NeTS: NSF Workshop Proposal on Pervasive Computing and Smart Environments with Applications

一个题为“普适计算和智能环境及其应用”的研讨会正在筹备中，将于2010年秋季举行。研讨会的目标是促进智能环境设计的不断涌现；定义普适计算和智能环境的具有挑战性和有益的应用；并确定普适计算和智能环境设计的关键研究领域，这些领域将支持和挑战这一不断增长的领域。研讨会将包括四个长的和大约三十个短的应邀演讲，三个小组/讨论环节，以及两个分组会议。受邀的讲座将提供来自资助机构、行业和领先学术研究实验室的观点。与会者将利用分组会议讨论与嵌入式设备、新的网络和中间件范例、交互界面和模式以及技术在智能电网、社交网络、医疗保健等领域的应用相关的问题和集思广益的想法。研讨会的成果将是建议NSF采取一系列步骤来培育该领域的成熟和转型。会后将编写一份报告，对研讨会进行总结并详细说明各项建议。这份报告将提供给国家科学基金会，并发布在国家科学基金会的网站上。

A workshop titled "Pervasive Computing and Smart Environments with Applications" is being proposed, to be held in the Fall of 2010. The goals of the workshop are to foster the continued emergence of smart environment design; to define challenging and beneficial applications of pervasive computing and smart environment; and to identify key research areas in pervasive computing and smart environment design that will support and challenge this growing field. The workshop will consist of four long and approximately thirty short invited talks, three panel / discussion sessions, and two breakout sessions. Invited talks will provide perspectives on the field from funding agencies, from industry, and from leading academic research labs. Attendees will use the breakout sessions to discuss issues and brainstorm ideas related to embedded devices, new networking and middleware paradigms, interfaces and modes of interactions, and application of technology to smart grids, social networking, health care, and beyond. An outcome of the workshop will be a set of steps to recommend that NSF take to nurture the maturing and transformation of this field. Following the meeting a report will be prepared that summarizes the workshop and details the recommendations. This report will be provided to NSF and posted on the NSF web site.