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Ph.D.

My thesis addressed how to design systems for Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) on the basis of design practice established in the Scandinavian model of System Design. In particular, this thesis focus on the following issues:

• Can simulation of realistic work situations be used for cooperative design of CSCW systems by developers and users?
• Can we balance a design based on daily work practice with exploration of innovative CSCW solutions?
• How cooperative design could be integrated in the evolving use and how to combine different design approaches into a coherent design?

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Unpublished Work

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News

• Dagens Nyheter – User-centered design in master programs at KTH, 12 April 1995 (in Swedish).
• Swedish Television – The smart technology project at KTH, 20 November 1997 (in Swedish).
• National Public Radio – Interactive chairs at Comdex, 28 November 1998.
• Dagens Nyheter – The smart technology project at KTH, 27 May 1999 (in Swedish).
• Dagens Nyheter – Smart Living, 20 February 2000.

Exhibitions

• Archives of Deleted Files, A:T Moderna Muset, April 1995. [more info]
• SoftAir Communication, The Global Tendency Machine, April 1998. [more info]
• SoftAir Communication, Comdex, December 1998. [a short video]
• The World Expo, Entrances, Hannover 2000. [the site]
• Doors of perception – 4, The E-Cultural Exhibition, Amsterdam, November 2000.
• BO-01 City of Tomorrow, Smart living, May 2001 - Sept 2001. [from the exhibition]
• K/Haus – Kunstlerhaus Wienna, Global Tools, July 2001- Sept 2001. [more info]
  

Papers

1. Tollmar K., Marmolin H., and Sundblad Y. (1994): The Collaborative Desktop - Collaboration and Information Building, Formal demo at CHI´94, In proceedings of CHI´94, ACM Press.
2. Tollmar K., Sandor O. and Schömer A. (1996): Supporting Social Awareness @Work - Design and Experience, In proceedings of CSCW´96, ACM Press. [pdf]
3. Tollmar K. (1997): Participatory design techniques for CSCW, In SIGGROUP Bulletin Vol 18/2, ACM Press.
4. Tollmar K. (1997): Smarta ting & miljöer på CID, Designjournalen, Vol 5 nr 1 / 98. [pdf]
5. Tollmar K. and Junestrand S.(1998): The Dwelling as a Place for Work, in N. Streitz, S. Konomi, H. Burkhardt (Eds.), "Cooperative Buildings - Integrating Information, Organization, and Architecture". Proceedings of CoBuild'98, Darmstadt, Germany. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1370. Springer: Heidelberg. [pdf]
6. Junestrand S. and Tollmar K (1999): Video mediated communication for domestic environments. In N. Streitz, S. Konomi, (Eds.), Cooperative Buildings – Integrating, Information, Organization, and Architecture. Proceedings of CoBuild'99, Pittsburgh, PA, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1670. Springer: Heidelberg, 1999. [pdf]
7. Tollmar K., Junestrand S. and Torgny O. (2000): Virtually Living Together - Using Multiple-Method Design in the Search for Telematic Emotional Communication. In conference proceedings of DIS'2000, ACM Press. [pdf]
8. Junestrand S., Lenman S., Thuresson B. and Tollmar K (2000): Private and Public Spaces - Video Mediated Communication in a Future Home Environment, Video paper at CHI’2000, ACM Press. [pdf] [video]
9. Junestrand S, Keijer U. and Tollmar K (2001): Design Patterns for Private and Public Digital Spaces in the Home Environment. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Vol. 54, No. 5, May 2001, pp. 753-778. [pdf]
10. Junestrand S., Molin G., Tollmar K. and Keijer U. (2001): User Study of VMC with Intellectually Disabled, In conference proceedings of NordiCHI 2001 (accepted for publications in International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction). [pdf]
11. Tollmar K., ChincholleD. , Klasson B. and Stephanson T. (2001): VideoCafé – Exploring Mediaspaces in Public Places within Organisations, Behavior and Information Technogy, Volume 20, Number 2/March 1, Taylor & Francis. [pdf]
12. Tollmar K. (2001): Towards CSCW Design in the Scandinavian Tradition, Ph.D. Dissertation, NADA – KTH / SU, Oct 2001. [pdf]
13. Tollmar K. and Persson J. (2002): Understanding Remote Presence, In proceedings of NordiCHI 2002, ACM Press. (Finns även pa svenska som Vinnova rapport: Användarstudie av artefakter för emotionell kommunikation) [pdf]
14. Darrell T., Tollmar K., Bentley F., Checka N, Morency LP, Rahimi A. and Oh A. (2002): Face-responsive interfaces: from direct manipulation to perceptive presence, In proceedings of UbiComp 2002: Ubiquitous Computing, Springer Verlag, Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Volume. 2498. [pdf]
15. Tollmar K. (2002): Percuptual Interfaces - Hype or emergent everyday technologies? (In Swedish: Perceptuella gränssnitt — vision eller kommande vardagsteknik?), Friktion - Om mötet mellan olikheter i IT-forskning, Raster Förlag.
16. Tollmar K., Demirdjian D. and Darrell T. (2002): Gesture+Play, Demo at UIST’2002, In proceedings of UIST’2002, ACM Press. [pdf]
17. Browall C., Tollmar K. and Petterson F. (2002): Camelot - Rundabordssamtal och seminarier kring framtidens boende (A workshop serie about domestic technologies), TELDOK / VINNOVA ISBN: 91-89588-61-4. (In Swedish) [pdf]
18. Tollmar K., Demirdjian D. and Darrell T. (2002): Gesture+Play : full-body interaction for virtual environments, Accepted for publication at CHI’2003.
19. Demirdjian D., Tollmar K., Koile K., Checka N. and Darrell T (2002): Activity maps for location-aware computing, Accepted for publication at WACV'02, 2002.