I mean my research proposal of course. *yawn And yes, its tedious. Very. For one thing, I'm not sure what my proposal IS actually. So its hard to do a background survey. And secondly, most papers that I want are IEEE stuff that aren't available free. *Sigh.
However, I found this paper on Pervasive computing that I found v.interesting. Its also v.readable. Basically it's about Project Aura carried out at Carnegie Mellon. And Aura doesn't focus on traditional resources like disk, bandwidth, processor etc. Instead, they say the most critical resource is Human attention. The paper 'Project Aura:Toward Distraction-Free Pervasive Computing' can be found here.
One key concept here is Cyber foraging - which is using remote servers for computation and data staging - by, say mobile devices such as PDAs.
They have embedded several existing components such as Coda & Spectra. Their new component 'Prism' focuses on the 'Human Attention'.
I definitely recommend that anyone interested in CS/technology/pervasive computing read this paper. In addition to be written in very simple language, it also gives many real world examples so its v.easy to understand.
PS: in case you noticed, I've been watching Bridget Jones again. Hence the v.<> abbreviation thingy. :D *sigh That Jane A was definitely a genius!
However, I found this paper on Pervasive computing that I found v.interesting. Its also v.readable. Basically it's about Project Aura carried out at Carnegie Mellon. And Aura doesn't focus on traditional resources like disk, bandwidth, processor etc. Instead, they say the most critical resource is Human attention. The paper 'Project Aura:Toward Distraction-Free Pervasive Computing' can be found here.
One key concept here is Cyber foraging - which is using remote servers for computation and data staging - by, say mobile devices such as PDAs.
They have embedded several existing components such as Coda & Spectra. Their new component 'Prism' focuses on the 'Human Attention'.
I definitely recommend that anyone interested in CS/technology/pervasive computing read this paper. In addition to be written in very simple language, it also gives many real world examples so its v.easy to understand.
PS: in case you noticed, I've been watching Bridget Jones again. Hence the v.<> abbreviation thingy. :D *sigh That Jane A was definitely a genius!
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