Links
Researchers
DCU:
Location researchers:
- Adrian Friday, Lancaster University, is interested in context-aware computing applications.
- Alastair Beresford, University of Cambridge, is interested in security for ubiquitous computing.
- Alberto Escudero Pascual, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, has written several publications on location privacy.
- Alexander Leonhardi, University of Stuttgart He has written lots of papers dealing with Location.
- Andy Harter, University of Cambridge, is one of the original context researchers. All his publications are online.
- Andy Hopper, University of Cambridge, is another one of the original context researchers.
- Anind K. Dey, University of California, Berkeley Especially his publications section.
- Christian Hauser, University of Stuttgart, has written several publications on security and privacy of location based services.
- David Kotz, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, has written several papers on Context-Aware Mobile Computing.
- Frank Stajano, University of Cambridge, is interested in security for ubiquitous computing.
- Gregory D. Abowd, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, is interested in Context-Aware Computing. His publications are online.
- Hari Balakrishnan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, is an original researcher in the field of location services.
- Jeff Magee, Imperial College, London, is interested in context-aware systems and location services.
- Jeffrey R. Hightower, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, has written several papers about ubiquitous computing.
- Keith Cheverst, Lancaster University, has several publications on context-aware computing.
- Marco Gruteser, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, has written papers on security and privacy in ubiquitous computing.
- Mauro Brunato, Universitā degli Studi di Trento, is interested in wireless telecommunications issues, including location issues.
- Nigel Davies, Lancaster University, has written several publications on middleware platforms to support context-aware computing applications.
- Rui João Peixoto José, universidade do minho, Portugal, has written several papers, and a thesis, on mobile computing and location based services.
- Stig Frode Mjølsnes, Høgskolen i Stavanger, Norway, is interested in security and privacy in location based services.
- Ulf Leonhardt Originally Department of Computing, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London.
- Urs Hengartner, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, researches location information in ubiquitous computing.
Location groups:
- Active Badge System - AT&T UK
- Alipes - Location Aware Software in Networked Mobile Devices - Centre for Distance-spanning Technology, Luleä University of Technology, Sweden. Papers and active location-based prototype services.
- Bat Ultrasonic Location System - AT&T UK
- Campus Location Services - University of Purdue, Indiana. Project developed by both postgraduate and undergraduate students.
- Cricket Indoor Location System - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Future Computing Environments (FCE) - Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia., have publications about various context projects including Cyberguide.
- GETweb - universidade do minho, Portugal, focus on pervasive computing.
- GUIDE project - Lancaster University, is a hand-held, context-aware, computer based tourist guide to Lancaster. There are several publications about it.
- Hypergeo project - City University London
- Institute for Geoinformation - Technical University of Vienna
- Mobile and Context-Aware Computing - University of Kent. Developed the stick-e notes application. Site is a bit out of date.
- Place Lab - Intel Research, Cambridge. Low-cost, easy-to-use, device positioning for location based services.
- QoSDream - University of Cambridge. A location technology research platform for context-aware applications.
- Research Group Nexus - University of Stuttgart
- Rover - University of Maryland
- The Center for Mobile Computing, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Projects include Analysis of a Campus-wide Wireless Network and Solar Project.
- The Nibble Location System - University of California, LA. Does not appear to have been updated since May 2001.
- Xerox ParcTab
Charging groups:
Telecommunications Technology and Standards
Portals:
GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications):
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service):
3GSM:
Billing and Charging:
Positioning Technology and Standards
Galileo:
GLONASS:
GPS (Global Positioning System):
Geodetic Systems:
Organisations:
- IRLOGI Irish Organisation for Geographic Information.
- EUROGI The European umbrella organisation for geographical information.
Location Based Services
LBS Standards:
Hardware Links
GPS Devices:
PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants):
iPAQs:
E911 compliant phones:
WLAN:
Online shops:
- Expansys (Ireland) Everything you need for mobile computing. Located in Manchester.
Software Development
Pocket PC:
Wireless:
Java:
Location:
Mobile Telecommunications Operators:
Academic Links
Funding Bodies:
Computing Journals:
- ACM SIGMOBILE Special Interest Group on Mobility of Systems, Users, Data, and Computing.
Geo-spatial Journals:
Conferences:
- DIM 2005 (Digital Identity Management) Fairfax, USA.
- ECOWS (European Conference on Web Services):
- HotMobile/IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (WMCSA):
- December 2000 Monterey, California, USA.
- December 2004 Lake District, England, EU.
- April 2006 Semiahmoo Resort, Washington, USA.
- February 2007 Tucson, Arizona, USA.
- February 2008 Napa Valley, California, USA.
- International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS): including Workshop on Security In Information Systems (WOSIS)
- April 2002 (WOSIS) Ciudad Real, Spain, EU.
- April 2003 Angers, France, EU.
- April 2004 (WOSIS) Porto, Portugal, EU.
- May 2005 (WOSIS) Miami, Florida, USA.
- May 2006 (WOSIS) Paphos, Cyprus, EU.
- June 2007 (WOSIS) Madeira, Portugal, EU.
- June 2008 (WOSIS) Barcelona, Spain, EU.
- May 2009 Milan, Italy, EU.
- IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM):
- IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS): including Workshop on Security, Privacy and Trust in Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (SecPerU)
- IST-CELLO (Cellular network issues):
- MobiCom (ACM Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking):
- August 2000 Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- July 2001 Rome, Italy, EU.
- September 2002 Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- September 2003 San Diego, California, USA.
- September 2004 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- September 2005 Cologne, Germany, EU.
- September 2006 Los Angeles, California, USA.
- September 2007 Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- September 2008 San Francisco, California, USA.
- Mobile HCI (ACM Annual International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services):
- MobiSys (Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services):
- May 2003 San Francisco, California, USA.
- June 2004 Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- June 2005 Seattle, Washington, USA.
- June 2006 Uppsala, Sweden, EU.
- June 2007 San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- June 2008 Breckenridge, Colorado, USA.
- PAMPAS (Pioneering Advanced Mobile Privacy And Security) Leuven, Belgium (March 2003). Sponsored by the EU-FFP.
- PerCom (Pervasive Computing and Communications):
- March 2003 Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
- March 2004 Orlando, Florida, USA.
- March 2005 Kauai, Hawaii, USA.
- March 2006 Pisa, Italy, EU.
- March 2007 White Plains, New York, USA.
- March 2008 Hong Kong.
- Pervasive:
- UBICOMP:
- September 2002 Göteborg, Sweden, EU.
- October 2003 Seattle, Washington, USA.
- September 2004 Nottingham, England, EU.
- September 2005 Tokyo, Japan.
- September 2006 Orange County, California, USA.
- September 2007 Innsbruck, Austria, EU.
- September 2008 Seoul, South Korea.
Commercial Links
General:
E911:
Regulation:
Current LBS:
- Child Locate English company providing mobile phone based child tracking.
- MyHome Mobile SMS based LBS for locating nearby property that is for sale.
Irish Companies:
- BizMaps provide online enterprise spatial solutions.
- CELtrak Ltd. Based in Tuam. Provide auto location services.
- Compass Informatics specialise in scientific and spatial data applications.
- ESRI Ireland GIS research and product development. Related to ESRI.
- Locle Dublin based friend and family locator based on existing mobile phones.
- Mapflow Ltd. Dublin spatial technology company.
- MobileGIS Cork based company that offer location services to mobile operators and third parties.
- Return2Sender are a mobile marketing company. They developed a location based promotional campaign for Lucozade.
Foreign Companies:
- Autodesk, Inc. From the makers of AutoCAD.
- Blackstop - Road Angel An innovative use of location within an automobile.
- Cambridge Positioning Systems (CPS) Mobile location technology using E-OTD. Based in Cambridge, England.
- CellPoint Inc. Location-based services for GSM operators.
- Cybit. Provide software solutions including location based services. For example mapAmobile.
- Ekahau, Inc. Develop positioning systems for Wi-Fi networks.
- Ericsson Mobile Positioning System (MPS)
- ESRI GIS research and product development. Related to ESRI Ireland.
- Hewlett-Packard Commercial location based service development.
- Google:
- LocatioNet Develop location based services middleware for mobile operators.
- Mapinfo, Inc. MapInfo provide location-based solutions and services.
- Maporama French company.
- Mapsolute Provide maps of Europe and America.
- Microsoft Windows Live Local Interactive Map Display.
- Networkcar Provide a hardware and software solution for monitoring the performance, location, and security of your car.
- Newt Games French company developing location based games.
- Oksijen Teknoloji Turkish company that provides LBS infrastructure products for mobile phone network operators.
- Openwave Produce a software infrastructure to facilitate location based services.
- Redknee Ltd. Provide network operators with the ability to offer location based services.
- Regio Ltd. Estonian company developing location services.
- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. Location products and services.
- Tele Atlas Provide digital mapping solutions.
- Ubisense Ltd. Formerly known as Ubiquitous Systems. Tag based system for use in local areas. Founders include Andy Ward, and Pete Steggles.
- Webraska Provide location-based services and telematics software solutions, with headquarters in France.
- Wherify Wireless, Inc. Wireless location products and services for child safety, parental supervision, and personal protection.
- Ydreams Portuguese company developing multiplayer mobile games with Vodafone.
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