Ubiquitous Computing
Contents
- Introduction: Fundamental characteristics of ubiquitous computing. Transition enablers for the post-desktop era.
- Location: Positioning mechanisms, Location management, location-based applications and services.
- Fusion between virtual and physical worlds: Approaches, sensors, context and activity inference.
- Context Management: Context types, context capture and management, context-aware systems.
- Software development for ubiquitous computing: Toolkits and platforms.
- Distribution models, service discovery, spontaneous interaction, the tuple-spaces model.
- Challenges for developing systems in the real world: Evaluation, user experience, social issues in the adoption of ubiquitous computing.
Learning Outcomes
- to explain the fundamental characteristics of the ubiquitous computing paradigm;
- to discuss the technological and social framework of the transition from the desktop paradigm to ubiquitous computing;
- to explain the contribution of some of the most relevant technologies in realizing the vision of ubiquitous computing;
- to compare various approaches used in the development of ubiquitous computing systems;
- to analyse the impact of the user experience and social issues on the creation of ubiquitous computing applications.
Bibliography
- List of scientific papers on the lectured subjects.
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