Ubiquitous Computing Seminar -- Literatur & Links

• Allgmeines
• Geschichte des Ubiquitous Computing und wegweisende Projekte
• Relevante Technologien von morgen
• Spontane Vernetzung, Dienstbeschreibung, service discovery
• Grundlagen der Vernetzung: drahtlose und mobile Kommunikation
• Wearable computing, body area networks, neue Mensch-Maschine-Interfaces
• Orts-, Kontext-, und Situationsbezogenheit; Ortslokalisierung
• Programmieren von Ubiquitous Computing-Anwendungen im Kleinen und im Grossen
• Information appliances und Infrastruktur für smart devices
• Diskussion, Kritik

Allgmeines [ubi:allg]

• Stefan Betschon. Der Q-Faktor - Die Rhetorik des Fortschritts. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2000. 7. Januar.
  Note: Ein kurzer und kritischer, aber flott geschriebener Zeitungsartikel zu wearable computing, Information Appliances, Zukunftsprognosen etc.

• Gaetano Borriello. Collection of teaching activities. https://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/gaetano/teaching.html.

• Vannevar Bush. As we may think. The Atlantic Monthly, 176(1):101-108, July 1945.
  Note: Ein visionärer Klassiker, vor 55 Jahren erschienen. Beschreibt u.a. Hypertext und ab Kapitel 6 die ``Memex-Maschine''

• Michael L. Dertouzos. Allerwelts-Computer. Spektrum der Wissenschaft, December 1999.
  Note: Stark auf das MIT bezogen und auch dadurch etwas einseitig.

• Mike Esler, Jeffrey Hightower, Tom Anderson, and Gaetano Borriello. Next Century Challenges: Data-Centric Networking for Invisible Computing. In Proceedings of the fifth annual ACM/IEEE international conference on Mobile computing and networking, pages 256-262, Seattle, WA USA, August 1999. ACM Press.

• Hans-W. Gellersen. Ubiquitäre informationstechnologien.
  Note: Kurzartikel von 4 Seiten als Übersicht [fm]

• Hans-Werner Gellersen, editor. Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing, number 1707 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer-Verlag, 1999.
  Note: Ein aktueller Tagungsband einer einschlägigen Konferenz; gibt in sofern einen Eindruck davon, mit was man sich in der Forschung dazu befasst

• Neil Gershenfeld. Wenn die Dinge denken lernen. Econ, 1999. ISBN 3430131804.
  Note: Stellenweise sicherlich zu abgehoben und übertrieben, dennoch interessant

• Neil Gershenfeld. When Things Start to Think. Henry Holt & Company, Inc., 1999. ISBN 0805058745.

• Pervasive Computing, volume 38 of IBM Systems Journal, 1999.
  Note: Überblick über aktuelle Entwicklungen im Feld.

• Rober Lucky. Connections. IEEE Spektrum, 1999.
  Note: Eine kurze leicht satirische Kolumne zum Thema ``Everything will be connected to everything else''.

• Donald A. Norman. The Invisible Computer. MIT Press, 1998.
  Note: Dort Kapitel 3 über ``Information Appliances'' und Appendix ``Examples of Information Appliance''. Leider ist dies nicht online verfügbar ausser Table of Contents.

• Pico Radio Group. url https://bwrc.eecs.berkeley.edu/Research/Pico_Radio/.

• Larry Press. Personal computing: the post-PC era. Communications of the ACM, 42(10):21-24, 1999.

• DEAPspace: Transient ad hoc networking. https://www.zurich.ibm.com/activities/acs/acs_pervasive_deapspace.html.

  Abstract: The aim of DEAPspace -- DEAP stands for distributed embedded application platform -- is to connect nomadic and pervasive devices in (transient) ad hoc networks to allow available resources to be utilized and coordinated for more useful applications than any single component devices would be capable of supporting. DEAPspace addresses peer-to-peer networking of pervasive devices instead of client-server networking.

• MIT Context Aware Computing Group. https://www.media.mit.edu/context/.

  Abstract: The Context Aware Computing group is interested in using ``context knowledge'' such as what we do, what we have done, where we are and how we feel about it, in order to interact with the environment around us. By understanding and using the contextual reality of a situation, we hope to redefine computer-human interaction.

• Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Reading List. https://c2000.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs8113c_99_spring/readings/overview.html.

• Papers von Mark Weiser zu ``Ubiquitous Computing''. https://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html.

• personal information architecture group. https://www.media.mit.edu/pia/index.html.

• Publications ``Future Computing Environments''. https://www.cc.gatech.edu/fce/publications.html.

• Research Topics in Human-Computer Interaction. https://bmrc.berkeley.edu/courseware/cs260/spring98/readings.html.

• Ubicomp Links. https://www.darmstadt.gmd.de/%7Ekonomi/ubicomp.html.

• Wearable Computing. https://www.sics.se/%7Ekpj/wearables.html.

• WIND: Wireless Networks of Devices. https://wind.lcs.mit.edu/projects/wind/.

  Abstract: WIND is a system of middleware and protocols that will enable a large-scale network of devices, sensors, and computers. The primary design goal is to make networks self-configuring and the system and applications self-organizing.

• Manish Tuteja. AnchoredDisplays: The Web on Walls. url https://www.media.mit.edu/pia/Research/AnchoredDisplays/index.html.

• Mark Weiser. Verschiedene Artikel zum Thema ``Ubiquitous Computing''. https://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html.
  Note: Weitere Artikel von Mark Weiser zum Thema ``Ubiquitous Computing''

• Mark Weiser. The computer for the 21st century. Scientific American, pages 94-104, September 1991.
  Note: Vom Begründer des Begriffs ``Ubiquitous Computing''

• Mark Weiser. Some Computer Science issues in ubiquitous computing. Communications of the ACM, 36(7):74-84, July 1993.

• Jay Werb and Colin Lanzl. Designing a positioning system for finding things and people indoors. IEEE Spectrum, 35(9), September 1998.

• The disappearing computer initiative. https://www.cordis.lu/ist/fetdc.htm.
  Note: An European Commission Initiative (Call for Proposals)

Geschichte des Ubiquitous Computing und wegweisende Projekte [ubi:hist]

Relevante Technologien von morgen [ubi:tech]

• W. Mark. Turning pervasive computing into mediated spaces. IBM Systems Journal, 38(4), 1999.

  Abstract: This paper describes the hard problems when building a 'smart' environment for human beings. The environment, a mediated space, should understand and participate in multiperson interaction. For doing so, it needs to understand (at least to a limited range) the contents and semantics of human interaction. Speech and gesture are the main issues.

  
  Note: Eine echte Herausforderung: intelligente Räume, die menschliches Verhalten verstehen und darauf reagieren, um dem Menschen zu helfen. Die Probleme dabei werden allerdings nur angerissen. [hv]

Spontane Vernetzung, Dienstbeschreibung, service discovery [ubi:spontan]

Grundlagen der Vernetzung: drahtlose und mobile Kommunikation [ubi:net]

Wearable computing, body area networks, neue Mensch-Maschine-Interfaces [ubi:wear]

Orts-, Kontext-, und Situationsbezogenheit; Ortslokalisierung [ubi:loc]

• Gregory D. Abowd, Anind Dey, Robert Orr, and Jason Botherton. Context-awareness in wearable and ubiquitous computing. Technical Report GIT-GVU-97-11, Georgia Institute of Technology, May 1997.

• Andy Harter, Andy Hopper, Pete Steggles, Andy Ward, and Paul Webster. The Anatomy of a Context-Aware Application. In Proceedings of the fifth annual ACM/IEEE international conference on Mobile computing and networking, pages 59-68, Seattle, WA USA, 1999.

• Fritz Hohl, Uwe Kubach, Alexander Leonhardi, Kurt Rothermel, and Markus Schwehm. Nexus - an open global infrastructure for spatial-aware applications. Technical Report TR-1999-02, Universität Stuttgart, Fakultät Informatik, Germany, January 25, 1999.

  Abstract: Due to the lack of a generic platform for location- and spatial-aware systems, many basic services have to be reimplemented in each application that uses spatial-awareness. A cooperation among different applications is also difficult to achieve without a common platform. In this paper we present a platform that solves these problems. It provides an infrastructure that is based on computer models of regions of the physical world, which are augmented by virtual objects. We show how virtual objects make the integration of existing information systems and services in spatial-aware systems easier. Furthermore, our platform supports interactions between the computer models and the real world and integrates single models in a global ``Augmented World''.

• Jason Pascoe, Nick Ryan, and David Morse. Issues in Developing Context-Aware Computing. In Hans-W. Gellersen, editor, Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing, volume 1707 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 208-221. Springer-Verlag, September 1999.

• Daniel Salber, Anind K. Dey, and Gregory D. Abowd. The Context Toolkit: Aiding the Development of Context-Enabled Applications. In Proceeding of the CHI 99 conference on Human factors in computing systems: the CHI is the limit, pages 434-414, Pittsburgh, PA USA, May 1999. ACM Press.

• Bill Schilit, Norman Adams, and Roy Want. Context-aware computing applications. In IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, Santa Cruz, CA, US, December 1994. https://snapple.cs.washington.edu/mobile/mcsa94.html.

• Albrecht Schmidt, Kofi Asante Aifoo, Antti Takaluoma, Urpo Tuomela, Kristof Van Laerhoven, and Walter Van de Velde. Advanced Interaction in Context. In Hans-W. Gellersen, editor, Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing, volume 1707 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 89-101. Springer-Verlag, September 1999.

• M. Spreitzer and M. Theimer. Architectural considerations for scalable, secure, mobile computing with location information. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, pages 29-39, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, June 1994. IEEE Computer Society Press.
  Note: Auf der Basis einer einfachen Service-Architektur mit Ortsinformation werden einige Ubicomp-Anwendungen diskutiert. Schwerpunkt ist die Wahrung der Vertraulichkeit von Ortsinformationen, was sehr ausführlich dargestellt wird. [hv]

Programmieren von Ubiquitous Computing-Anwendungen im Kleinen und im Grossen [ubi:pgm]

• Gregory D. Abowd. Software engineering and programming language considerations for ubiquitous computing. ACM Computing Surveys, 28(4es):190, December 1996.
  Note: Describes challenges in software engineering ubiquitous computing systems. (1) The interface to an ubiquitous service must be available everywhere. Since interfaces depend on physical characteristics of devices, it is important to adapt the interface accordingly. This is called the 'interface scalability problem'. (2) Ubiquity of information: service components should be loosely coupled, data formats should not prevent us from combining services. (3) Integration of different communication techniques (WWW, E-Mail, telephone, etc.). This paper concentrates very much on the interactivity of ubicomp systems, i.e. considers mainly human-usable systems. Nothing about service integration, middleware, communication issues. [hv]

• Gregory D. Abowd. Software engineering issues for ubiquitous computing. In Proceedings of the 1999 International Conference on Software Engineering, pages 75-84. IEEE Computer Society Press / ACM Press, 1999.
  Note: This paper describes transparent interfaces, context-awareness, and automated capture in ubicomp environments. Toolkits and homogeneous APIs for each of the areas are required to ease the development of applications. Neglects communication issues (bandwidth, services) and dynamic aspects. (Automated capture is similar to Memex: it remembers everything a human being ever encountered and supplies access methods supporting the human memory.) [hv]

• John Bates, Jean Bacon, Ken Moody, and Mark Spiteri. Using Events for the Scalable Federation of Heterogeneous Components. In 8th ACM SIGOPS European Workshop on Support for Composing Distributed Applications, September 1998.

• A. Fuggetta, G. Picco, and G. Vigna. Understanding Code Mobility. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 24(5):342-361, 1998.

• Kjetil Jacobsen and Dag Johansen. Ubiquitous Devices United: Enabling Distributed Computing Through Mobile Code. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Applied Computing (ACM SAC'99), February 1999. To appear.

  Abstract: Diese Arbeit bezieht sich auf das TACOMA-Projekt der Universität Tromsoe. Es wird beschrieben, wie Agenten benutzt werden können, um Nachrichten über das Wetter an Benutzer weiterzugeben. Als Plattform dient ein Mobiltelefon, das Nachrichten per SMS an einen Server schickt. Die Nachrichten enthalten die Spezifikation für einen Agenten. Auf dem Server wird ein entsprechender Agent erzeugt, der Wetterdaten sammelt und bei entsprechenden Bedingungen den Benutzer informiert. [hv]

  
  Note: Naja, ganz nett. [hv]

• Nelson Minar, Matthew Gray, Oliver Roup, Raffi Krikorian, and Pattie Maes. Hive: Distributed agents for networking things. In First International Symposium on Agent Systems and Applications (ASA'99)/Third International Symposium on Mobile Agents (MA'99), Palm Springs, CA, USA, October 1999.

• Jason Pascoe. The stick-e note architecture: Extending the interface beyond the user. In Proceedings of the 1997 International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Short Papers, pages 261-264, 1997.

  Abstract: This paper proposes a redefinition of the human-computer interface, extending its boundaries to encompass interaction with the user's physical environment. This extension to the interface enables computers to become aware of their context of use and intelligently adapt their activities and interface to suit their current circumstances. Context-awareness promises to greatly enhance user interfaces, but the complexity of capturing, representing and processing contextual data, presents a major obstacle to its further development. The Stick-e Note Architecture is proposed as a solution to this problem, offering a universal means of providing context-awareness through an easily understood metaphor based on the Post-It note.

• Daniel Salber, Anind K. Dey, and Gregory D. Abowd. The Context Toolkit: Aiding the Development of Context-Enabled Applications. In Proceeding of the CHI 99 conference on Human factors in computing systems: the CHI is the limit, pages 434-414, Pittsburgh, PA USA, May 1999. ACM Press.

• M. Spreitzer and M. Theimer. Architectural considerations for scalable, secure, mobile computing with location information. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, pages 29-39, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, June 1994. IEEE Computer Society Press.
  Note: Auf der Basis einer einfachen Service-Architektur mit Ortsinformation werden einige Ubicomp-Anwendungen diskutiert. Schwerpunkt ist die Wahrung der Vertraulichkeit von Ortsinformationen, was sehr ausführlich dargestellt wird. [hv]

• Tommy Thorn. Programming languages for mobile code. ACM Computing Surveys, 29(3):213-239, September 1997. See erratum [Anonymous:1997:E].

  Abstract: Sun's announcement of the programming language Java more that anything popularized the notion of mobile code, that is, programs traveling on a heterogeneous network and automatically executing upon arrival at the destination. We describe several classes of mobile code and extract their common characteristics, where security proves to be one of the major concerns. With these characteristics as reference points, we examine six representative languages proposed for mobile code. The conclusion of this study leads to our recommendations for future work, illustrated by examples of ongoing research.

Information appliances und Infrastruktur für smart devices [ubi:smart]

• Joseph Kaye, Niko Matsakis, Matthew Gray, Andy Wheeler, and Michael Hawley. PC Dinners, Mr. Java and Counter Intelligence: Prototyping Smart Appliances for the Kitchen. url https://www.media.mit.edu/%7Ejofish/ieee.paper/ieee.cga.jofish.htm, November 1999.
  Note: See also www.media.mit.edu/ci/research/whitepaper/ci13.htm, www.media.mit.edu/ci/prospectus.html>

• Piconet Embedded Mobile Networking. ftp://ftp.uk.research.att.com/pub/docs/att/tr.97.9.pdf.

• Welcome to 2010. https://www.businessweek.com/reprints/00-10/b3671021.htm.

• What's Chai. https://www.internetsolutions.enterprise.hp.com/chai/whatschai.html.

Diskussion, Kritik [ubi:criticism]

• Agustin A. Araya. Questioning ubiquitous computing. In Proceedings of the 1995 ACM 23rd annual computer science conference on Computer science conference, pages 230-237, Nashville, TN USA, February 1995.
  Note: Philosophische Kritik des UbiComp und des zugrundeliegenden Denkens. [hv]