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SUMMARY:Systems support for deployed Ubiquitous Computing - Adrian Friday 
 (Lancaster University)
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CONTACT:Pedro Brandao
DESCRIPTION:*Slides "available":http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/opera
 /meetings/attachments/MiddlewareRetrospectiveSeminar-2008.04.29.pdf .*\n\n
 *Abstract:*\nUbiquitous Computing inherently involves the deployment of sy
 stems 'outside the lab' in challenging settings and on a scale difficult t
 o resource in academic environments. Without such deployments however\, re
 searchers cannot hope to address the real world concerns endemic in moving
  beyond research testbeds and prototypes and toward truly Ubiquitous Compu
 ting. In this talk we focus on the series of deployment led projects at La
 ncaster that have led us to 'the e-Campus' - an ambitious project that aim
 s to create a 'grid of general purpose interactive public displays' in pub
 lic spaces around the University Campus. We report on our experiences to d
 ate and the challenges posed to infrastructure designers in developing pla
 tforms to support Ubiquitous Computing deployments. \n\n*Bio:*\nAdrian's r
 esearch focuses on system support for mobile and ubiquitous computing. In 
 the past he has worked on open distributed systems support for collaborati
 ve mobile applications (PhD thesis)\, service discovery (SSDI)\, context-a
 ware mobile guides\, and smart environments and situated displays (Equator
 ). Most recently he's working on developing a systems platform to support 
 the deployment of a situated public display network on campus (e-Campus).\
 n\n(see "Adrian's web page for more details":http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/~
 adrian/)
LOCATION:Room FW11\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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