Arkady
Zaslavsky
Affiliation:
School
of Computer Science & Software Engineering
Monash
University, Melbourne, Australia
Research Interest:
Mobile/pervasive/ubiquitous/wireless
computing; Mobile and distributed databases, Database management; Distributed
and mobile agents; Wireless networks; Distributed computing systems; Cluster
technology;
Is
a Principal Investigator in the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Distributed
Systems Technology Centre (DSTC) project "M3: Enterprise architecture for
mobile computations" (2000 - 2002). The project is sponsored by SAP ($344,500
/year) and its budget exceeds $1.1 Million /annum.
Foresight:
Adaptability
and interfaces make pervasive computing a reality. Pervasive systems should
draw their strengths from surrounding environment, should be able to discover
appropriate and available interfaces and utilize those according to user
preferences and profiling.