Real-World Deployments Theme in IEEE Pervasive Computing Journal

Current IEEE Pervasive Computing Journal issue (July-September 2006 (Vol. 5, No. 3)) features papers on real-world deployment of pervasive systems. Contributions close to my focus are:

Albrecht Schmidt, Sarah Spiekermann, Anatole Gershman, Florian Michahelles, “Real-World Challenges of Pervasive Computing,” IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 91-93, c3, Jul-Sept, 2006.

Jeffrey Hightower, Anthony LaMarca, Ian E. Smith, “Practical Lessons from Place Lab,” IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 32-39, Jul-Sept, 2006.

Thomas Riisgaard Hansen, Jakob E. Bardram, Mads Soegaard, “Moving Out of the Lab: Deploying Pervasive Technologies in a Hospital,” IEEE Pervasive Computing,

Zhiwen Yu, Xingshe Zhou, Daqing Zhang, Chung-Yau Chin, Xiaohang Wang, Ji Men, “Supporting Context-Aware Media Recommendations for Smart Phones,” IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 68-75, Jul-Sept, 2006.

Oliver Storz, Adrian Friday, Nigel Davies, Joe Finney, Corina Sas, Jennifer Sheridan, “Public Ubiquitous Computing Systems: Lessons from the e-Campus Display Deployments,” IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 40-47, Jul-Sept, 2006.

Relation to my thesis: I still plan to write a paper on the experience of designing and deploying CatchBob! Real-world experiments is the only way to experiment with problems of scale in uncertain and dynamic environments. As this issue’s editor, Roy Want of Intel, puts it in Build What You Use:

To prove success in ubiquitous computing research, you must implement your ideas and deploy them in support of a work practice or community activity. Anything less, and the design’s utility will always be doubted, even if the core engineering is outstanding.