In this project we will work with the problems of making interactive systems of ad-hoc networked devices more accessible by using techniques emerging in the mobile Internet world. The technical approach will use dynamic linking in combination with interpreter techniques, and short range radio communication as available with the Bluetooth technology. The primary outcome of the project will hopefully show how devices can be constructed in order to offer their combined functionality to the user and to be able to cooperage in ways that are not necessarily foreseen, thereby providing a more intelligent man-machine interface.

The project will be managed in close co-operation with the LUCAS center at LTH and benefit from the industrial contacts and collaboration there. In particular with Sony Ericsson and BlueCell - with whom we are already co-operating in this problem domain.

The department of computer science in Lund (CS/LTH) has a long experience in implementation of object-oriented languages such as Java, also on very small machines, as well as developing systems and kernels for real-time applications. The implementation efforts in the PROMODIS project, supported by NUTEK/Vinnova, is a recent example. The co-operation with Automatic Control and Telecommunication departments at LTH through LUCAS further completes the competence profile needed for the project. CS/LTH thus has the required background and experience for this project.

Expected results include a prototype implementation of a flexible architecture, built on Java and Bluetooth for mobile distributed sharing and interaction. Based on this prototype, results will include experience from building and using the architecture, evaluation of the technique and the hardware demands, and experience from building distributed interactive applications based on this architecture.

Project Description

Staff:
Prof. Boris Magnusson
Dr. Görel Hedin
Torbjörn Eklund
David Svensson