UbiComp 2004: Ubiquitous Computing
Subtitle: 6th International Conference, Nottingham, UK, September 7-10, 2004, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Contributors: Nigel Davies (Editor); Elizabeth Mynatt (Editor); Itiro Siio (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9783540229551
Subjects: Personal computers; Ubiquitous computing; Congresses; Computer Science; Computers; Computers - General Information; Programming - Software Development; Computer Books: General; Operating Systems - General; General; Networking - General; Computers / Networking / General
First sentence: Though the potential benefits of ambient displays have been discussed [4,7,8,10,11,14], little has been shared about users' experiences with deployments of actual ambient displays in the home environment.
Description: Welcome to the proceedings of UbiComp 2004. In recent years the ubiquitous computing community has witnessed a sign- cant growth in the number of conferences in the area, each with its own disti- tive characteristics. For UbiComp these characteristics have always included a high-quality technical program and associated demonstrations and posters that cover the full range of research being carried out under the umbrella of ubiq- tous computing. Ours is a broaddiscipline andUbiComp aims to be aninclusive forum that welcomes submissions from researchers with many di?erent ba- grounds. This year we received 145 submissions. Of these we accepted 26, an acceptance rate of just under 18%. Of course acceptance rate is simply a m- sure of selectivity rather than quality and we were particularly pleased this year to note that we had a large number of high-quality submissions from which to assemble the program for 2004. The broad nature of ubiquitous computing research makes reviewing Ubi- Comp submissions a particular challenge. This year we adopted a new process for review and selection that has, we hope, resulted in all authors obtaining - tremely detailed feedback on their submission whether or not it was accepted for publication. We believe the process enabled us to assemble the best pos- ble program for delegates at the conference. If you submitted a paper, we hope that you bene?ted from the feedback that your peers have provided, and if you attended UbiComp 2004 we hope that you enjoyed the technical program.