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Emerging ubiquitous and pervasive computing applications often need to know where things are physically located. To meet this need, many locationsensing systems have been developed, but none of the systems for the indoor environment have... more
Electrodermal activity is one of the most studied psychophysiological markers of the functioning of the autonomic nervous system and it has been applied in psychophysiological research for over 100 years. However, electrodermal activity... more
The world is rapidly developing into a networked society, where people, machines, data, services and applications are tightly integrated by means of information and communications technology. The members of this dynamic machine-human... more
Many companies include in their Information Systems (IS) several communicating heterogeneous middleware according to their technical needs. The need is the same when IS requires using context aware platforms for different aims. Moreover,... more
The upward trend in the percentage of the population older than 65 has made smart aging more relevant than ever before. Growing old in a traditional assisted living facility can take a toll on the mental well-being of the elderly... more
The emerging pervasive platforms have to address several challenges such as mobility, multimodality, context-awareness and content adaptation. However, implementing adaptation using conventional development techniques is challenging as... more
Sensor networks are becoming an essential part of smart environments. However, most previous systems rely on ad-hoc mechanisms to access the sensor network from the enterprise information system. We propose the use of object oriented... more
We introduce a distributed-object based platform for managing, controlling and integrating large scale heterogeneous electrical installations 1. It provides support for advanced metering infrastructures and smart-grids. Objects provide... more
Emerging ubiquitous and pervasive computing applications often need to know where things are physically located. To meet this need, many locationsensing systems have been developed, but none of the systems for the indoor environment have... more
The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor and Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses,... more
Internet of Things platforms for Smart Cities are technologically complex and deploying them at large scale involves high costs and risks. Therefore, pilot schemes that allow validating proof of concepts, experimenting with different... more
Mobile agents are smart programs that migrate from one platform to another to perform the user task. Mobile agents offer flexibility and performance enhancements to systems and service real-time applications. However, security in mobile... more
The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor and Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses,... more
The development of complex applications is one of the major current challenges of Ubiquitous Computing. Such applications are difficult to develop because they use services provided by different context-provision middleware, thus being... more
Many companies include in their Information Systems (IS) several communicating heterogeneous middleware according to their technical needs. The need is the same when IS requires using context aware platforms for different aims. Moreover,... more
The amazing fusion of the internet of things (IoT) into traditional health monitoring systems has produced remarkable advances in the field of e-health. Different wireless body area network devices and sensors are providing real-time... more
Since the appearance of the Ambient Intelligence paradigm, as an evolution of the Ubiquitous Computing, a great deal of the research efforts in this ?eld have been mainly aimed at anticipating user actions and needs, out of a pre?xed set.... more
Computers have been in use for many years to build high confidence systems in safety-critical domains such as aircraft control, space transportation and exploration, and nuclear power plant management. However, due to the recent rush in... more
The large scale deployment of mobile applications inevitably affects our daily lives and the whole culture. Not all of these effects are desirable. In a market economy, ethical issues are not the foremost drivers in the development of... more
Many companies include in their Information Systems (IS) several communicating heterogeneous middleware according to their technical needs. The need is the same when IS requires using context aware platforms for different aims. Moreover,... more
We need to make a research on the emerging trends in computational technologies in entrepreneurship, that need to be of relevance to a wide range of applications of supply-chain management. Blockchain technologies are complemented by... more
More and more home devices are equipped with advanced computational capabilities to improve the user satisfaction (e.g., programmable heating system, Internet TV). Although these devices exhibit communication capabilities, their... more
The large scale deployment of mobile applications inevitably impacts upon our culture as a whole and affects more intimately our daily lives. Not all of these effects are desirable. In a market economy, ethical issues are not the most... more
Many applications and services have emerged in the frame of new Internet of Things paradigm. This novel view has opened the Web services to a variety of devices especially to tiny and resourceconstrained devices. Wireless Sensor and... more
The majority of object migration systems do not support heterogeneous environments. Few systems solve this challenge by specifying a platform and language independent state transfer format, requiring a compatible implementation for every... more
Context-aware middleware encompasses uniform abstractions and reliable services for common operations, supports for most of the tasks involved in dealing with context, and thus simplifying the development of contextaware applications. In... more
Abstract. Ubiquitous and pervasive computing environments have the potential to provide rich sources of information about a user and their surroundings. Such context information may form a basis upon which Adaptive Information Services... more
In this article, we call for a "Walk Before You Run" adjustment in the Internet-of-Things (IoT) research and development exercise. Without first settling the quest for what thing is or could be or do, we run the risk of presumptuous... more
Ubiquitous computing applications or widespread robots interactions execute in unforeseen environments and need to adapt to changeful available services, user needs, and variations of the environment. Context-awareness ability addresses... more
We introduce a distributed-object based platform for managing, controlling and integrating large scale heterogeneous electrical installations 1. It provides support for advanced metering infrastructures and smart-grids. Objects provide... more
A Journal article by Dr. Leah Mutanu, a Lecturer in Information Systems Technology at the School of Science and Technology in USIU- Africa
In this article, we call for a "Walk Before You Run" adjustment in the Internet-of-Things (IoT) research and development exercise. Without first settling the quest for what thing is or could be or do, we run the risk of presumptuous... more
In this article, we call for a "Walk Before You Run" adjustment in the Internet-of-Things (IoT) research and development exercise. Without first settling the quest for what thing is or could be or do, we run the risk of presumptuous... more
With the fast development of e-services and the necessity to use information provided by users and their operating environments, Context-Aware Service (CAS) has emerged as a new paradigm of software engineering to dynamically respond to... more
Based on the distributed object paradigm, we propose a design methodology where an automatically generated communication architecture provides transparent communication to any component in a SoC.
Since the appearance of the Ambient Intelligence paradigm, as an evolution of the Ubiquitous Computing, a great deal of the research efforts in this ?eld have been mainly aimed at anticipating user actions and needs, out of a pre?xed set.... more
Since the appearance of the Ambient Intelligence paradigm, as an evolution of the Ubiquitous Computing, a great deal of the research efforts in this ?eld have been mainly aimed at anticipating user actions and needs, out of a pre?xed set.... more
The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor and Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses,... more
The development of complex applications is one of the major current challenges of Ubiquitous Computing. Such applications are difficult to develop because they use services provided by different context-provision middleware, thus being... more
We introduce a distributed-object based platform for managing, controlling and integrating large scale heterogeneous electrical installations 1. It provides support for advanced metering infrastructures and smart-grids. Objects provide... more