A software engineering framework for context-aware pervasive computing

There is growing interest in the use of context-awareness as a technique for developing pervasive computing applica-tions that are flexible, adaptable, and capable of acting au-tonomously on behalf of users. However, context-awareness introduces various software engineering challenges, as well as privacy and usability concerns. In this paper, we present a conceptual framework and software infrastructure that to-gether address known software engineering challenges, and enable further practical exploration of social and usabil-ity issues by facilitating the prototyping and fine-tuning of context-aware applications. 1