologies), Morgan and Claypool, 2016, ISBN 978-1627057943 171 pages
Carmien, Stefan, Skills into Independent Living- Distributed Cognition and Cognitive Disability, VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K., 2007 ISBN 978-3-8364-2006-8, 256 Pages.
Book Chapters
Garzo, A., Carmien, S., Garay-Vitoria, N., (2015). “The Assistant Project – Independence Though Mobility”. In Cerqueira, C. and Uhomoibhi, J. (Eds.) European Project Space on Research and Applications of Information and Communication Systems. Setúbal, Portugal; Scitepress. In press
Carmien, S. and Cantara, A.M., (2012) “Diagnostic and Accessibility Based User Modelling” in MartÌn, E, Haya, P.A., Carro, R.M. (Ed.), User Modeling and Adaptation for Daily Routines Providing Assistance to People with Special Needs, Series: Human–Computer Interaction Series Martín, Estefanía; Haya, Pablo A.; Carro, Rosa M. (Eds.), Springer, 2013, 232 p. 54 illus.
Perry, J., Andureu, J., Cavallaro, F., Veneman, J., Carmien, S., Keller, T. (2010) Effective Game Use In Neurorehabilitation: User- Centered Perspectives. In Felicia, P. (Ed.) , Handbook of Research on Improving Learning and Motivation through Educational Games: Multidisciplinary Approaches. Hershey, PA.; IGI Global. pp. 683-725
Garzo, A., Carmien, S., Madina, X. (2010). Mapping Input Technology to Ability. In Röcker, C., and Ziefle, M.. (Eds.) Smart Healthcare Applications and Services: Developments and Practices. Hershey, PA.; IGI Global. pp. 261-284
Carmien, S. (2010). Socio-Technical Environments and Assistive Technology. In Hu, F., Mostashari, A., Xie, J. (Eds.) Socio-technical Networks: Science and Engineering Design. Boca Raton, FL.: Taylor & Francis LLC, CRC Press. pp. 167-180
Carmien, S., Fischer, G., (2008). Beyond Human-Computer Interaction: Meta-Design in Support of Human Problem-Domain Interaction. In M. Banich & D. Caccamise (Eds.) Generalization of Knowledge: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. New York: Psychology Press. pp.331-349.
Carmien, S., Fischer, F., Fischer, G., and Kollar, I. (2006). The Interplay Of Internal and External Scripts---A Distributed Cognition Perspective. In Scripting Computer-Supported Communication of Knowledge---Cognitive, Computational, and Educational Perspectives, FIn F. Fischer, I. Kollar, H. Mandl, & J. M. Haake (Eds.), Scripting Computer-Supported Learning - Cognitive, Computational, and Educational Perspectives, Springer, New York, NY, pp. 303-326.
Refereed Journals
Carmien, S., Wohldmann, E. (2008) "Mapping Images to Objects by Young Adults with Cognitive Disabilities", Research In Developmental Disabilities , 29(2008) pp. 149-157
Carmien, S., Dawe, M., Fischer, G., Gorman, A., Kintsch, A., & Sullivan, J. F. (2005) "Socio-Technical Environments Supporting People with Cognitive Disabilities Using Public Transportation," Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction (ToCHI) , 12(2), pp. 233 - 262.
Carmien, S., DePaula, R., Gorman, A., & Kintsch, A. (2004) "Increasing Workplace Independence for People with Cognitive Disabilities by Leveraging Distributed Cognition among Caregivers and Clients". A Special Issue of the Journal of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) The Journal of Collaborative Computing . Volume 13, Numbers 5-6 Dec. 2004 pp. 443 - 470
Refereed Conference Publications
Barham, P., S. Carmien, and A. Garzo, (2015) “The Assistant Project: Creating a Smartphone App to Assist Older People When Travelling by Public Transport”, in ICT4AgeingWell 2015: 20-22 May 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, SCITEPRESS – Science and Technology Publications. pp. 253-258
Carmien, S. and Garzo, A. (2014) “Elders using smartphones – a set of research based heuristic guidelines for designers” in 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 09) in the parallel session "Cognitive Accessibility and Cognitive Support" in the 8th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction (UAHCI), 22 - 27 June 2014, Creta Maris, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Springer LNCS, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 8514, 2014, pp 26-37 s
Carmien, S. and Obach, M. (2013) “Back on Track: Lost and Found on Public Transportation” in 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 09) in the parallel session "Cognitive Accessibility and Cognitive Support" in the 7th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction (UAHCI), 21-26 July, 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Springer LNCS in press
Pullman, J., Mohamad, Y., Velasco, C.A., Carmien, S.P. (2011) A generic OSGi-based model framework for delivery context properties and events in 6th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2011, Held as Part of HCI International 2011; 9-14 July 2011. Orlnado, Floria, USA, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2011, Volume 6768, Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Services, Pages 605-611
Carmien, S., Fischer, G. (2008) "Design, Adoption, and Assessment of a Socio-Technical Environment Supporting Independence for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities" in ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction CHI08 , Florence, Italy (in Press) (22% acceptance rate)
Carmien, S. and Koene, R. (2009) “Distributed Intelligence and Scaffolding in Support of Cognitive Health” in 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 09) in the parallel session "Cognitive Accessibility and Cognitive Support" in the 5th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction (UAHCI), 19-24 July, 2009 , San Diego, California, USA, Springer LNCS vol. 5614, pp. 334-343Carey, K., Gracia, R., Power, C., Petrie, H., and Carmien, S. (2007) "Determining Accessibility Needs Through User Goals", in 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 07) , July 2007, Beijing, China (LNCS 4554), pp 28 - 35
Carmien, S., Kintsch, A (2006) "Dual User Interface Design As Key To Adoption For Computationally Complex Assistive Technology" in Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Conference, June 2006 Atlanta, GA (on ROM-CD)
Carmien, S (2005) "End User Programming and Context Responsiveness in Handheld Prompting Systems for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities and Caregivers" in ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction CHI05 , Portland Oregon USA pp. 1252 - 1255
Carmien, S., Fischer, G. (2005) "Tools for Living and Tools for Learning" in 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 05) , Las Vegas Nevada USA (on ROM-CD)
Carmien, S., DePaula, R., et al. (2003) "Increasing Workplace Independence for People with Cognitive Disabilities by Leveraging Distributed Cognition among Caregivers and Clients". In ACM 2003 International Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP '03) , Sanibel Island, Florida, USA.
Doctoral Consortia
Stefan Carmien (2004) MAPS: Creating Socio-Technical Environments in Support of Distributed Cognition for People with Cognitive Impairments and Their Caregivers, Conference on Computer-Human Interaction CHI04 , Doctoral Consortium, Vienna
Stefan Carmien, (2003) MAPS: Dynamic Scaffolding for Independence for Persons with Cognitive Impairments, 9th International Conference on User Modeling (UM'2003) Doctoral Consortium 2003, Johnstown PA
Workshops
Carmien, S. (2014) ASSISTANT: Public Transport Navigation Support, (The ASSISTANT project), Mobile Apps for Independent Living workshop, AAL Forum, Bucharest, Sept 10th 2014
Carmien, S. (2013) Smart Homes- Accessibility to, Accessibility with, Making Place for Aging Workshop on Smart Home Technology, San Sebastian, Spain April 9th, 2013
Carmien, S., Nijboer, F (2011) Cultural Bias and Personalization, Broad and Narrow in Fostering Social Interactions in the Ageing Society held in European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW11), 24-28 September 2011, Aarhus, Denmark
Carmien, S. (2010) MAPS for ACAPID: Deep Personalization and Lessons Learned in Applications of Cognitive Assistance for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: Why, What, How? INRA, September 13-14 2010, Bordeaux France (https://gforge.inria.fr/docman /?group_id=2914)
Nijboer, F., Hoffmann, U., Morin, F., Carmien, S., Leon, E. and Koene, R. (2009) Affective Brain-Computer Interfaces: Psychophysiological Markers of Emotion in Healthy People and People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Workshop on Affective Brain-Computer Interfaces & IEEE International Workshop on Social Signal Processing ABCI 2009, September 10-12 2009, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Proceedings Vol II pp. 1-11
Carmien, S., Cavallaro, F., and Koene, R., (2009), ‘Senior Moments’: Loss and Context in Workshop on"Affect and Behaviour Related Assistance in Support for the Elderly" held in 2nd International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA09), June 9-13, 2009, Corfu, Greece (in press)
Carmien, S. (2008) Content Personalization and Flexible Scaffolding in Support of Independence for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities, in Perspectives of ICT in special education: Potential and possibilities of WEB 2.0 and social software, Workshop at Knowledge Media Research Center, Tübingen, Germany 5. & 6. June 2008
Yehya Mohamad, Y., Carmien, S., Velasco, C. (2008) “Supporting Industry in the Development of Design for All Curriculum” Computers Helping People with Special Needs 11th International Conference, ICCHP 2008, Linz, Austria, July 9-11, 2008. Proceedings pp. 150-155
Velasco, C., Yehya Mohamad, Y., Carmien, S. (2007) Universally Accessible Lifelong Learning by User and Device Profiling Adaptation in UM 2007 Workshop: Towards User Modelling and Adaptive Systems for All (UM2007) , Corfu, GreeceCarmien, S. (2006) Assistive Technology For Persons With Cognitive Disabilities - Artifacts Of Distributed Cognition in CHI 2006 Workshop: Designing Technology for People with Cognitive Impairments (CHI06), Montreal, PQ Canada
Carmien, S. and Gorman, A. (2003) "Creating Distributed Support Systems to Enhance the Quality of Life for People with Cognitive Disabilities". In 2nd International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing for Pervasive Healthcare Applications (UbiHealth 2003) , Seattle, WA, USA.
Other Publications
Carmien, S., Garzo, A. (2014) "Fitting Adaptive Real-Time Technology To The Population Geography And Regional Resources Across The European Union", AAL Forum, Bucarest, Sept 10th 2014
Carmien, S. (2006) Design and Evaluation of Complex Assistive Technology Systems Using Ethnographic Methods, Student Design Competition, ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility (Access06) , Portland Oregon
Fischer, Gerhard, Ernesto Arias, Stefan Carmien, Hal Eden, Andrew Gorman, Shin'ichi Konomi, James Sullivan (2004) Supporting Collaboration and Distributed Cognition in Context-Aware Pervasive Computing Environments, Paper for the Human-Computer Interaction Consortium (HCIC'04), Winter Park, CO.
Carmien, S. (2004), Task Support for People with Cognitive Impairments and Their Caregivers, American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 14 No. 3 Sept 2004
Carmien, S. (2003) MAPS: Dynamic scaffolding for independence for persons with cognitive impairments Contribution to the Human-Computer Interaction Consortium (HCIC'03), Winter Park, CO.
Carmien, S. and Hudak, G. (2003) MAPS: PDA Scaffolding for Independence for Persons with Cognitive Impairments, Student Design poster, RESNA Conference Atlanta, GA
Carmien, S. (2002) MAPS: Dynamic scaffolding for independence for persons with cognitive impairments Contribution to the Human-Computer Interaction Consortium (HCIC'02), Winter Park, CO.
Keynotes
Carmien, S. (2015) An American Accessibility and AT researcher in Euskal Herria / Un investigador Americano en Accesibilidad y TA en Euskal Herria (bilingual), Thirtieth Anniversary Of The Egokituz Laboratory, Departamento de Arquitectura y Tecnología de Computadores Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain December 16th, 2015
Carmien, S. (2012) Doing What You Want To Do - Leveraging and Replacement in AmI: Some Thoughts About Design, 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence & 4th International Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living - UCAmI & IWAAL2012, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. December 4, 2012
Presentations
Carmien, S. Garzo, A. (2015) The ASSISTANT project: Independence though mobility, Invited lecture, Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Donostia-San Sebastián Spain May 28th 2015
Carmien, S. (2012) Aiding SuStainable Independent Senior TrAvellers to Navigate in Towns (The ASSISTANT project), AAL Forum 2012 - Tomorrow in sight: from design to delivery, Eindhoven Nl. September 25, 2012
Carmien, S. (2010) “User Centred Design - Task Based Design”, in Autonomia pertsonala areagotzeko teknologiei buruzko masterra (Master in Technologies for Supporting Personal Autonomy), Universidad de Pais Vasco, San Sebastian, Spain, April 2010
Carmien, S. (2010) “Content personalization some theory and the real world”, in Sistemas Adaptativos a través de Internet, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, April 2010
Carmien, S. (2010) “Adoption and abandonment – it’s not just the system”, in Sistemas Adaptativos a través de Internet, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, April 2010
Carmien, S. (2010) “The L3D Toolbelt: Affordances for Intelligence Augmentation”, GHIA research group, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, April 2010
Carmien, S. (2009) “A Workshop on User Centered Design, focusing on scenario use and task based design approaches” Part 1 Part2, Fatronik-Technalia, San Sebastian, Spain, July 2009
Carmien, S. (2008) “A Short Overview of Assistive Technology Abandonment and Innovation Adoption”, Fatronik Salut Department, San Sebastian, Spain, December 2008
Carmien, S. (2008) “Using Standards and the 5 R’s - The Right Information at the Right Time, in the Right Place, in the Right Way to the Right Person”, The Center for LifeLong Learning and Design, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder Colorado USA September 2008
Carmien, S. (2008) “Developing a framework for designing computer based supports for inclusion”, Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik Lecture Series, Universität Siegen, Siegen Germany, July 2008
Carmien, S (2007) "The Center for Lifelong Learning and Design (L 3 D) Approach to Intelligence Augmentation" in Building Advanced Internet Services and Applications using Web Standards. Accessible Interfaces and New Devices (Graduate computer science class), Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology , Madrid, Spain June 2007
Carmien, S (2007) "MAPS: an Instance of Intelligence Augmentation" in Sistemas Adaptativos en Educación (Graduate computer science seminar), UNED (Universidad Libre a Distancia) , Madrid, Spain May 2007
Carmien, S (2007)"The Center for Lifelong Learning and Design (L 3 D) Approach to Intelligence Augmentation" in Métodos De Aprendizaje En IA, (Graduate computer science seminar), UNED (Universidad Libre a Distancia) , Madrid, Spain May 2007
Carmien, S (2006) "Moving the Fulcrum: Socio-Technical Environments Supporting Distributed Cognition for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities" Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT) Sankt Augustin, Germany July 2006
Carmien, S (2006) "The Center for LifeLong Learning & Design (L 3 D) - a designers perspective" Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology, Bonn, Germany July 2006
Carmien, S and Gorman A. (2005)"MAPS-Lifeline: combining handheld computer prompting with real-time caregiver monitoring tools for supporting individuals with cognitive disabilities in daily living activities." Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities (Pac Rim 05) Waikiki, Hawaii February 2005