Pervasive Computing: State-of-the-art and Perspectives
Zhaohui Wu
Zhejiang University, China Pervasive computing is a human-centric computational paradigm beyond desktop
to achieve a cyber-physical world of smart devices, smart environments, and
smart interactions, which moves towards the notion of a disappearing computer.
In the pervasive computing environment, users can receive context-aware
proactive services anytime and anywhere in a non-intrusive manner.
Since Mark Weiser's vision of "the most profound technologies are those
that disappear" was presented in 1991, many efforts have been made in
the community to make pervasive computing a reality. This presentation
will provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances in this field.
Trends and challenges will be reviewed in three aspects of device,
software, and human-computer interaction. Potential applications of
pervasive computing will be discussed. In this presentation, we will also
give a brief introduction of our group's work attempting to address the
challenges discussed.
Short Bio:
Zhaohui Wu is a professor of College of Computer Science and Technology
at Zhejiang University. He is a vice-president of Zhejiang University and the Director of the Institute of Computer System and Architecture. He received the Ph.D. degree from Zhejiang University in 1993. From 1991 to 1993, he was with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) as a joint Ph.D. student. He was a visiting professor of the University of Arizona. He is a member of the IT Expert Committee for the National 863 program, a senior member of the IEEE, and a standing council member of China Computer Federation. His research interests include pervasive computing, intelligent system, and semantic grid Prof. Wu has authored 4 books and more than 100 refereed papers. He is on the editorial boards of several journals, and has served as PC member for various international conferences.
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