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Rice University Department of Computer Science and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering present Robert Grimm University of Washington Programming for Pervasive Computing Environments Abstract Pervasive computing provides an attractive vision for the future of computing. Computing power will be available everywhere. Mobile and stationary devices will dynamically connect and coordinate to seamlessly help people accomplish their tasks. However, for this vision to become a reality, programmers must build applications that constantly adapt to an environment in which people, devices, and services keep coming and going. In my talk, I will explore how to make the programmers' task feasible. I will discuss how to structure necessary systems support and how programming for highly dynamic computing environments impacts application development. I will introduce one.world, a system that I have built, and reflect on my own and other's experiences with it, which demonstrate the practicality of building and deploying pervasive applications Thursday, April 4 at 4:00pm in Duncan Hall 1064 A reception will precede the talk at 3:30 p.m. in DH 3092 Robert Grimm is a faculty candidate. About Robert Grimm Robert Grimm is a graduate student at the University of Washington and will receive his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering this summer. Before learning to enjoy the rain in Seattle, he lived in Cambridge and Boston, receiving a Bachelor of Science and Masters from MIT in 1996. His research focuses on operating systems, distributed systems, and programming language support for systems. Copyright 2000 Rice University site problems: www@cs.rice.edu --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---