Computers have advanced beyond the desktop into many parts of everyday life. Ubiquitous
Computing is inevitably computing in context: it takes place in situations in the real world. So …

The complex usage of mobile devices coupled with their limited resources in terms of
display and processing suggests that being able to understand the context of the user would …

Computing devices and applications are now used beyond the desktop, in diverse
environments, and this trend toward ubiquitous computing is accelerating. One challenge …

Context-awareness is emerging as a central issue in ubiquitous computing research.
Context-aware computing refers to the idea that computing devices can sense and react to …

Context-awareness is one of the drivers of the ubiquitous computing paradigm, whereas a
well designed model is a key accessor to the context in any context-aware system. This …

Although numerous context-aware applications have been developed and there have been
technological advances for acquiring contextual information, it is still difficult to develop and …

The Context Toolkit (Dey, Abowd, and Salber, 2001 [this special issue]) is only one of many
possible architectures for supporting context-aware applications. In this essay, we look at the …

A common focus shared by researchers in mobile, ubiquitous and wearable computing is
the attempt to break away from the traditional desktop computing paradigm. Computational …

In this paper the term “implicit human-computer interaction” is defined. It is discussed how
the availability of processing power and advanced sensing technology can enable a shift in …

Context is an important, yet poorly understood and poorly utilized source of information in
interactive computing. It will be of particular importance in the new millennium as users …