Authors:
Fei Li
1
;
Schahram Dustdar
1
;
Jakob Bardram
2
;
Martín Serrano
3
;
Manfred Hauswirth
3
;
Vasilios Andrikopoulos
4
and
Frank Leymann
4
Affiliations:
1
Vienna University of Technology, Austria
;
2
Cetrea A/S, Denmark
;
3
National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
;
4
University of Stuttgart, Germany
Keyword(s):
Platform as a Service, Cloud Computing, Ubiquitous Computing, Healthcare, Hospital.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Cloud Application Architectures
;
Cloud Computing
;
Cloud Middleware Frameworks
;
Context
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Mobility
;
Paradigm Trends
;
Platforms and Applications
;
Software Engineering
Abstract:
Large-scale ubiquitous computing applications are rapidly emerging in the fields of pervasive healthcare, smart
cities and so on. They present unprecedented challenges to state-of-the-art ubiquitous systems in the respects
of accommodating fluctuating user demands, handling volatile data quality and adaptation to complex system
and user contexts. Driven by a motivating scenario in future mega-hospital environment, we propose to exploit
the potential of cloud computing in supporting large-scale ubiquitous computing applications. This position
paper will present the novel concept of EUPaaS (Elastic Ubiquitous Platform as a Service), outline the key
research topics, and propose a cloud-based ubiquitous application platform.