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This document outlines the agenda and key discussions from the GGF 11 Ad-hoc meeting aimed at integrating Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp) and Grid technologies. It presents an update on progress, introduces initial thoughts on group formation, and identifies key questions guiding the formation of the research group. Emphasis is placed on the synergy between these two communities, highlighting challenges and opportunities for collaboration. The document also summarizes practical next steps and action points intended to foster interoperability and innovative applications in both fields.
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UBICOMP-RG:Bridging two communities Adrian Friday, Oliver Storz andNigel Davies Lancaster University & University of Arizona GGF 11 Ad-hoc Meeting
Agenda • Introduction • Progress update • Initial thoughts • Next Steps Discussion • Group Formation • Seven Questions • Charter • Summary and Action Points
Why this RG? • We believe there is significant synergy between the Grid & Ubicomp • Benefits to Ubicomp • Linking these communities (seeing further…) • Achieving reuse, increasing scale of experiments (standardisation) • Benefits to the Grid • Short term: challenging/ novel requirements (dynamic, low power, mobile, embedded, autonomous, etc. new use cases) • Long term: cross-over technology/ research (new tools, novel forms of interaction, HCI/ ethnography, resources etc.)
Progress update • Following last BOF (GGF10) • Solicited contributions from others via the mailing list – low response! • Initiated discussions with Ubicomp community • Following 1st UbiSys at Ubicomp 2003, have proposed follow up workshop to raise awareness • Written IEEE Pervasive ‘Horizons’ article espousing our vision (on our web site):http://ubigrid.lancs.ac.uk • This has led to some initial interest
Perceptions • Strong consensus regarding the importance of interoperability • However, there were doubts about the suitability of Grid technologies: • “Why the Grid? The Grid is not catering for our needs!” • Grid is one of many possible platforms • Solutions targeted at high-performance distributed computing • Heavyweight (OGSI & GT3) • Why not just use Web services?
Plan • Create a ‘first stop’ for those seeking to develop Ubicomp Grid Applications • Best practice dissemination • Software tools, FAQs etc. • Ability to ‘raise issues’ for Ubigrid-RG
Reflections • Initial questions • Research focus - lack of immediate driving application (in Grid), can RGs work in responsive mode? • Do we have the right people? • Natural scepticism about adopting outside technology, so • Going will be slow initially (proof of concept, grid-forge style community building), need to seed • However • Increased awareness could lead to fruitful collaborations
Aims for today • (In increasing order of) Interest • Tracking the group’s progress • Taskforce membership • Acting as liaisons (identify/ liaise with related RG/WGs) • Positions within the group • Show of hands… • Next steps? Discuss. • 7 questions?
Evaluation Criteria 7 questions (from GFD-C.3) • Is the scope of the proposed group sufficiently focused? • Are the topics that the group plans to address clear and relevant for the Grid research? • Will the formation of the group foster (consensus–based) work that would not be done otherwise? • Do the group’s activities overlap inappropriately with those of another GGF/IETF/W3C? • Are there sufficient interest and expertise in the group’s topic, with at least several people willing to expend the effort? • Does a base of interested consumers appear to exist for the planned work? • Does the GGF have a reasonable role to play in the determination of the technology?
