Message from the Technical Program Co-Chairs

Abstract

Welcome to the Third IEEE Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Embedded and Ubiquitous Systems (SEUS 2005), held in conjunction with ISORC 2005, in Seattle, Washington. The fields of both embedded computing and ubiquitous systems have seen considerable growth over the past few years. Given the advances in these fields and also those in the areas of distributed computing, sensor networks, middleware, etc., the area of ubiquitous embedded computing is now being envisioned as the way of the future. The systems and technologies that will arise in support of ubiquitous embedded computing will undoubtedly need to arise a variety of issues, including dependability, real-time, human-computer interaction, autonomy, resource constraints, etc. All of these requirements pose a challenge to the research community. The purpose of SEUS 2005 is to bring together researchers and practitioners with an interest in advancing the state-of-the-art and the state-of-practice in this emerging field, with the hope of fostering new ideas, collaborations, and technologies. We are grateful to the members of the Technical Program Committee and the external expert reviewers for reviewing the papers, for helping us to assemble such an outstanding program, and for their efforts in making SEUS 2005 a memorable technical event. We extend our deep appreciation to the ISORC 2005 Co-Chairs, Scott Moody, Franz Rammig, and Tatsuo Nakajima, for their support of SEUS 2005 and for their invaluable assistance in making this Workshop a success under the aegis of ISORC. We are also indebted to Kane Kim for his endless supply of enthusiasm, support, and advice and for his fearless leadership in fostering a spirit of collaboration and creativity in SEUS 2005. The program for SEUS 2005 consists of 14 research papers of very high quality, including both academic and industrial contributors, with the participation reflecting the international community that has grown around the field of ubiquitous computing. Finally, we would like to thank our authors for submitting publications of such high quality, and for sharing the results of their research work so freely with the rest of this community. It is our hope that the results of this Workshop indeed truly serve as the foundations for software technologies for future embedded and ubiquitous systems.