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UbiComp India 2008 - Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing |
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| Technology Overview |
"The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it." Mark Weiser - Father of Ubiquitous Computing
Mark Weiser's imaginative statement summarizes the importance of Pervasive or Ubiquitous Computing, which helps the user access to the computational environment, everywhere at all times and by means of any device. This is a rapidly developing area which focuses on integration of Information and Communication Technologies into human environment and is made possible with the growing connectivity & computing devices gradually becoming smaller and powerful. In Ubiquitous Computing entities like clothing, coffee mug, consumer goods, car, human body etc can be imbedded with chips/devices executing intelligent software. These devices range from a few millimeters in size like sensors to several meters like displays and are connected via wireless or wired links to one another.
Ubiquitous Computing has many potential application areas like health, home care, environment monitoring, sales automation, Learning etc. Key challenge for Ubiquitous information society would be to arrive at digital convergent environment and infrastructure integrating broadcasting, communications and Internet. Conventional mobility objective of providing computation "all the time and everywhere" is a reactive approach to information access, whereas in Ubiquitous Computing it characterizes a proactive approach to seamlessly add a person's knowledge and decision making ability. Major difficulty in this approach lies in developing middleware and applications that will continually adapt to the environment and keep working as people move or change the devices.
The technology perspective of Ubiquitous Computing involves a variety of software and hardware challenges. The most prevalent issues are Mobility, Scalability, Heterogeneity, Privacy & Trust, Dependability & Security, Spontaneous Interoperation, Transparent user interaction, Integration and Invisibility. Other UbiComp system design challenges include varying hardware platforms, diverse topologies, need for service discovery, middleware, context awareness, and location awareness in a limited processing, communication and memory constraints. The broad vision of UbiComp has thus inspired cohesive research from several fields among which the most prominent are Embedded Computing, Human Computer Interface, Mobile Computing, Sensor Networks and Web Technologies. Researchers across the world have taken up various initiatives to address the various challenges while making Ubiquitous Computing a reality.
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| Ubiquitous Computing Initiative |
Department of Information and Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has constituted an "Expert Committee on Ubiquitous Computing Research Initiative" to steer developments Ubiquitous Computing that focuses on areas such as Wireless Sensor Networks, RFID, Ad-hoc Networks, Middleware, Context Aware Computing. Under the same initiative, C-DAC is executing a major R&D project titled "Establishment of National Level Ubiquitous Computing Research Resource Centres" at its three centres: Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad with the support from DeitY. Efforts are mainly focused towards establishing state-of-the-art laboratory & Knowledge Centre for Ubiquitous Computing. R&D focus at these three centres is in the multidisciplinary areas of Ubiquitous Computing like design of indigenous sensor node, adaptive framework for development of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Applications, credible applications using WSN in the areas of Agriculture, Intrusion Detection and Vehicle Parking, U-Learning applications and GrUb Computing, Security Framework addressing privacy & trust, middleware, context-aware Computing, Health Applications etc.
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| About C-DAC |
Established in March 1988, as a Scientific Society of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), is primarily an R&D institution involved in the design, development and deployment of electronics and advanced Information Technology (IT) products and solutions. C-DAC has established its brand image as a premier R & D institution of national and international repute working in advanced areas of electronics and information technology and developing and deploying IT products and solutions for diverse sectors of the economy.
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| Targeted Participants/Audience |
Representatives from Industry, Academia and R&D Institutions keen on learning about the new technological developments as well share their experiences in the area of Ubiquitous Computing.
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| Workshop Focus |
- Ubiquitous Computing: Past, Present and Future
- Ubiquitous Computing Technology for Intelligent Room
- Networking Identification and Sensing Technologies for Enterprise
- Visibility: Issues and Challenges
- Blending Grid and Ubiquitous Computing: ULearning as a Case Study
- Context Aware Framework
- Ubiquitous Computing: Security, Privacy and Trust
- Wireless Communication Standards for Home/Industrial Automation
- Design challenges in Wireless Sensor Nodes
Speakers are from R&D and Academic Institutions which include Amrita University, IISc, IIM and C-DAC
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| Registration Details |
| Participants from the academia and government organization |
- Rs. 1000
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Others
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- Rs. 1500
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Applications in the prescribed form (click to download) should reach the address mentioned below together with the registration fee in the for of a Demand Draft drawn on any Nationalized Bank in favor of "C-DAC" and payable at Hyderabad.
Workshop Co-ordinator
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
2nd Floor, Delta Chambers, Ameerpet
Hyderabad-500016
Tel : 040-23401331 / 332
Fax : 040-23401531
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| Date |
05th September 2008
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| Timings |
09:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs
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| Venue |
Katriya De Royal
6-3-870, Balayogi Parayatak Bhavan,
Begumpet,
Hyderabad - 500082
Andhra Pradesh
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Registration from 08:30 hrs to 8:55 hrs at the venue |
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For further details, please contact:
Workshop Co-ordinator - UbiComp India 2008,
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
Nalanda Building, No. 1 Shivabagh
Satyam Theatre Road
Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500016
Andhra Pradesh (India)
Phones:+91-40-23401331/23401332/23401531
Fax: +91-40-23743382
e-Mail : 
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