Monash CoolCampus

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Monash CoolCampus

• Prof. Phillip Steele
• Associate Dean Development
• Faculty of Information Technology
• Friday 26 July 2002

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Agenda for Today

• Some Videos
• Monash CoolCampus vision
• Benefits to Faculty Monash
• Where to from here?
• Discussion, questions, volunteers!

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Some interesting projects

• HP Cooltown
• Georgia Institute of Technology eclass

Hewlett Packard's Cooltown Project
Eclass 2000 Video
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The Ubicomp Vision

• The most profound technologies are those that
  disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric
  of everyday life until they are indistinguishable
  from it
• (Mark Weiser, "The Computer for the Twenty-First
  Century," Scientific American, pp. 94-10,
  September 1991)

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Ubiquitous Computing

• Ubiquitous computing names the third wave in
  computing, just now beginning. First were
  mainframes, each shared by lots of people. Now we
  are in the personal computing era, person and
  machine staring uneasily at each other across the
  desktop. Next comes ubiquitous computing, or the
  age of calm technology, when technology recedes
  into the background of our lives. Alan Kay of
  Apple calls this "Third Paradigm" computing.
• (http//www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html
  ,
• 21 July 2002)

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The Third Wave of Computing

• Dramatic ? calm
• Obtrusive ? inconspicuous
• Overpowering ? empowering
• Distracting ? facilitating
• Difficult ? easy
• Extraordinary ? everyday
• Complex ? simple
• Desktop ? embedded interface

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Pervasive Computing?

• the trend towards increasingly ubiquitous
  connected computing devices in the environment
• Brought about by a convergence of advanced
  electronic - and particularly, wireless -
  technologies and the Internet.
• Pervasive computing devices are not personal
  computers as we tend to think of them, but very
  tiny - even invisible - devices, either mobile or
  embedded in almost any type of object imaginable,
  including cars, tools, appliances, clothing and
  various consumer goods - all communicating
  through increasingly interconnected networks.
• (searchNetworking.com Definition,
  http//searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition
  /0,,sid7_gci759337,00.html, 21-7-2002)

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Some Ubicomp Research Challenges

• Microelectronics, nanotechnology, biotechnology
• Networking / wireless
• Sensors / displays / interfaces
• Human computer interaction natural interfaces
• Appliances devices
• Heterogeneity
• Complexity
• Knowledge management retrieval
• Human activity systems
• Information needs services
• Business systems
• Context aware applications
• Personal, organisational and community aspects
• Social impact
• Automated capture and access
• Positioning systems

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Monash Now

• Monash is largely wired
• Traditional desktop computing is well supported
• Currently deploying wireless LANs on campus
• The web is widely used
• many units use the web to support student
  learning
• many student and staff services are available on
  the web enrolment, exam results, library
  catalogue, databases, loans, renewals, etc.

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Monash CoolCampus

• A project that aims to enhance the experience of
  Monash students and staff by the provision of
  ubiquitous academic and non-academic information
  services that are available when needed, where
  needed and in the form needed.

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Monash CoolCampus?????

• Many Monash physical resources will have a web
  presence campuses, buildings, lecture theatres,
  tutorial rooms, labs, display screens, printers,
  journals, books, staff, students, etc.,
• Many Monash logical resources will have a web
  presence units, unit materials, unit lectures,
  tutorials, etc.
• New information services will be offered in new
  ways

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Monash CoolCampus Possibilities?

• PDA / PC based access to subsets (perhaps by
  topic) of streaming media recordings of
  particular unit lectures.
• Location aware services how do I find Prof.
  Mingins office from my current location? Is she
  in her office now?
• Where is the nearest infrared accessible printer
  to let me print out the slides for todays
  lecture from my PDA?
• Where is the book shelved that I wish to borrow?
• Is my friend John currently on campus?
• My PDA tells me that today is the last day of
  subject withdrawal without penalty!

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CoolCampus to better connect our researchers
Mobile Commerce
Mobile Computing
CoolCampus
.net
Computing Education
Suburban Ad Hoc Network
DSSE
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CoolCampus to better connect research admin
Library
CeLTS
Library, ITS, CeLTS, Staff Student Services,
FIT Admin are very supportive
CoolCampus
ITS
Staff Student Services
Faculty Admin
Faculty Researchers
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CoolCampus benefits?

• FIT research groups / researchers more connected.
• Better connection between Monash researchers and
  Monash service providers.
• Better support for Monash students and staff
• A CoolCampus demonstration Centre
• Enhance Monash profile by showcasing projects,
  engaging and exciting the community prospective
  students, companies, etc.
• More leverage to attract external funds

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CoolCampus philosophy

• Inclusive open
• Facilitate, strengthen and connect existing
  research rather than compete with it.
• Not a research group but a Faculty wide research
  / development project.
• Research development strategically plan
  industrial experience honours projects to
  build research prototypes / demonstrators.
• Showcasing a demonstration centre is important
• Based at Caulfield but still inclusive for all?
• Seek funds from sources such as SIF, TIF, MRF,
  ARC and external sources.

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Where to now?

• Need to develop a more detailed research /
  development / project plan
• Need to connect with Monash support services
  CoolCampus group
• Need to establish a demonstration facility
• Need volunteers to help develop the concept
  further.

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Benefits to Volunteers?

• Extra pay? Extra status? Extra work???
• Christine Mingins, Jan Newmarch, Julie Fisher,
  Angela Carbone, plus others?

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Discussion, Suggestions, Ideas, Questions AND
VOLUNTEERS?????
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More Information

• Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing, Proceedings of
  the Second International Symposium HUS 2000,
  Bristol, UK, Springer, 2000
• Mobile Commerce Opportunities, Applications and
  Technologies of Wireless Business, Paul May,
  Cambridge University Press, 2001
• Pervasive Computing Technology and Architecture
  of Mobile Internet Applications, Burkhardt, Henn,
  Hepper, Rintdorff Schack, Addison Wesley, 2002
• Investigating the Capture, Integration and Access
  Problem of Ubiquitous Computing in an Educational
  Setting, Abowd, Atkenson, Brotherton, Enqvist,
  Gulley LeMon, Proceedings of CHI 98, Pages,
  18-23
• Charting the Past, Present, and Future Research
  in Ubiquitous Computing, Abowd Mynatt, ACM
  Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Vol
  7, No 1, March 2000, Pages 29-58.
• Ubiquitous commerce - always on, always aware,
  always pro-active Gershman, A. Applications and
  the Internet, 2002. (SAINT 2002). Proceedings.
  2002 Pages 37 38

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Some Web Resources

• IBM Pervasive Computing http//www-3.ibm.com/pvc/
  index.shtml, http//www.research.ibm.com/
• HP Cooltown Project http//cooltown.hp.com/coolto
  wnhome/index.asp,
• Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
  http//www.personal-ubicomp.com/
• The Fourth International Conference on Ubiquitous
  Computing http//www.viktoria.se/ubicomp/
• Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Reading List
  http//c2000.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs8113c_99_spri
  ng/readings/overview.html
• Matt Jones Ubiquitous Computing Reading List
  http//www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/mattj/ubicomp.html
• Georgia Institute of Technology, Future Computing
  Environments Project including eclass
  http//www.cc.gatech.edu/fce/