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1st International Workshop on Middleware
for Pervasive and Ad-Hoc Computing
Co-located
with Middleware 2003
Tuesday June 17,2003
Middleware 2003 Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
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Program
Authors
Problem Space
This workshop seeks to develop,
through establishing the state of the art, a roadmap for research on
essential software infrastructures for ad-hoc and pervasive computing.
Marc Weiser's dream is one of a world of pervasive devices, leveraging
contextual information, to provide an increasingly interactive and
responsive environment to users, to aid them in their everyday
activities.
However, despite considerable progress,
the promise of pervasive computing outlined by Mark Weiser still remains
elusive, with most developments focusing on point-examples of technology.
There is a need for processing, storage and network infrastructure to
support as well as development tools, in order to build large scale
pervasive systems. We believe that central to these infrastructures are
underpinning middleware technologies. In particular, that pervasive
computing middleware will allow you to take advantage of the resources in
your environment to tailor your services and applications for seamless
access to services and unrestricted mobility. Ad-hoc networking
middleware will permit the formation of ad-hoc communities for new
applications. However, existing middleware technologies do not fully
exploit the potential of such pervasive and ad-hoc environments. For
instance, current ad hoc middleware technologies focus on the use of ad
hoc networks as connection-ware to connect a single user to a single
device for accessing its services or resources.
In this workshop we focus on these
core areas of middleware for ad-hoc and pervasive systems. We seek to
compliment the discussion and presentations at Middleware 2003, by
providing a forum focused on the specific problems of large scale, real
world, pervasive computing environments through the identification of
appropriate core architectures, languages, and systems. Moreover, we seek
to develop a community of researchers who will specifically target the
development of practical and sustainable pervasive environments and
provide the key elements needed by future developers of large-scale
pervasive environments.
The workshop will seek papers on the
areas, but not limited to, listed below:
- Theoretical foundations and middleware
support for context based adaptation for mobile pervasive systems;
- New notations for specifying
context-sensitive systems;
- Ad-hoc communities: applications,
infrastructure and middlware support;
- Roles and responsibilities in ad-hoc
communities;
- Group management and communication
support for ad-hoc communities;
- Ad-hoc network communications, quality
of service, management and middleware support;
- Sensor networks: applications,
infrastructure and middleware support;
- Service-connection middleware and architectures;
- Support for zero configuration;
- Middleware for self-assembly,
self-configuration, self-distribution;
- Data management infrastructure for adhoc
and pervasive systems
- Trust, security, and privacy for
pervasive systems;
- Technology trade-offs (agent
infrastructures, mobile code systems, event based middleware);
- Resource discovery and management;
- Implications of heterogeneity
(addressing needs for protocol interaction across technologies).
Submission
The workshop format will be focused
around submission of position papers of no more than 8 pages. Papers are
solicited that present a view of the state of the art in a particular
sub-problem area and which then present a position on the how/what/why
for the next stages and challenges for middleware technologies. 75% of
the workshop will be devoted to presentation and discussion of these
papers. The remaining 25% of time will be devoted to developing the
outline of a roadmap and engaging all participants in the further writing
and publication.
Papers will be reviewed by at least
2 members of the programme committee. The review process will be based
upon identifying the veracity of the state-of-the-art statement and the
relevance and potential of the position statement to contribute to the
elaboration of the roadmap.
Appropriate publication of the
workshop submissions and the roadmap is being investigated.
Important Dates
Paper Submission:Thursday 20
February 2003
Notification of Acceptance: Friday 11 April 2003
Camera Ready Paper Due: Thursday 15 May 2003
Programme Committee
Jean Bacon, Cambridge, UK
Vinny Cahill, Trinity College Dublin,
IE
Dan Chalmers, Imperial College, UK
Siobhan Clarke, Trinity College Dublin, IE
Al Dearle, St Andrews University, UK
Simon Dobson, Aurium Technologies, IE
Adrian Friday, Lancaster, UK.
Valerie Issarny, INRIA, FR
Alan Kaminsky, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Graham Kirby, St Andrews University, UK
Spyros Lalis, ICS-FORTH, GR
Nitya Narasimhan, Motorola Laboratories, USA [Workshop chair]
Paddy Nixon, The University of Strathclyde, UK [Workshop co-chair]
Gruia-Catalin Roman Washington University at St Louis, USA
Frank Siqueira, UFSC, BR
Morris Sloman, Imperial College, UK
Sotirios Terzis, The University of Strathclyde, UK
Venu Vasudevan, Motorola Laboratories, USA
Tim Walsh, The University of Strathclyde, UK
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