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*************************** Call for Papers ***************************
                    Pervasive 2005 Workshop
 "What makes for good application-led research in ubiquitous computing?"
                    In conjunction with Pervasive 2005
                    Munich, Germany, 8-13 May, 2005
                        http://www-lce.eng.cam.ac.uk/~gfc22/ubiappwsweb/

IMPORTANT DATES
===============

16 February 2005: Position paper submissions
8 March 2005: Notification of acceptance
11 May 2005: Workshop at Pervasive 2005

DESCRIPTION
===========

- Purpose

The majority of application studies presented at conferences in our field
are exemplars of potential applications suggesting directions for further
research. But they often contribute little to our understanding of the
broader needs of users of ubiquitous systems and the wider potential of the
underlying technologies. Nor do they provide a context within which the
merits of alternative designs can be effectively assessed. Ubicomp research
could benefit from a better-mapped domain for application research with
established metrics, methods for the selection, analysis and evaluation of
applications and common infrastructures.

The purpose of the workshop is to attempt to reach a consensus on the
reasons for these problems and to develop some ideas for remedies.
Constructive critiques of a variety of past experiences will be taken as a
starting point for the discussion of new approaches to defining, analysing
and assessing application-led research projects. The goal of the workshop is
to identify the most important issues and if appropriate make
recommendations for community action.

- Issues

* What is the role and contribution of applications in ubicomp systems and
how does application-led research advance our field?
* What are good metrics for the selection, analysis and evaluation of
ubicomp applications?
* How can we identify potential ubicomp applications within a (new) domain?
* What would be a good set of exemplar applications that would both
encapsulate the fundamental problems of ubicomp and provide benchmarks for
improving our solutions?
* What are good approaches to longer-term iterative design studies in which
applications are refined and their scope is expanded?
* What issues and obstacles hinder the broader impact of application-led
research and what actions can be taken to overcome them?


ORGANIZATION
============

Morning:
- Presentation of position papers and discussion.

Afternoon:
- Panel discussion. The following have already agreed to join the panel:
   Gregory Abowd, Georgia Tech
   Gaetano Borriello, University of Washington
   William Newman, independent consultant
   Roy Want Intel, Research

- Working session
- Discussion on future actions

PARTICIPATION
=============

Participants will be selected based on position papers. A subset of
participants will be invited to make short presentations (10 minutes). All
accepted position papers will appear in the Pervasive 2005 Online Workshop
Proceedings.

SUBMISSIONS
===========

This workshop takes as a premise that the ubicomp research community needs
to make more coherent progress; with few exceptions, it is neither
systematically building upon what little new knowledge it has derived so
far, nor setting specific challenges and benchmarks to guide its progress.
"Vision" needs to be replaced with goals. Successful submissions will
provide two key contributions: (1) at least one insight into the state,
direction or processes of research in some ubicomp application domain; and
(2) a suggestion for moving forward -- whether it be, for example, a new
methodology to explore or a new set of standards for published results to
meet, including recommendations on metrics and methods.

Position papers not more than 3 pages in length in PDF format should be sent
(by 16 February) to: [log in to unmask]

ORGANIZERS
==========

George Coulouris, Cambridge University
Tim Kindberg, HP Labs
Bernt Schiele, TU Darmstadt
Albrecht Schmidt, University of Munich
Kasim Rehman, Cambridge University

FURTHER INFORMATION
====================
Workshop website: http://www-lce.eng.cam.ac.uk/~gfc22/ubiappwsweb/
Contact: George Coulouris, [log in to unmask]

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