Abstract Pervasive Computing (PervComp) means different things to different people. For
some, pervasive computing is about mobile data access and the mechanisms needed to …

The way mobile computing devices and applications are developed, deployed and used
today does not meet the expectations of the user community and falls far short of the …

As mobile and embedded computing devices become more pervasive, it is becoming
obvious that the nature of interactions between users and computers must evolve …

Our future is pervasive. We were not meant to be chained to our computers in our Dil bert
cubic1es. Having millions of white-collar workers commute to work every day to sit for eight …

This article discusses the challenges in computer systems research posed by the emerging
field of pervasive computing. It first examines the relationship of this new field to its …

From the Book: The Internet has grown into a global infrastructure causing a major
restructuring of the economy. Pervasive computing will add a new dimension to the Web …

Pervasive computing, with its focus on users and their tasks rather than on computing
devices and technology, provides an attractive vision for the future of computing. But, while …

This book provides an introduction to the complex field of ubiquitous computing Ubiquitous
Computing (also commonly referred to as Pervasive Computing) describes the ways in …

This book describes a new class of computing devices which are becoming omnipresent in
every day life. They make information access and processing easily available for everyone …

64 December 2002/Vol. 45, No. 12 COMMUNICATIONSOF THE ACM capability to
physically move computing services with us. As a result, the computer becomes a takenfor …