PerLS 2018 - Second International Workshop on Pervasive Smart Living Spaces

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