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，对特定领域应用程序的需求正在急剧增加。该项目解决了围绕这种普适计算部署的通信和协调的重大挑战。本研究的目标是调查将以应用程序为中心的研究议程应用于为普适计算应用程序创建编程支持任务的可行性。研究使用指定的普适计算应用程序来推动研究议程，规定较低层次的协调和通信需求。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，以启用自适应应用程序和通信协议；(3)将普适资源连接到与之交互的动态网络参与者的新型通信基板。项目的结果将使领域程序员能够创建适合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。研究结果将通过与目标领域的研究人员和实践者进行互动，使用广泛的案例研究部署来评估。该项目以应用程序为中心，为普及计算带来了可见性，允许各级学生以及更广泛的社区接触普及计算及其在日常应用程序中的潜力。

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.