ECSCW 2013 Adjunct Proceedings The 13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work 21 - 25. September 2013, Paphos, Cyprus

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. It comprises of the following categories: Work in Progress, workshops and master classes, demos and videos, the doctoral colloquium, and keynotes.While the proceedings published by Springer Verlag contains the core of the technical program, namely the full papers, the adjunct proceedings includes contributions on ongoing work, thus indicating what our field may become in the future.As a new thing for ECSCW 2013, the Work in Progress category has been introduced. Work in Progress is a peer-reviewed track at the conference that offers a possibility to present and discus ongoing work. Work in Progress sessions provide a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, for getting early feedback on current work and preliminary results, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Each Work in Progress submission was reviewed by a minimum of two members of the Program Committee. We were able to accept 11 papers out of a total of 19 submissions. This acceptance rate of approximately 58% acknowledges the early-stage nature of the work.The adjunct proceedings also includes three demonstrations, as well as descriptions of the 6 workshops and one master class. We have also included short descriptions of the 7 Ph.D. projects of the participants accepted for the doctoral colloquium, as well as abstracts of the two keynote lectures. {ivan.breskovic, fabiano.pinatti, susanne.schinkinger, hilda.tellioglu}@tuwien.ac.at Abstract. This paper explores the use of social awareness support as a potential solution to alleviate informal care al, and emotional load habitually associated with their duties. This is a preliminary contribution of the Vienna University of Technology to TOPIC project that is currently under development. In this paper we report on relevant literature, identify and consider technological and interaction challenges, and suggest mobile and ubiquitous computing for ambient solutions. We illustrate our approach by presenting briefly a prototype from our pre-study before concluding the paper. IntroductionIn Europe, as well as in other parts of the world, the number of people in need of special care is increasing (Magnusson et al., 2002). In the majority of the member states of the European Union family carers are responsible for more than 80% of all the care provided. Hence, both elderly and working-age family carers are submitted constantly to heavy physical, psychological, or emotional burden resulting from taking care of someone else. Past research has shown that these people are more susceptible to both psychical and physical morbidity (Chwalisz & 1 Authors are listed in alphabetical order. Kisler, 1995; Coon & Evans, 2009), facing an increased risk of mortality compared to their non-care giving counterparts (Schulz & Beach, 1999).Literature highlights that informal carers often express the need for help, not only in terms of financial assistance, as often proposed by social institutions, but also in regards to social and emotional support (Brownsell et al., 2012; Magnusson et al., 2004; ...