Guo Minyi - Pervasive computing: concepts, technologies and applications

Pervasive Computing

Concepts, Technologies and Applications

Pervasive Computing

Concepts, Technologies and Applications

Minyi Guo Jingyu Zhou

Feilong Tang Yao Shen

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Names: Guo, Minyi. | Zhou, Jingyu. | Tang, Feilong. | Shen, Yao, (Computer scientist)

Title: Pervasive computing : concepts, technologies and applications / authors, Minyi Guo, Jingyu Zhou, Feilong Tang, and Yao Shen.

Description: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016010722 | ISBN 9781466596276

Subjects: LCSH: Ubiquitous computing.

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Contents

Our research group in the Embedded and Pervasive Computing Laboratory at Shanghai Jiao Tong University began working on various pervasive computing projects in 2006. At that time, smartphones had not been invented, and cloud computing had yet to gain momentum. To realize the focal point of pervasive computing (i.e., computing anywhere and anytime), we mainly used a combination of personal computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and small sensors. Because we work and study primarily at the university, the pervasive applications developed over the years focus on a campus environment for providing relevant services, such as a campus map, short message service (SMS), photo sharing, and a campus search.

Looking back, many of the services and tools we developed are now becoming key parts of features provided by modern smartphones. However, the underlying technology may still be valuable for future endeavors. Over the last few years, industry and academia have developed the techniques of cloud computing and mobile computing to realize pervasive computing perspectives. Today, a smartphone can help us do almost everything in our daily lives: booking tickets, ordering takeout, making a purchase, watching TV, playing a game, and so on. These implementations are based not only on the rapid increases in performance and speed of hardware and communication infrastructures but also on the key software and middleware techniques for pervasive and mobile computing.

This book is organized into eight chapters. The first two chapters introduce pervasive computing concepts and the structure of pervasive computing systems. In outlines two case studies.

This book is written in the hope that, by presenting various aspects of pervasive computing, readers are introduced not only to key concepts but also to various techniques and typical applications. Thus, a new generation of pervasive computing hackers will be freed from the need to slowly reinvent old wheels and will instead be able to focus on new and challenging frontiers during their journey. It is hoped that this book will be useful for the reader and that this exposure to pervasive computing might bring the reader as much fun and excitementand as many challengesas it has given the authors over the years.

Finally, we thank many past members of our group who participated in pervasive computing projects. Without them, this book would never have been the same. They are Mianxiong Dong, Shiwei Hu, Hu Guan, Huakang Li, Long Zheng, Yifei Wang, Daqiang Zhang, Hao Zhou, Min Wang, Minjie Wang, Xiaoxin Tang, Cansheng Ji, Yunlong Zhang, Jia Cheng, and Linchun Cao.

Minyi Guo, Jingyu Zhou, Feilong Tang, and Yao Shen

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China

Minyi Guo received his PhD degree in information science from University of Tsukuba, Japan in 1998. Currently he is the Zhiyuan Chair professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China. Before joining SJTU, Dr. Guo was a professor of the School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan. Dr. Guo was awarded the National Science Fund award for Distinguished Young Scholars from the National Natural Science Foundation of Science (NSFC) in 2007 and was supported by the Recruitment Program of Global Experts in 2010. His present research interests include parallel/distributed computing, compiler optimizations, embedded systems, pervasive computing, and cloud computing. He has more than 300 articles in major journals and international conferences in these areas. Dr. Guo received five best paper awards from international conferences. He was associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems and IEEE Transactions on Computers. Dr. Guo is a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and is a member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and China Computer Federation (CCF).

Jingyu Zhou received his PhD degree in computer science from University of California, Santa Barbara in 2006. He is currently an associate professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. He is interested in distributed systems, information retrieval, and security. He has published more than 40 papers at various conferences and in journals, including International Conference on World Wide Web, ACM/IEEE Conference on High Performance Networking and Computing, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on Big Data, and International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks. He has served as a Program Committee member for more than 20 international conferences.