This paper introduces the OROCOS project that aims at becoming a general-purpose and
open robot control software package. OROCOS follows the open source development model …

Middleware is a software layer that stands between the networked operating system and the
application and provides well known reusable solutions to frequently encountered problems …

In this paper, we review the functions and architectures of control centers: their past, present,
and likely future. The evolving changes in power system operational needs require a …

To share Knowledge coming from disparate and heterogeneous environments, we propose
the use of semantic Web services to provide a common Knowledge format and meaning …

Mobile devices, such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants, have gained wide-
spread popularity. These devices will increasingly be networked, thus enabling the …

The construction of a large class of distributed systems can be simplified by leveraging
middleware, which is layered between network operating systems and application …

Ambient intelligence (AI) refers to a develo** technology that will increasingly make our
everyday environment sensitive and responsive to our presence. The AI vision requires …

We present a wide-baseline image matching approach based on line segments. Line
segments are clustered into local groups according to spatial proximity. Each group is …

An increasing number of distributed applications will be written for mobilehosts, such as
laptop computers, third generation mobile phones, personaldigital assistants, watches and …

Recent advances in wireless networking technologies and the growing success of mobile
computing devices, such as laptop computers, third generation mobile phones, personal …