Program

8:30		Opening and Introductions
8:45		Invited Talk
		Pervasive Computing, Materials, and Education Leah Buechley , MIT Media Lab
10:00		Break
10:30		Papers
		A Contextual Learning Game for Toddlers Installed on an Interactive Display Attached to a Shopping Cart Gerrit Kahl, Karin Leichtenstern, Johannes Schöning, Lübomira Spassova, Antonio Krüger (discussant: Bill Griswold)
		Ubibot - Prototyping Infrastructure for Mobile Context-Aware Computing Erwin Vedar, W. Brian Evans, William G. Griswold (discussant: John Krumm)
		Teaching Smart Environments and Co-operative Ensembles Sebastian Bader, Thomas Kirste, Christoph Burghardt (discussant: Shwetak Patel)
12:00		Lunch
1:30		Papers
		Introducing TU100 "My Digital Life": Ubiquitous computing in a distance learning environment Mike Richards, John Woodthorpe (discussant: Gregory Abowd)
		Public Digital Note-Taking in Lectures Roshni Malani, William G. Griswold, Beth Simon (discussant: Gregory Abowd)
2:45		Invited Talk
		Creating a New Book of Tutorials: Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals John Krumm, Microsoft Research Redmond
3:30		Break
4:00		Closing Discussion
5:00		Adjourn

Call for Submissions. You are invited to submit to the Second Workshop on Pervasive Computing Education, PerEd 2009, to be held in conjunction with Ubicomp 2009.

Important Dates:

• Submission deadline: June 25, 2009.
• Notification of acceptance: July 20, 2009.
• Final Manuscript due: August 1, 2009.

Here is a PDF of the call. Full submission details are provided below.

To bring the field of ubiquitous computing to maturity, it is important to address the educational aspects of the field, as well as its technical aspects. There is a growing need to better prepare students for graduate research and for positions in industry and government. Teaching the subject of ubiquitous computing requires innovation, however. It is truly a multidisciplinary field that includes aspects of human computer interaction, low-power system design, networking, wireless communication, computer architecture, operating systems, embedded system design, sensors and actuators, and, no doubt, other topics. Teaching such a multidisciplinary field and offering compelling design and research experiences to students in classes offers challenges to those in academia. Ubiquitous computing technology also presents new opportunities for improving teaching and learning.

The Second Workshop on Pervasive Computing Education will provide a forum to discuss requirements, barriers, and approaches to pervasive computing education and to present innovative courses and design projects in pervasive computing and communications, mobile computing and communications, wearable computing, ad hoc networking, and related topics. The workshop will be organized around the following themes:

• Course content and approaches to teaching classes on pervasive computing and related topics;
• Lessons learned from relatively mature course offerings;
• Teaching materials, including textbooks and web-based content;
• The integration of research and teaching through projects;
• The use of pervasive computing tools, toolkits, and technology in education.

Details of the first Pervasive Education Workshop, held in 2004 in conjunction with PerCom, can be found at the original workshop site.

Submission Details

Submissions are solicited in the following categories, with the following page limits:

• Peer-reviewed papers (15 pages)
• Technology demonstration proposals (5 pages)
• Work-in-progress papers (8 pages)

Any accepted workshop paper must be matched by at least one full-time conference registration. Additionally, a workshop registration fee of $150 will be required to attend the workshop. Workshop registration will be handled by the Ubicomp conference registration page.

Organizers

Scott F. Midkiff
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA

Gregory Abowd
School of Interactive Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0760 USA

Program Committee