Research Tasks - Summer 2007

• Bug fixes
  
  1. Fix pop-up for screen brightness app
  2. Modify monitor tool to auto-update itself
  3. Add location logging (IP of AP) in monitor tool
• Algorithm improvements
  
  1. Integrate location
  2. Time of day
  3. Learning algorithm
• Self-initiated wakeup
  
  1. Implement self-initiated wakeup for Mac/Thinkpad
  2. App? - web, email, podcasts (what to prefetch)
  3. Eval/user study?
• Availability prediction
  
  1. Two possible directions: implications for adaptive energy management and feasibility of distributed systems
  2. Is availability of mobile nodes predictable?
  3. Can nodes be classified (regularly charged, regular usage)?

Other tasks

• List of conferences
• List of recent papers