Spatial Awareness of Autonomous Embedded Systems
Our environment is increasingly pervaded by embedded systems which are integrated into everyday objects, equipped with sensors and actuators, networked among each other and available at any time and in any location. These computationally augmented real-wo
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VIEWEG+TEUBNER RESEARCH
Clemens Holzmann
Spatial Awareness of Autonomous Embedded Systems
VIEWEG+TEUBNER RESEARCH
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Dissertation Universität Linz, 2008
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To my mother and father, who have always believed in me and supported me all the way. Thank you.
Acknowledgements I would like to especially thank the following people who contributed to this thesis in various ways and without whose support it would not have been possible to finish it in such a short time and with the present extent and quality: • My supervisor Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Alois Ferscha, for giving me the opportunity to work at his department and supporting me in every way with this dissertation. He offered me an interesting topic to work on, provided generous financial support with regard to the professional equipment I could use in my research as well as for being able to publish and present results at international conferences, he was always available for discussions, helped with useful suggestions to keep the thesis on track and in time, and allowed me to realize and develop my ideas in an industrial research project with Siemens AG Germany. Last but not least, he gave me all the time I needed when actually writing the thesis. • Dipl.-Ing. Manfred Hechinger, who implemented major parts of the software framework presented in Chapter 6 as well as the vibro-tactile space awareness application presented in Section 7.2. Also the framework architecture and many of the related concepts were developed in close cooperation with him. • Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gabriele Kotsis, for reading this thesis as the second supervisor and being a great help particularly in its initial stage by providing her expertise with regard to technical issues and writing a dissertation in general. • The project partners of Siemens AG Germany, and in particular Dipl.-Inform. Dr. Andreas Zeidler, for their critical and useful feedback on parts of my wo
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