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DescriptionWe are going to devote this quarter to an important problem in ubiquitous computing, namely: how do the many devices that make up a computing environment decide how and when to communicate? There are many approaches to this problem starting from connecting a cable, to pre-configuring the devices, to connections based on proximity using radio, to connections based on physical location or other context information. The problem comes up in many scenarios including: a personal device that encounters shared/public resources, an impromptu collection of people wants to share information, devices that make up a personal network need to work collectively to enable an application. We'll spend the quarter reviewing papers that touch on this problem and try to distill a taxonomy of methods, where they are appropriate, and what is needed for the future. Of particular interest will be approaches that try to minimize user intervention - direct user involvement is unlikely to scale with growing numbers of devices. Students interested in human-computer interaction, embedded systems, heteregeneous networking, and distributed systems should consider attending. Please subscribe to our mailing list for further updates. Schedule |
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