Pervasive Computing

PvC
DAIMI / Kurser / PvC

Course Schedule

Slides from the lecture will be added above as we proceed through the course.

Week Lecture Subject Lecturer Slides
35 29. Aug. Introduction + Mobile Devices JB pdf
pdf
36 5. Sep. Software Architecture for Pervasive Computing JB pdf
37 12. Sep. Location and Context Awareness JB pdf
38 19. Sep. Sensor Networks Jacob Andersen pdf
39 26. Sep. Talk by Tom Moran - lecture at 10:00 - 13:00 at Benjamin-117 (small aud.) Tom Moran -
40 3. Oct. New Interaction Paradigms
Service Discovery
JB pdf
pdf
41 10. Oct. Mobile Code JB pdf

Litterature

A printed compendium with all the litterature is for sale in the 'Stakboglade'. A pdf version of the entire compendium is available here [pdf] (33 MB). A complete bib tex file for the litterature is available here [bib] (not yet complete).

Subject Litterature
Introduction
  • Weiser: The Computer for the 21st Century [html] Note: Contents may vary from the final version found in the course compendium.)
  • Want et al.: The ParcTab Ubiquitous Computing Experiment [pdf]
  • Weiser: Some Computer Science Issues in UbiComp [pdf]
  • Chapter 1-5 in Pervasive Computing Handbook.
Mobile devices
  • Mascolo et al - Mobile Computing Middleware, a Survey [pdf]
  • Mika Raento et al - ContextPhone: A Prototyping Platform for Context-Aware Mobile Applications. In IEEE Pervasive Computing, 4(2), p. 51-59, 2005. [pdf]
Software Architectures
  • Kindberg et al.: People, Places, Things
  • Garlan et al.: Project Aura [pdf]
  • Sousa and Garlan :Aura: an Architectural Framework for User Mobility in Ubiquitous Computing Environments [pdf]
  • Christensen & Bardram : Activity-Centered Computing
  • Bardram : Mobility and Collaboration in UbiComp
  • Johanson et al. : The Interactive Workspaces Project [pdf]
  • Roman et al: Gaia Active Spaces [pdf]
  • Grimm et al: System Support for Pervasive Applications [pdf]
Location and Context Awareness
  • Hightower & Borriella : Location Systems for Ubiquitous Computing.
  • Muthukrishnan et al: Towards Smart Surroundings
  • Bahl & Padmanabhan : RADAR - An In-Building RF-Based User Location and Tracking System
  • Chen & Kotz, Survey paper
  • Harter et al.: The anatomy of a context-aware application
  • Schilit et al.: Context-Aware Computing Applications
  • Dey et al.: Distributed mediation of imperfectly sensed context in aware environments
Sensor Networks
  • Culler et al: Overview of Sensor Networks.
  • Mainwaring et al: Wireless Sensor Networks for Habitat Monitoring.
  • Gay et al: Software Design Patterns for TinyOS.
  • Tila et al: A Taxonomy of Wireless Micro-Sensor Network Models.
  • ATMEL Maual
New Interaction models
  • Pedersen et al. - Tivoli [pdf]
  • Fishkin et al. - Wireless user-interface components [pdf]
  • Wheeler & Jorgensen - Gestures as input [pdf] [movie]
  • Smailagic & Siewiorek - Wearable and context-aware computers [pdf]
  • Zieniewicz et al. - Army Wearable computers [pdf]
Service Discovery
  • Helal: Standards for Service Discovery and Delivery
  • Java: Jini Architectural overview - white paper.
  • Microsoft: Understanding UPnP - white paper.
  • Guttman: Autoconfiguration for IP Networking: Enabling Local Communication¨
Mobile Code
  • Tripathi et al: Mobile Agent Programming in Ajanta.
  • Dignum: Agent Communication and Cooperative Information Agents
  • Carzaniga: Designing Distributed Applications with Mobile Code Paradigms
  • Ismail and Hagimont: A Performance Evaluation of the Mobile Agent Paradigm


Updated: September 5, 2005, bardram@daimi.au.dk