A problem faced by groups that are not co-located but need to collaborate on a common task is the reduced access to the rich multimodal communicative context that they would have ...
Paulo Barthelmess, Edward C. Kaiser, Xiao Huang, D...
The growing computational power requirements of grand challenge applications has promoted the need for linking highperformance computational resources distributed across multiple ...
Modern embedded devices (e.g., PDAs, mobile phones) are now incorporating Java as a very popular implementation language in their designs. These new embedded systems include multi...
—Collaborative mechanisms between services are a crucial aspect in the recent development of pervasive computing systems based on the paradigm of service-oriented architecture. C...
Mobile ad hoc networks can be leveraged to provide ubiquitous services capable of acquiring, processing, and sharing real-time information from the physical world. Unlike Internet...