1. Topics in Ubiquitous Computing
Krzysztof Gajos
Anthony LaMarca
Andrew Schwerin
590 UC
1/6/2003

2. Welcome Weeks 2-5: Context Weeks 6-10: Education and collaboration
What is it?
How do I get it?
How can I use it?
Weeks 6-10: Education and collaboration
How has/can UbiComp be applied to education
What new UbiComp ideas could be applied to education?

3. Ubiquitous Computing Mark Weiser - Scientific American ’91
“Most profound technologies are those that disappear”
Literacy, written words
Electric motors
More metaphors?

4. PARC’s Devices Generic platforms Special purpose devices
Inch, Foot, Yard
Special purpose devices
Active badge network
Telephones

5. Impressions Best idea? Worst idea? Which have arrived?
Which are impending?
Which are still pipe dreams? Why?
What else?

6. Research Thrusts In UbiComp
Smaller, faster, cheaper hardware
Novel UI techniques
Proactivity and activity inferencing
Sensor networks, localization, data fusion
Streamlining configuration, management
Power efficiency

7. Key Elements? Invisibility Mobility User interactions Context
Customization
Allowance for desktops
Wireless networking
Improving quality of life
Improving productivity

8. Buzzword Bingo Embodied Computing Invisible Computing
Weiser ’91
Invisible Computing
Norman ’98
Pervasive Computing
IBM ’98
Proactive Computing
Tennenhouse ’01
Autonomic Computing
IBM ’01
Calm Computing
Weiser/Brown ‘96

9. What’s Happening Today
Georgia Tech
Aware home
Classroom 2000*
Wearable computing
Berkeley / UCLA
Motes/smart dust*
Tiny DB
Illinois
Gaia*
MIT / Media lab
Oxygen
RFID Center
Tangible UI
Washington / IRS
Location Stack*
Labscape*
Alzheimer/proactive health