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Context Sensitive Intelligence

Software-Development for Adaptation

Project Goals

In the CSI project we research towards an infrastructure for context-driven software adaptation. Our two foci are: support developers in building adaptive software, support end-users with intelligent self-adaptive software.

Organisation

CSI is funded by the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories.
The project started in autumn 2004 and runs until autumn 2007.

Motivation

In a world which is more and more provided with pervasive computing, end-users of mobile devices face an increasing complexity in using available, computer-assisted services in many different contexts. The users' mobile devices have to be adaptive to changing situations and requirements in a preferably automatic and user-friendly way. The developer needs a highly-flexible framework which enables users to make use of basic functionalities and provides service-providers with an easily extensible architecture to facilitate the development of new services.

Research Questions

How should we model context?
What kind of software adaptations are required?
How should context changes be mapped to software adaptation needs?
Which software technologies serve the demands for implementing adaptability most appropriately?

Publications

M. Appeltauer, R. Hirschfeld, T. Rho: Dedicated Programming Support for Context-aware Ubiquitous Application UBICOMM 2008: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, vol. , IEEE Computer Society Press, Valencia, Spain, 2008
H. Mügge, P. Bihler, M. Schmatz, A.B. Cremers: Context and Situation as Enablers for Multi-Modal Interaction in Mobile Games. HCI 2008 Workshop: Evaluating Player Experiences in Location Aware Games, Liverpool, 2008 [pdf]
H. Mügge, K.-H. Lüke and M. Eisemann: Potentials and Requirements of Mobile Ubiquitous Computing for Public Transport. In Proceedings of the UbiLog Workshop at Informatik 2007, Bremen, 2007 [pdf]
P. Bihler and H. Mügge: Supporting Cross-Application Contexts with Dynamic User Interface Fusion. In Proceedings of the MoBe Workshop at Informatik 2007, Bremen, 2007 [pdf]
P. Bihler, F. Schulz, H. Mügge: SmartDiscuss - Moderation Tool-Support for Face-to-Face Discussions. Poster at the 10th European Conference on Computer Supported Co-operative Work (ECSCW'07), Limerick, Ireland, 2007 [abstract as pdf]
J. Kuck and M. Gnasa: Context-Sensitive Service Discovery meets Information Retrieval. In Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2007), White Plains, NY, USA, 2007
J. Kuck and F. Reichartz: A collaborative and featurebased approach to ContextSensitive Service Discovery WWW Conference 2007,Workshop: MobEA V- Mobile Web in the developing world
H. Mügge, T. Rho and A.B. Cremers: Integrating Aspect-Orientation and Structural Annotations to Support Adaptive Middleware. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Middleware-Application Interaction at EuroSys Conference, Lisbon, 2007 [pdf]
H. Mügge, T. Rho, D. Speicher, P. Bihler, A.B. Cremers: Programming for Context-based Adaptability – Lessons learned about OOP, SOA, and AOP, Workshop Selbstorganisierende, Adaptive, Kontextsensitive verteilte Systeme, Bern, 2007 [pdf]
P. Bihler, G. Kniesel: Seamless Cross-Application Workflow Support by User Interface Fusion. Workshop on Multiple and Ubiquitous Interaction Aarhus, Denmark, 28-30 March 2007 [pdf]
T. Rho, M. Schmatz, A.B. Cremers: Towards Context-Sensitive Service Aspects. European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming 2006. Workshop on Object Technology for Ambient Intelligence , Nantes [pdf]
H. Mügge, T. Rho, D. Speicher, J. Kuck, A.B. Cremers: Towards an Infrastructure for Context-Sensitive Intelligence. Workshop Selbstorganisierende, Adaptive, Kontextsensitive verteilte Systeme, Kassel, 2006 [pdf]
Mügge H., Rho T., Winandy M., Won M., Cremers A.B., Costanza P., Englert R.: Towards Context-Sensitive Intelligence, In: R. Morrison and F. Oquendo (Eds.): EWSA 2005, LNCS 3527, pp. 231–238, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005 [pdf]