One of the objectives of the seminar will be to shed light on the development from the different angles that researchers investigate, and to foster a community that cuts across computer science disciplines and neighboring fields of research. Participation is by invitation only. There is no formal solicitation of contributions, it is usually not the case that all participants give a talk, and usually there are no proceedings published. However organizers will contact attendees in due time to discuss possible contributions aimed to stimulate discussion. All have to bear, however, the cost of their journey.
Some grants are available.
We sincerely hope that you will be able to accept the invitation to this seminar. We believe this is an excellent opportunity to jointly discuss the challenges and research directions in ubiquitous computing, in the relaxed and productive atmosphere of Dagstuhl. Everyday objects will be infused with computational power, enabling them as information artifacts and smart devices. Low-cost transceivers will allow to interconnect these devices in spontaneous ways, and to link them into the global information infrastructure. Connected together and exchanging appropriate information, these smart devices will then form powerful systems enabling new emerging functionalities.