ISEEapp: An Event Explanation Prototype bridging the gap between sensor network and document corpora data

Abstract

Smart connected environments as well as digital contents are more and more present in our daily life. The former monitors various data produced by sensors, while the latter contains valuable additional information (e.g., technical data sheets, maintenance reports, employee register). When an event occurs, users generally want to figure out why this event happened. Unfortunately, most information systems in connected environments do not combine sensor network data with document corpora. Consequently, users have to look for an event explanation by querying both complementary sources with different systems, which is indeed very tedious, time consuming and requires a huge compilation effort. In this paper, we present ISEEapp1, a prototype for event explanation in smart connected environments. The functionalities of ISEEapp are illustrated and the results of a user interface evaluation are presented.