ITEE seminar: Paul O'Brian, 02.00PM, Thu 06 Nov 2003

Context Driven Situation Detection and Management

Speaker: Paul O'Brian, UQ Business School

When: 02.00PM, Thursday 06 Nov 2003

Venue: 78-420

Host: A/prof Bob Colomb

Abstract:

  As technology users become more mobile, services will need to be
  delivered anywhere, at any time to many different types of
  devices. The key to delivery of such ubiquitous services is the
  ability to detect user and service situations and to take
  appropriate action. Detection of situations requires awareness of
  some dimensions of user and service contexts. The more dimensions,
  the more accurate and detailed situation detection and broader
  application. This paper describes a context driven approach to the
  detection and management of situations. The mechanisms described are
  based on an ontology of situations that was developed as the core of
  the mechanism. Issues addressed include context specification,
  context comparison, context switching, situation detection and
  situation management.

Biography:

  Paul O'Brien has a BSc in Computer Science from the University of
  Queensland and Master of Administration from Griffith University. He
  has been an executive committee member of the Australian Computer
  Society for over 7 years and is currently a member of the National
  Marketing Board.

  Paul has over 20 years experience in the ICT industry in both
  technical and management roles. Before becoming an academic he held
  technical, consulting and senior technology management roles in the
  public and private sectors.  His recent positions include:
  * Senior Consultant with Digital Equipment Corporation
  * Applications Development Manager for TABQ
  * Technology Manager for Tourism Queensland 

  Paul moved to academia in February 1997 so that he could devote more
  time to teaching, scholarship and research.  He is currently a
  Lecturer in Electronic Commerce in UQ Business School. His research
  interests include mobile commerce applications, context aware
  systems and tourism technology.  His PhD work is focussed on
  mechanisms for the delivery of ubiquitous mobile services to highly
  mobile people, particularly independent travellers.

Type:

D&KE

Contact:

A/prof Bob Colomb, seminar host (rbc@itee.uq.edu.au)
or Guido Governatori (ITEE seminar co-ordinator) (guido@itee.uq.edu.au)

ITEE seminar web page: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~seminar

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