090223 Pervasive Behavior Tracking For Cognitive Assistance

The document discusses using smart home technologies and behavior tracking to provide cognitive assistance to people with impairments. It proposes a cognitive assistant called Archipel that uses sensors in a smart home to monitor daily activities and provide contextual help to users. A prototype of Archipel was tested with 12 people who had mild intellectual disabilities in tasks like meal preparation. The results found Archipel reduced the need for human assistance by half compared to traditional methods. Future work aims to improve Archipel's ability to anticipate errors and provide assistance for multiple people.