Pervasive Computing

IEEE Computer Society Examines Accessibility Challenges in Pervasive Computing

IEEE Computer Society published commentary describing how computing tasks now span phones, voice assistants, wearables and connected devices, often triggered by location or movement rather than direct app use. The piece frames this shift as raising new accessibility engineering questions for designers building across multiple interfaces and contexts.

wpcms.computer.org · 2026-11-13

OpenStreetMap's State of the Map 2026 highlights growing academic research track

A researcher attended the scientific track of the State of the Map (SotM) conference held August 29-30, marking their first time back at the event since 2011. The academic sessions featured around 20 peer-reviewed papers, a small slice of the more than 1,250 OpenStreetMap-related papers indexed on OpenAlex in 2025 alone. The author also noted receiving a Test of Time award in June from IEEE Pervasive Computing for a 2008 paper on OpenStreetMap.

povesham.wordpress.com · 2026-08-31