Keio University, Japan
hxt@sfc.keio.ac.jp
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Keio University, Japan hxt@sfc.keio.ac.jp |
Abstract
In ubiquitous computing environment, many embedded computers,
sensors, devices, and networks are connected for creating
context-aware embedded ubiquitous applications. We often
build a smart house or a room to demonstrate such context-aware
ubiquitous applications. However, the cost and time for
building such a house is a barrier to the deployment of
various embedded ubiquitous applications.
We have developed Smart Furniture which instantaneously
converts the legacy non-smart space into a smart space where
location-based context-aware services, service roaming,
personalized services and the connectivity to the Internet
are provided. Since the Smart Furniture is equipped with
embedded networked computers, sensors and various I/O devices,
it can provide various services in open public and/or private
space.
In this talk, we will discuss the issues and future challenges
in creating context-aware embedded ubiquitous applications
with Smart Furniture. We first introduce four types of Smart
Furniture; a pole type, a lamp type, a mirror type, and a
message board type. Then, the Smart Furniture middleware and
the various types of context-aware ubiquitous applications
such as a Personalized Message Board System, a Secure Library
System, an Environmental Monitor System, and a Mobile TV-phone
System are described. Finally, we summarize the issues and
challenges in providing context-awareness, adaptability,
time-space coordination, and privacy negotiation in embedded
ubiquitous applications.
Biography
Hideyuki Tokuda received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Keio
University, Japan in 1975 and 1977 and a Ph.D. degree in Computer
Science from the University of Waterloo in 1983. Between 1983
and 1990, he was a Senior Research Computer Scientist at Computer
Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University. He was an
Executive Vice President and CIO of Keio University between
1997 and 2001. He is currently a Dean of the Graduate School
of Media and Governance and a Professor in the Faculty of
Environmental Information, Keio University, Japan.
His research interests include ubiquitous computing systems,
distributed real-time systems, multimedia systems, mobile systems,
communication protocols, embedded systems, information appliances,
sensor networks, and smart spaces.
He has created many distributed operating systems and software tools
such as Real-Time Mach, the ARTS Kernel, Shoshin, Scheduler 1-2-3,
and ARM (Advanced Real-Time Monitor). Because of his research
contribution, he was awarded Motorola Foundation Award and IBM
Faculty Award.
He is a member of the IEEE, the ACM, the IPSJ, and the Japan Society
for Software Science and Technology (JSSST). He was the executive
board member of IPSJ (Information Processing Society of Japan), the
Japan Society for Software Science and Technology, Japan Universities
Association for Computer Education, JDLA (Japan Distance Learning
Association), and IMIC (International Medical Information Center).
He is currently a chair of IPSJ-SIGUBI (SIG on Ubiquitous Computing
Systems) and a general chair of the Network Robot Forum and a
technical chair of the Ubiquitous Networking Forum.