The PerLS 2018 workshop is organized as a part of the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom).

Pervasive computing is moving beyond the personal devices to everyday ‘things’ with embedded technology getting smaller and more powerful than ever before. This ubiquitous computing paradigm, commonly also referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT), will provide pervasive access to resources and services, facilitating smart living at homes, offices, cars, buses, schools, and other places. The connected smart things are often intended to improve safety and security, energy efficiency, work productivity, etc., for users in their living spaces, but they also often aim at supporting a sustainable lifestyle by the use of, for instance, pervasive applications and systems intended to promote health, nutrition, comfort, social relationships, and entertainment.

From both industrial and academic stand points, a strong interest has evolved in research on pervasive applications and systems intended for smart living. This, in combination with crucial topics, such as, middleware methodologies, privacy and security technologies, wearables and user interaction, software architectures, data processing and analytics, context-aware service-provisioning, etc., frame the scope of the intended workshop.

The workshop aims to bring together researchers, industry practitioners, and the community interested in pervasive computing for smart living spaces. Original papers addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of pervasive smart living are welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

– Novel applications, tools and devices
– Sensor technologies and systems
– Middleware methodologies
– Software architectures and systems
– Wearables and user interaction
– Context-aware service provisioning
– Data processing and analytics
– Distributed approaches for mobile context data sharing
– Data and situation visualization
– Social network applications and analysis
– Risk evaluation and threat agent modelling
– Security, trust, and privacy
– Multi-device collaboration involving wearable devices, smartphones, etc.
– Pervasive content sharing and media distribution
– Application and service interoperability issues

*Follow the above link to iotap.mah.se/perls2018 for information on how to submit*