Software Infrastructure for Ubiquitous Computing

ISBN-13: 9783639164947 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 180 str.

Cristiano Andr Da Costa

Opis

The ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) area, sometimescalled pervasive computing, presupposes a strongintegration with the real world, with focus on theuser and on keeping high transparency. For the development of applications in this scenario, weneed an adequate software infrastructure. This book,therefore, presents an infrastructure based onService-Oriented Architecture (SOA), making use of framework and middleware. The specific focus iscontext awareness: the perception of characteristicsrelated to users and surroundings. We keep a historyof context using ontology. In this way, context isrepresented in a considerably expressive, formal approach, different from many solutions that existtoday. Our work is then at the intersection of thesethree main areas: software infrastructures forubicomp, context awareness, and ontologies. In the book, we also survey the field of ubiquitouscomputing, suggesting a general architectural modelto deal with its fundamental challenges. This book isintended for professionals in the computer sciencearea, particularly developers, designers, andresearchers that want to know more about the noveland innovative field of ubicomp.

O autorze

Cristiano André da Costa is an associate professor and
coordinator of the Institute of Informatics at the University of
Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos) in Brazil. He received his PhD
in Computer Science from the Federal University of Rio Grande do
Sul (UFRGS), also in Brazil. He is a member of the IEEE, the ACM,
and the Brazilian Computer Society.