Principal Investigator Howard Shrobe
Co-investigator Kimberle Koile
A Pervasive Computing Environment (PCE) is equipped with many devices, sensors, and actuators that allow it to respond to the needs of its occupants. As the number and complexity of these PCE-embedded components grow, so too does the potential for unexpected behavior. A comprehensive troubleshooter should be installed in PCEs that allows typical users to overcome these inevitable glitches.
Research focuses on creating SPACED, an automatic debugging system for the E21 Conference Room. SPACED uses knowledge about the functionality and communication model of devices in E21 to recommend corrective actions to users when a problem is detected. Once deployed in E21, the SPACED knowledge base can be updated to reflect future hardware changes. Additionally, the knowledge base can be completely replaced; allowing SPACED to work in any PCE.