Human computing is the merging of mobile communications and sensing technologies, with the aim of enabling a pervasive and unobtrusive intelligence in the surrounding environment supporting the activities and interactions of the users in a human-centered manner. Specifically, human-centered interfaces support detection of subtleties of and changes in the user’s behavior, and initiate interactions based on this information rather than simply responding to the user’s commands. Technologies like machine analysis of facial expressions and affective computing are inherent human-computing technologies.
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(2009). Human Computing. In: Li, S.Z., Jain, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73003-5_447
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