Automatic surveillance of a scene in a broad sense comprises one of the core modules of pervasive applications. Typically, multiple cameras are installed in an area to identify ev...
Vassilis Kolias, Ioannis Giannoukos, Christos Anag...
Context-aware applications and middleware platforms are evolving into major driving factors for pervasive systems. The ability to also make accurate assumptions about future contex...
Every operating system embodies a collection of design decisions. Many of the decisions behind systems have remained unchanged, even as hardware and software have evolved. Operati...
In many types of activities, communicative and material activities are so intertwined that the one cannot be understood without taking the other into account. This is true of mari...
In modern heterogeneous environments, such as mobile, pervasive and ad-hoc networks, architectures based on web services offer an attractive solution for effective communication a...