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HCI-899: Research Topics in Ubiquitous Computing

Readings

Date	Topic	Readings	Speaker	Slides
Mon Aug 30	No class
Visions and Challenges
Wed Sep 01	Course Intro		Jason	Slides
Mon Sep 06	Labor Day, No Class
Wed Sep 08	Visions of Ubiquitous Computing	The Computer for the Twenty-First Century, by Mark Weiser Synthetic Serendipity, by Vernor Vinge Mike Villa's World, by Harry Goldstein (Only two summaries required, one for the first reading by Weiser, another for the second and third readings)	Jason	Slides
Mon Sep 13	Challenges in Ubicomp #1	The Origins of Ubiquitous Computing Research at PARC in the Late 1980s, by Mark Weiser, Rich Gold, John Seely Brown (no summary required) Charting Past, Present, and Future Research in Ubiquitous Computing (PDF), by Gregory Abowd and Elizabeth Mynatt (Optional Reading) Some Computer Science Issues in Ubiquitous Computing (PDF), by Mark Weiser	Pedram and Danny
Wed Sep 15	Challenges in Ubicomp #2	Beyond Prototypes: Challenges in Deploying Ubiquitous Systems (PDF), by Nigel Davies and Hans-Werner Gellersen Disappearing Hardware (PDF), by Roy Want, Trevor Pering, Gaetano Borriello, Keith Farkas Mega-Utilities Drive Invisible Technologies (PDF), by Bill Schilit (Note: since these are survey papers, only one summary needed for all three readings) (Optional Reading) Pervasive Computing: Vision and Challenges (PDF), by Satya	Bill
Mon Sep 20	Calm Computing	The Coming Age of Calm Technology, by Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown Unremarkable Computing (PDF), by Peter Tolmie, James Pycock, Tim Diggins, Allan Maclean, and Alain Karsenty (Optional Reading) Seeing the Invisible (PDF), by Jeffrey Heer and Peter Khooshabeh	Hari	Slides
Context-Aware Computing
Wed Sep 22	Intro to Context-Aware Computing	Challenges in Implementing a Context-Aware System, by Satya (no summary needed) WhereWare (PDF), by Eric Pfeiffer Context-Aware Computing Applications (PDF), by Bill Schilit, Norman Adams, and Roy Want	Jason
Mon Sep 27	Context #1	Making Sense of Sensing Systems: Five Questions for Designers and Researchers (PDF), by Victoria Bellotti, Maribeth Back, Keith Edwards, Rebecca Grinter, Austin Henderson, and Cristina Lopes	Karen
Wed Sep 29	Context #2	Coping with Uncertainty, by Satya (no summary needed) Distributed Mediation of Ambiguous Context in Aware Environments, by Anind Dey, Jenniffer Mankoff, Gregory Abowd, and Scott Carter Particle Filters for Location Estimation in Ubiquitous Computing: A Case Study (Optional Reading) The Context Toolkit: Aiding the Development of Context-Enabled Applications, by Daniel Salber, Anind Dey, and Gregory Abowd	Janette and Whitney
Mon Oct 04	Location #1	Expanding the Horizons of Location-Aware Computing (PDF), by Roy Want and Bill Schilit (no summary needed) Location Systems for Ubiquitous Computing (PDF), by Jeffrey Hightower and Gaetano Borriello Providing Location Information in a Ubiquitous Computing Environment (PDF), by Mike Spreitzer and Marvin Theimer	Hari and Lorri
Wed Oct 06	Location #2	The Location Stack: A Layered Model for Location in Ubiquitous Computing (PDF), by Jeffrey Hightower, Barry Brummitt, and Gaetano Borriello Challenge: Ubiquitous Location-Aware Computing and the Place Lab Initiative, by Bill Schilit et al (Optional reading) Challenges in Location-Aware Computing (PDF), by Cynthia Patterson, Richard Muntz, and Cheri Pancake	James and Jim
Mon Oct 11	Prototyping Tools	a CAPpella: Programming by Demonstration of Context-Aware Applications, by Anind Dey, Raffay Hamid, Chris Beckmann, Ian Li, Daniel Hsu Topiary: A Tool for Prototyping Location-Enhanced Applications, by Yang Li, Jason Hong, and James Landay	Kenton
Ubicomp Applications
Wed Oct 13	Communication / Smart Mobs	Context-Aware Communication, by Bill Schilit, David Hilbert, and Jonathan Trevor	Karen
Mon Oct 18	Smart Homes	At Home with Ubiquitous Computing: Seven Challenges, by Keith Edwards and Rebecca Grinter Casablanca: Designing Social Communication Devices for the Home, by Debby Hindus et al	Lorri
Wed Oct 20	Workspaces	The Interactive Workspaces Project: Experiences with Ubiquitous Computing Rooms, by Brad Johanson, Armando Fox, and Terry Winograd i-Land: An Interactive Landscape for Creativity and Innovation, by Norbert Streitz et al	Christian
Mon Oct 25	Capture and Access	INCA: A Software Infrastructure to Facilitate the Construction and Evolution of Ubiquitous Capture & Access Applications, by Khai Truong and Gregory Abowd Designing Capture Applications to Support the Education of Children with Autism, by Gillian Hayes et al	Janette
Wed Oct 27	Developing Countries	CMU project envisions computers even the poorest Third World farmer could use, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fishermen on the Net, Economist Magazine Tech's Future, BusinessWeek DakNet: Rethinking Connectivity in Developing Nations Only two summaries, one for DakNet, and one for the rest. I'm out of town, so please email them to me, Pedram will be running the class Wednesday.	Pedram
Privacy
Mon Nov 01	Intro to Privacy	Privacy: The Achilles Heel of Pervasive Computing?, by Satya Sensors & Sensibility, by Jean Kumagai and Steven Cherry We Like to Watch, by Harry Goldstein Wireless Location Privacy Protection (PDF), by Bill Schilit, Jason Hong, and Marco Gruteser (Note: These are all short overviews of privacy issues in ubicomp, so only one summary required for all four readings) (Optional Reading) An Architecture for Privacy-Sensitive Ubiquitous Computing (PDF), by Jason Hong and James Landay (This is my dissertation work, but it would be awkward and somewhat unfair of me to require you to read it)	Jason
Wed Nov 03		Design for Privacy in Ubiquitous Computing Environments (PDF), by Victoria Bellotti and Abigail Sellen (please note it prints backwards) Privacy by Design - Principles of Privacy-Aware Ubiquitous Systems (PDF), by Marc Langheinrich (Optional Reading) Privacy Risk Models for Designing Privacy-Sensitive Ubiquitous Computing (PDF), by Jason Hong, Jennifer Ng, Scott Lederer, and James Landay	Danny and Whitney
Mon Nov 08		Unpacking "Privacy" for a Networked World, by Leysia Palen and Paul Dourish Location Disclosure to Social Relations: Why, When, and What People Want to Share	Danny
Wed Nov 10		Presenting Choices in Context: Approaches to Information Sharing (PDF), by Jonathan Grudin and Eric Horvitz Progress and Open Problems in Privacy Computation for Ubicomp (PDF), by John Canny Privacy through Broadcast and Anonymous Response (PDF), by Gaetano Borriello Proactive Data Sharing to Enhance Privacy in Ubicomp Environments (PDF), by Dirk Balfanz, Philippe Golle, Jessica Staddon (These are all short 3-4 page workshop papers, but do separate summaries. 3-4 sentences on each paper is fine.)	Guy
Ubicomp Architectures
Mon Nov 15	Intro to Architectures	System Software for Ubiquitous Computing, by Tim Kindberg and Armando Fox Connecting the Physical World with Pervasive Networks, by Estrin et al	Jason
Wed Nov 17		Challenge: Recombinant Computing and the Speakeasy Approach, by Edwards et al People, Places, and Things: Web Presences for the Real World, by Kindberg et al	Jeff
Mon Nov 22	RFIDs	Bridging Physical and Virtual Worlds with Electronic Tags, by Roy Want, Kenneth Fishkin, Anuj Gujar, and Beverly Harrison Mining Models of Human Activities from the Web, by Mike Perkowitz et al (optional) RFID: A Key to Automating Everything, by Roy Want (a good intro to RFIDs)	Guy and Christian
Wed Nov 24	Thanksgiving, no classes
Mon Nov 29	Sensor Nets #1	Query Processing in Sensor Networks, by Johannes Gehrke and Samuel Madden TAG: a Tiny AGgregation Service for Ad-Hoc Sensor Networks, by Samuel Madden, Michael Franklin, Joseph Hellerstein, and Wei Hong	Bill
Wed Dec 01	Ubicomp Security	Security for Whom? The Shifting Security Assumptions of Pervasive Computing, by Frank Stajano The Resurrecting Duckling: Security Issues for Ad-hoc Wireless Networks, by Frank Stajano and Ross Anderson	Kenton
Mon Dec 06
Wed Dec 08	Project Presentations