Ubiquitous Computing

This is the home page of Ubiquitous Computing of the Máster Interuniversitario en Ingeniería Telemática. We recommend to check this page frequently for updates in the conferences, and student presentations. The presentations will be published in Aula Global.

The increasing presence of devices with enhanced communication and processing capabilities (e.g. mobile phones, smart pads, PDAs, set-top boxes, appliances, etc.) is driving the research in new technologies with new focus. We are living in the mobile computing era, which having its roots and foundations on the distributed computing, stresses nomadic and an ever increasing mobility of the users.

The next step forward is the ubiquitous computing paradigm, which evolving from the mobile computing, will focus on user centricity. Ubiquitous computing (also known as pervasive computing) will create transparent intelligent environments, where the technology seems to dissapear, since it will be operating below the threshold of user perception.

A new paradigm is required for limited devices to cooperate and bring the required transparency to the intelligent environments.

The evaluation will consist of a final exam and the assignments. Students will select their assignments between several offered topics, and will deliver for the evaluation a document (plus optional slides) that will be presented by the student, either in spanish or in english. The document, 3 to 5 pages length, must include a section with the student's original ideas, criticism or some other form of personal contribution. The document format must be like standard scientific articles: title, abstract, several sections, conclusions, and a list of bibliographic references (some of them must not be URLs of web pages).