Pervasive Adaptation
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Foreword In 2011, now 20 years after M. Weiser's "The Computer for the 21st Century" (1991), the vision impacting the evolution of Pervasive Computing is still the claim for an intuitive, unobtrusive and distraction free interaction with omnipresent, technology-rich environments. In an attempt of bringing interaction "back to the real world" after an era of keyboard and screen interaction (Personal computing), computers are being understood as secondary artefacts, embedded and operating in the background, whereas the set of all physical objects present in the environment are understood as the primary artefacts, the "interface". Over it's more than two decades of evolution, the field has been undegoing three generations of research challenges fertilizing Pervasive Computing: The first generation aiming towards autonomic systems and their adaptation was driven by the availability of technology to connect literally everything to everything (Connectedness, 1991-2005). The second generation inherited from the upcoming context recognition and knowledge processing technologies (Awareness, 2000-2007), e.g. to exploit the (ontological) semantics of Pevasive Computing systems, services and interactions (i.e. giving meaning to situations and actions, and "intelligence" to systems) (Smartness, 2004-). While Pervasive Computing research has its success in the first, partly also in the second generation, the third generation is evolving as we speak. research field has now consolidated and codified it's scientific concerns in technical journals, conferences, workshops and textbooks (e.g., etc.-with a continued growth in the number of related conferences all over the world. This process of consolidation is by far not settled today, and the focal question that raises after two decades of Pervasive Computing concerns it's future research challenges and roadmap. Foreword 3 Within the FET (Future Emerging Technologies) work programme discussion on new directions for ICTs in FP7 of the European Commission, the question after the next generation Pervasive Computing research challenges has gained momentum. FET acts as a pathfinder for the information and communication technology programme of the EC by fostering novel non-conventional approaches, foundational research and supporting initial developments on long-term research and technological innovation. FET structures research in a number of proactive initiatives, which typically consist of a group of projects funded around a common theme. The themes are shaped through interaction with the research community, and focus on novel approaches, foundational research and initial developments on long-term research and technological innovation. Specifically, the FP7 FET proactive project PANORAMA (Pervasive Adaptation Network for the Organisation of the Research Agenda and the Management …
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