This retrospective on 20 years of ubiquitous computing research identifies opportunities for
leveraging utility computing and the Internet of Things to grow the ubicomp infrastructure …

The rapidly emerging area of pervasive computing faces many challenging research issues
critical to application developers. Wide heterogeneity of hardware, software, and network …

We explain basic features of an emerging area called Intelligent Environments. We give a
short overview on how it has developed, what is the current state of the art and what are the …

Software developers new to creating Augmented Reality (AR) experiences often gravitate
towards simplified development environments, such as 3D game engines. While popular …

In this dissertation, we address the challenges of building a context storage management
system (CSMS) as a core component of the Context as a Service (CoaaS) platform. The …

With an ever increasing number of networked devices used in mobile settings, or residing in
homes, offices, and elsewhere, there is a plethora of potential computational infrastructure …

Low-cost and compact digital storage, sensors and radio modules make it possible to
embed a digital memory into a product for recording all relevant events throughout the entire …

Purpose–This paper aims to demonstrate that a policy-based middleware solution which
facilitates the development of context-aware applications and the integration of the …

Abstract The vision of Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) foresees a future of context-aware
smart systems which unobtrusively and invisibly support users in their daily activities. Those …

Spanning the multi-disciplinary scope of information technology, the Encyclopedia of
Information Systems and Technology draws together comprehensive coverage of the inter …