The case for psychological computing

Xuan Bao; Mahanth Gowda; Ratul Mahajan; Romit Roy Choudhury

doi:10.1145/2444776.2444785

The case for psychological computing

Xuan Bao, Mahanth Gowda, Ratul Mahajan, Romit Roy Choudhury

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Abstract

This paper envisions a new research direction that we call psychological computing. The key observation is that, even though computing systems are missioned to satisfy human needs, there has been little attempt to bring understandings of human need/psychology into core system design. This paper makes the case that percolating psychological insights deeper into the computing layers is valuable, even essential. Through examples from content caching, vehicular systems, and network scheduling, we argue that psychological awareness can not only offer performance gains to known technological problems, but also spawn new kinds of systems that are difficult to conceive otherwise.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	ACM HotMobile 2013
Subtitle of host publication	The 14th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2444776.2444785
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	14th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, ACM HotMobile 2013 - Jekyll Island, GA, United States Duration: Feb 26 2013 → Feb 27 2013

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Name	ACM HotMobile 2013: The 14th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications

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Other	14th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, ACM HotMobile 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Jekyll Island, GA
Period	2/26/13 → 2/27/13

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Bao, X, Gowda, M, Mahajan, R & Choudhury, RR 2013, The case for psychological computing. in ACM HotMobile 2013: The 14th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications. ACM HotMobile 2013: The 14th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, 14th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, ACM HotMobile 2013, Jekyll Island, GA, United States, 2/26/13. https://doi.org/10.1145/2444776.2444785

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