Ubicomp 2001: Ubiquitous Computing International Conference Atlanta, Georgia, USA, September 30 - October 2, 2001 Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, Ubicomp 2001, held in Atlanta, GA, USA in September/October 2001. The 14 revised full papers and 15 revised technical notes were carefully selected during a highly competitive reviewing process from a total of 160 submissions (90 paper submissions and 70 technical notes submissions). All current aspects of research and development in the booming area of ubiquitous computing are addressed. The book offers topical sections on location awareness, tools and infrastructure, applications for groups, applications and design spaces, research challenges and novel input, and output.

Keynote Address.- Assembling the Planetary Computer.- Location Awareness.- GeoNotes: Social and Navigational Aspects of Location-Based Information Systems.- A Probabilistic Room Location Service for Wireless Networked Environments.- Location Information Managment.- Low Cost Indoor Positioning System.- Making Everyday Life Easier Using Dense Sensor Networks.- Tools and Infrastructure.- ICrafter: A Service Framework for Ubiquitous Computing Environments.- Using JIT Compilation and Configurable Runtime Systems for Efficient Deployment of Java Programs on Ubiquitous Devices.- Software Infrastructure for Ubiquitous Computing Environments: Supporting Synchronous Collaboration with Heterogeneous Devices.- Smart-Its Friends: A Technique for Users to Easily Establish Connections between Smart Artefacts.- Applications for Groups.- Integrating Meeting Capture within a Collaborative Team Environment.- A Ubiquitous Service Environment with Active Documents for Teamwork Support.- Digital Assistant for Supporting Conference Participants: An Attempt to Combine Mobile, Ubiquitous and Web Computing.- The Family Intercom: Developing a Context-Aware Audio Communication System.- Panel Discussion.- Ubiquitous Computing and The Disappearing Computer - Research Agendas, Issues, and Strategies.- Applications and Design Spaces.- The Conversational Role of Electronic Guidebooks.- Who, What, When, Where, How: Design Issues of Capture & Access Applications.- Unearthing Virtual History: Using Diverse Interfaces to Reveal Hidden Virtual Worlds.- KISS the Tram: Exploring the PDA as Support for Everyday Activities.- Subtle and Public Notification Cues for Mobile Devices.- InfoScope: Link from Real World to Digital Information Space.- Research Challenges and Novel Input.- At Home with Ubiquitous Computing: Seven Challenges.- Privacy by Design — Principles of Privacy-Aware Ubiquitous Systems.- TrekTrack: A Round Wristwatch Interface for SMS Authoring.- A Compact, Wireless, Self-Powered Pushbutton Controller.- Interacting at a Distance Using Semantic Snarfing.- Output.- The Everywhere Displays Projector: A Device to Create Ubiquitous Graphical Interfaces.- UniCast, OutCast & GroupCast: Three Steps Toward Ubiquitous, Peripheral Displays.- Multibrowsing: Moving Web Content across Multiple Displays.- On the Design of Personal & Communal Large Information Scale Appliances.- Serendipity within a Ubiquitous Computing Environment: A Case for Opportunistic Browsing.