IBM Pervasive Computing Visit Jan 7, 1999 David E. Culler Computer Science Division U.C. Berkeley
June 9, 1998 - Looking Forward ... What kinds of problems should Computer Science research be focusing on? IBM Visit 1/7/99 Intro
Future Internet-Scale Systems 10 Billion of Information Appliances 100 Million of Stationary Computers Million Scalable Servers IBM Visit 1/7/99 Intro
Millennium Testbed (started 9/97) SIMS Business BMRC Chemistry C.S. E.E. Biology Gigabit Ethernet Astro NERSC M.E. Physics N.E. IEOR Math Transport Economy C. E. MSME IBM Visit 1/7/99 Intro
Expanding the Vision Small devices will be pervasive. They can be powerful when they draw upon the infrastructure. How do they change they way we think and work and learn? cuts through many research areas IBM Visit 1/7/99 Intro
Partnership => Testbed for I.S. Research Gigabit Ethernet Wireless Infrastructure Future Devices PDAs Cell Phones IBM Visit 1/7/99 Intro
Millennium + Ninja + Iceberg + Mash = ISRG DARPA funded project developing platform architecture for scalable, available internet services Powerful services on small devices with intelligence in the infrastructure Iceberg Ericsson funded project on Computer / Telephony integration MASH DARPA funded project developing a scalable multimedia architecturem for collaborations also active research on novel user interfaces IBM Visit 1/7/99 Intro
Fall 1998 Experiment IBM donated 150 workpads researchers working directly on the projects (above) + key staff CS160 undergrad user interface course All first year CS grad students + about 20 more Diffused across activities, rather than focused on a project Promote PostPC Bazaar let students discover key challenges and new directions Participants build their own pervasive infrastructure => Leading to a major new Expedition IBM Visit 1/7/99 Intro
Plan for Today 2 - 3 Poster Sessions + Demos to see the seeds of activity 3 - 4 Presentations to pull together the activities 4 - 5 Discussion on where to go next and how 5 - 6 Faculty Clubs with Dean Gray IBM Visit 1/7/99 Intro
Posters + Demos E-Commerce and Security Groupware Pay-Per-Use Services on the Palm Computing Platform (Mike Chen, Andrew Geweke) Secure Email Infrastructure for PDAs (Hoon Kang, Rob von Behren) SyncAnywhere - Secure Network HotSync (Mike Chen, Helen Wang) Groupware Kiretsu - Ninja Instant Messaging Service (Matt Welsh, Steve Gribble) The MASH MediaPad - Shared Electronic Whiteboard for the PalmPilot (Yatin Chawathe) NotePals - Lightweight Meeting Support Using PDAs (Richard Davis) OSKI - Open Shared Kalendaring Infrastructure (Jason Hong, Brad Morrey, Mark Newman) OS and Communications PalmRouter - Networking Sporadically Connected Devices (Andras Ferencz, Robert Szewczyk) CS160 Projects Ink Chat Nutrition/Excercise Tracker Rendezvous - Meeting Scheduler IBM Visit 1/7/99 Intro