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Twenty Years after Mark Weiser's Vision for Ubiquitous Computing - What Next?

Twenty Years after Mark Weiser's Vision for Ubiquitous Computing - What Next? Plenary Discussion: 1/27: 5.15pm – 6.15pm.  Facilitators: Mahadev Satyanarayanan (Carnegie Mellon University) Roy Want (Intel Labs). Weiser’s SciAM Article Sept 1991. 1991-4. 2011. iPhone SmartPhone. ParcTab.

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Twenty Years after Mark Weiser's Vision for Ubiquitous Computing - What Next?

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  1. Twenty Years after Mark Weiser's Vision for Ubiquitous Computing - What Next? Plenary Discussion: 1/27: 5.15pm – 6.15pm  Facilitators:Mahadev Satyanarayanan (Carnegie Mellon University)Roy Want (Intel Labs)

  2. Weiser’s SciAM Article Sept 1991 1991-4 2011 iPhoneSmartPhone ParcTab iPad or Tablet ParcPad SmartTV LiveBoard

  3. History 1990: no hardware, so PARC had to build it 2000: capablemobile devices began to appear Now: Lots of devices, all sizes e.g. CES 2011

  4. Questions for discussion (1) Why is the vision so powerful? (2) How might it be derailed? (3) Things that were not in the vision? • 15mins each

  5. (1) The Power of Weiser’s Vision “The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of every day life, until they are indistinguishable from it.” M. Weiser, 1991 This was the touchstone of Pervasive Computing work.Why has this vision been so powerful & influential? (15 mins).

  6. (2)Things that might derail the vision Who cares how hot? Just Buy Starbucks • Mark Weiser’s vision: -Pop-ups & ads rule our devices • Tower of Babel Problem-So many standards to chose from • Privacy and Security Environment-Viruses and malware pervade everything (15 mins)

  7. (3) Things that Weiser didn’t Prophesy • World-Wide Web • Crowd sourcing • Social networking How should the vision be modulated to take these capabilities into account?What else was missed? (15 mins)

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