SGER: Enabling Truly Pervasive Computing: Communications Meets Software Engineering

随着计算设备在我们的日常环境中变得无处不在，对特定于领域的应用的需求急剧增加。 这个项目解决了围绕这种普及计算部署的通信和协调的重大挑战。 本研究的目的是探讨应用程序为中心的研究议程，以创建普适计算应用程序的编程支持的任务的可行性。 该研究使用指定的普适计算应用程序来驱动研究议程，在较低的层次上规定协调和沟通要求。 在支持普适计算的范围内，该项目正在开发（1）新的编程结构，使开发人员能够以编程方式指定复杂的期望行为，（2）上下文测量和抽象，以实现自适应应用程序和通信协议，以及（3）一种新颖的通信基板，用于连接普适资源和与它们交互的动态网络参与者。 该项目的结果将使领域程序员能够创建针对其特定环境的应用程序，同时降低这些程序员必须管理的复杂性水平。 研究结果将通过使用广泛的案例研究部署使用与研究人员和从业人员在目标领域的互动进行评估。 该项目以应用为中心的重点带来了普及计算问题的可见性，使各级学生以及更广泛的社区接触到普及计算及其在日常应用中的潜力。

As computing devices become ubiquitous in our everyday environments, the demand for domain specific applications is radically increasing. This project addresses the significant challenges surrounding communication and coordination for such pervasive computing deployments. The goal of this research is to investigate the feasibility of applying an application-centered research agenda to the task of creating programming support for pervasive computing applications. The research uses designated pervasive computing applications to drive the research agenda, dictating the coordination and communication requirements at lower levels. Within the scope of supporting pervasive computing, the project is developing (1) new programming constructs that enable developers to programmatically specify complex desired behaviors, (2) context measurement and abstraction to enable both adaptive applications and communication protocols and (3) a novel communication substrate for connecting pervasive resources to the dynamic network participants that interact with them. The results of the project will enable domain programmers to create applications tailored for their specific environments while reducing the level of complexity these programmers must manage. The research results will be evaluated through the use of extensive case study deployments using interactions with researchers and practitioners in targeted domains. The application-centered focus of the project brings visibility to pervasive computing concerns, allowing students at all levels as well as the broader community to become exposed to pervasive computing and its potential within everyday applications.