[ ARCHIVE ] Second International Workshop on Context-Aware Mobile Systems (CAMS'06)

Montpellier, France, Oct 31 - Nov 1, 2006

Proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag 

GOAL

Following from 2005's very successful workshop, the purpose of the CAMS 06 workshop on Context Aware Mobile Systems is again to bring together researchers from diverse communities who are interested in the design of mobile systems that are sensitive to their environment, users and task. We seek contributions from researchers of all backgrounds, in particular mobile systems, context- and location-aware systems, data modelling, middleware and distributed systems, and computer supported cooperative work (CSCW).

WORKSHOP THEME

Mobile systems can be deployed in a wide range of physical environments to support users in diverse tasks. Advanced mobile systems need to exploit information about the environment in which they are working. This .context awareness. is much more than location awareness alone, or merely the immediate situation. The workshop is focussed on systems that address more sophisticated models of context that use many different aspects. A key aspect of context-aware mobile systems is using models and techniques to adapt the system.s behaviour so that it behaves in a manner that is relevant and pertinent to the current context.

The workshop focuses on service design and implementation issues for mobile context-aware systems. Approaches range from modelling of the context, through processing of context, to the architecture through which a context-based system can be implemented. For context sensitive applications to be delivered in the real world, the critical middle layer of the mobile systems needs to be much better understood. In addition, fundamental interaction design, content strategies such as content caching and collaborative mechanisms provide other important areas of research.

WORKSHOP AIMS

The field of context-aware mobile systems is a new and emerging research topic. We aim to bring together researchers from a wide variety of backgrounds who focus on the design and implantations of CAMS. The workshop will provide a forum that initiates and facilitates communication between different research communities. CAMS will aim to clarify the differing constraints and required functionality in representative applications and identify mutually agreed research questions within the area. Together, participants will explore methods for the evaluation and comparison of context-aware mobile systems. Overall, we seek to cross-fertilise the ideas and innovations of currently unconnected groups.

TOPICS OF INTEREST 

Topics welcome at the workshop include, but are not limited to:

• Data models of context
• Data management for mobile context-aware services (e.g. caching, peer-to-peer, indexation, compression)
• Process models for context-aware systems (e.g. event-based, communication, selection)
• Architecture for mobile context-aware applications
• Research questions unique to the mobile context-aware area
• User context models and processing
• Adaptivity
• User interfaces for mobile context-aware systems (e.g. for context representation and manipulation by the user)

ORGANISATION COMMITTEE

Annika Hinze
Department of Computer Science
University of Waikato
New Zealand
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George Buchanan
University of Wales Swansea
United Kingdom
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Susanne Boll - University of Oldenburg, Germany
Dan Chalmers - University of Sussex, UK
Keith Cheverst - University of Lancaster, UK
Trevor Collins - Open University, UK
Gill Dobbie - University of Auckland, New Zealand
Tiong Goh - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
John Grundy - University of Auckland, New Zealand
Reto Krummenacher - University of Innsbruck, Austria
Diane Lingrand - Universite Sophia Antipolis, France
Dave Nichols - University of Waikato, New Zealand
Michel Scholl - CNAM-Paris, France
Goce Trajcevski - Northwestern University, USA
Mark van Setten - Telematica Instituut, The Netherlands
Agnes Voisard - Fraunhofer ISST and FU Berlin, Germany