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Advanced Topics of Internet Computing: Ubiquitous Computing SS 2005

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Language: 
English
Time: 
Fridays, 10am - 12pm HS 10
Description: 

This lecture discusses the challenges in computer systems research posed by the emerging field of Ubiquitous Computing. It first examines the relationship of this new field to its predecessors: distributed systems and mobile computing. We elaborate on the three main facets of Ubiquitous Computing, which are ad-hoc networks, smart sensors & devices, and context-awareness. A focus of this lecture is on several kinds of services in Ubiquitious Computing environments.