Publication and Membership list: Tom Pfeifer

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Chairing
Journal Editing
Committee Memberships
Books
Chapters
Journal Papers
Refereed Conference Publications
Journal Reviews of Literature
Technical Papers
Invited Speeches
Reports
PhD supervision and counselling
Masters Theses supervision, Ireland
Diploma Theses supervision, Germany

Chairing
  1. Publication Chair of the 12th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2011, 23-27 May 2011, Dublin, Ireland

  2. Publication/Publicity Chair of MUCS 2011: 8th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, 21 March, Seattle, USA (in cooperation with the 9th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2011)

  3. Programme Committee Co-Chair of the 35th IEEE LCN 2010, 11-14 Oct, Denver, Colorado, USA

  4. Programme Committee Co-Chair of MUCS 2010: 7th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, April, Mannheim, Germany (in cooperation with the 8th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2010)

  5. Conference Co-Chair of IFIP/IEEE MMNS 2009, 12th IFIP/IEEE International conference on Management of Multimedia & Mobile Networks and Services, Oct 26-30, Venice, Italy

  6. Publication Advisory Chair of 5th IFIP/IEEE Manweek 2009 [DSOM, MMNS, IPOM, MACE, NGNM 2009], Oct 26-30, Venice, Italy

  7. Publication Chair of the 34th IEEE LCN 2009, 20-23 Oct, Zurich, Switzerland

  8. General Chair of MUCS 2009: 6th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, June 15, Barcelona, Spain (in cooperation with the 6th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communications, ICAC 2009)

  9. Workshops Chair of the 33rd IEEE LCN 2008, Oct 20-23, Montreal, Canada

  10. Local Arrangements Chair of the Irish Future Internet event, Oct 29, Dublin, Ireland

  11. Publication Chair of 4th IFIP/IEEE Manweek 2008 [DSOM, MMNS, IPOM, MACE, EVGM, NGNM 2008], 22-26 Sep 2008, Samos, Greece

  12. Tutorials Co-Chair of the Pervasive 2008: May 19-22, Sydney, Australia

  13. Publication Chair of 3rd IFIP/IEEE Manweek 2007 [DSOM, MMNS, IPOM, MACE, EVGM 2007], Oct 29 - Nov 2, San Jose, USA

  14. Local arrangements Chair of the 32nd IEEE LCN 2007, 15-18 Oct 2007, Dublin, Ireland

  15. Tutorials Co-Chair of the Pervasive 2007: May 13-16, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  16. General Chair of MUCS 2007: 4th International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, May 25, Munich, Germany (in cooperation with the 10th IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2007)

  17. Publication Chair of IFIP/IEEE Manweek 2006 [DSOM, MMNS, IPOM, MACE, AGNM 2006]

  18. Corporate Contact Chair of the 31st IEEE LCN 2006

  19. Publication Chair of the IEEE WMCS 2006

  20. Late Breaking Results Co-Chair of the Pervasive 2006: May 7-10, Dublin, Ireland
    and Local Organising Committee member

  21. Co-chair of the Dagstuhl seminar
    Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications March 14-19, 2004, Dagstuhl, Germany

Journal Editing

Committee Memberships

Books

  1. Declan O'Sullivan, Tom Pfeifer, Burkhard Stiller (Eds.):
    Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services. 7th IEEE International Workshop, MUCS 2010, Mannheim, Germany, 29th March 2010. Proceedings. - IEEE Xplore Digital Library,
    also published: Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-15-7, 80 pp

  2. Tom Pfeifer, Paolo Bellavista (Eds.):
    Wired-Wireless Multimedia Networks and Services Management. 12th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services, MMNS 2009, Venice, Italy, October 26-27, 2009. Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer LNCS Vol. 5842, ISBN 978-3-642-04993-4, 201+12 pp, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-04994-1

  3. Tom Pfeifer, Declan O'Sullivan, Sajal Das (Eds.):
    Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services. Sixth International Workshop, MUCS 2009, Barcelona, Spain, 15th June 2009. Proceedings. - New York, ACM Digital Library, ISBN 978-1-60558-579-6, Order Nr 102091
    also published: Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-13-3, 84 pp

  4. Tom Pfeifer, John Krumm (Eds:):
    Pervasive Computing Tutorials. Sixth International Conference, Pervasive 2008. Sydney, Australia. Tutorials, 22th May 2008. - Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-11-9, 188 pp

  5. Deep Medhi, José, Marcos Nogueira, Tom Pfeifer, S. Felix Wu (Eds.):
    IP Operations and Management. 7th IEEE International Workshop, IPOM 2007, San José, USA, October 31- November 2, 2007, Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer LNCS Vol. 4786, ISBN 978-3-540-75852-5, 204+12 pp

  6. Dilip Krishnaswamy, Tom Pfeifer, Danny Raz (Eds.):
    Real-Time Mobile Multimedia Services. 10th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services, MMNS 2007, San José, USA, October 31 - November 2, 2007, Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer LNCS Vol. 4787, ISBN 978-3-540-75868-6, 200+12 pp

  7. Tom Pfeifer, John Strassner, Simon Dobson (Eds.):
    Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services. Fourth International Workshop, MUCS 2007, Munich, Germany, 25th May 2007. Proceedings. - Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-07-2, 224 pp

  8. John Krumm, Tom Pfeifer (Eds:):
    Pervasive Computing Tutorials. Fifth International Conference, Pervasive 2007. Toronto, Canada. Tutorials, 16th May 2007. - Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-08-9, 242 pp

  9. Radu State, Sven van der Meer, Declan O'Sullivan, Tom Pfeifer (Eds.):
    Large Scale Management of Distributed Systems. 17th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management, DSOM 2006, Dublin, Ireland, Oct 2006, Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer LNCS Vol. 4269, ISBN 3-540-47659-8, 304 pp

  10. Ahmed Helmy, Brendan Jennings, Liam Murphy, Tom Pfeifer (Eds.):
    Autonomic Management of Mobile Multimedia Services. 9th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services, MMNS 2006, Dublin, Ireland, Oct 2006, Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer LNCS Vol. 4267, ISBN 3-540-47654-7, 276 pp

  11. Tom Pfeifer; Albrecht Schmidt; Woontack Woo, et al. (Eds.):
    Advances in Pervasive Computing 2006. Adjunct Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing, May 07-10, 2006, Dublin, Ireland. - Vienna: Austrian Computer Society, ISBN 3-85403-207-2, OCG Band 207, 243 pp

  12. Tom Pfeifer:
    Automatic Conversion of Communication Media. Dissertation.
    Berlin: Multicon, 2000, ISBN 3-930736-01-2, 246 pp., 144 fig., 21 cm x 29.4 cm
    also published in: GMD Research Series 2000/1, ISBN 3-88457-374-8, Birlinghoven: GMD, 2000
    (send me an email for electronic version or hardcopy)

Chapters

Journal Papers

  1. Tom Pfeifer, Vincent Wade, Nazim Agoulmine:
    Editorial. Special Issue in Pervasive Management
    International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications (JPCC)
    Volume 2, Issue 3 (Sep 2006), pp. 217-218, Bingley, UK: Emerald / (originally Leicester: Troubador), ISSN 1742-7371

  2. Tom Pfeifer
    "Redundant Positioning Architecture"
    Computer Communications, Vol. 28 (2005) 13, pp. 1575-1585 (2 August 2005)
    Amsterdam (NL): Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., North-Holland, ISSN: 0140-3664, online on Elsevier: doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2004.12.042

  3. Tom Pfeifer
    Editorial. Special Issue on Ubiquitous Computing
    Computer Communications, Vol. 26 (2003) 11, pp. 1129-1130
    Amsterdam (NL): Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., North-Holland, ISSN: 0140-3664, online on Elsevier: doi:/10.1016/S0140-3664(02)00247-5

  4. Tom Pfeifer, Thomas Magedanz
    "Unified Messaging + Medienflexibilität = Allgegenwärtige Erreichbarkeit!"
    PIK Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation, Vol 21 (1998) Nr. 3, Jul-Sep
    München: K.G. Saur Verlag, 1998; pp. 140 - 143, ISSN 0930-5157, pdf

  5. Tom Pfeifer; Andreas Blobelt
    "Local Storage Systems for Continuous Data with Heterogeneous Timing Requirements"
    Computer Communications, Vol. 18 (1995) No. 3, March 1995; pp. 160 - 169
    Amsterdam (NL): Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., North-Holland, ISSN: 0140-3664, online on Elsevier: doi:10.1016/0140-3664(95)98539-H

  6. Tom Pfeifer
    "Bestandsaufnahme Multimedia - Anspruch und Wirklichkeit"
    DV Management, Vol 2 (1992) Nr. 4
    Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin Bielefeld München, 1992, pp. 183 - 194, ISSN 0939-8856

Refereed Conference Publications

    [2004-2010] TSSG - International publications

  1. Korbinian Frank, Matthias Röckl, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Optimizing Dynamic Composition of Bayesian Networks for Context Sensing and Inference" 35th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2010, Denver, Colorado, October 11-14, [accepted] for IEEE Computer Society Press / IEEEXplore

  2. Korbinian Frank, Matthias Röckl, María Josefa Vera Nadales, Patrick Robertson, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Comparison of Exact Static and Dynamic Bayesian Context Inference Methods for Activity Recognition" MUCS 2010: 7th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, March 29, Mannheim, Germany, in cooperation with the 8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2010, IEEE Computer Society Press (IEEE Xplore), hardcopy by Multicon, Schöneiche, ISBN 978-3-930736-15-7

  3. John Strassner, Sung-Su Kim, Tom Pfeifer, Sven van der Meer:
    "An Architecture for Using Metadata to Manage Ubiquitous Communications and Services: A Position Paper" MUCS 2010: 7th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, March 29, Mannheim, Germany, in cooperation with the 8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2010, IEEE Computer Society Press (IEEE Xplore), hardcopy by Multicon, Schöneiche, ISBN 978-3-930736-15-7

  4. Robert Mullins, Shane Dempsey, Tom Pfeifer:
    "An Architecture for IMS Services Using Open Source Infrastructure"
    MMNS 2009: 12th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services, Oct 26-27, Venice, Italy, (Manweek), Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer Vol. LNCS 5842, ISBN 978-3-642-04993-4, pp 176-182, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-04994-1_15

  5. Tom Pfeifer, Paul Savage, Bronwen Robinson:
    "Managing the Culloden Battlefield Invisible Mobile Guidance Experience"
    MUCS 2009: 6th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, June 15, Barcelona, Spain, in cooperation with the 6th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communications, ICAC 2009, ACM Digital Library, ISBN 978-1-60558-579-6 /09/06 (doi:10.1145/1555321.1555333) and Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-13-3, p. 59-65

  6. Carsten Pils, Ioanna Roussaki, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Federation and Sharing in the Context Marketplace"
    3rd International Symposium on Location- and Context-Awareness (LoCA 2007), Oberpfaffenhofen/Munich, German, Sep 20-21, 2007, in cooperation with UbiComp 2007, Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer Vol. LNCS 4718, ISBN 3-540-75159-9, pp 312, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/978-3-540-75160-1_8

  7. Tom Pfeifer, Paul Malone:
    "Digital Ecosystem for Cross-domain Context Sensing and Trading"
    32th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2007, Dublin, October 15-18, 2007
    IEEE Computer Society Press (Catalog Number E3000), ISBN 978-0-7695-3000-0; pp. 228-230, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/LCN.2007.126

  8. Paul Malone, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Cross-domain Context Sensing and Knowledge Sharing Ecosystem"
    4th International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, MUCS 2007, Munich, Germany, May 25, 2007, Proceedings. - Schöneiche: multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-07-2, pp 165-173

  9. Jonathan Brazil, Tom Pfeifer, Willie Donnelly, Barry Downes:
    "Managing Peer-to-Peer Multimedia Asset Distribution and Intellectual Property across Heterogeneous Networks"
    4th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia, MoMM 2006, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Dec 4-6, 2006, Proceedings. - Vienna: Austrian Computer Society, ISBN 978-3-85403-215-1, OCG Vol. 215, pp 189-198

  10. Tom Pfeifer, Kieran Sullivan, Mícheál Ó Foghlú:
    "Scalability of Location Sensor Data Fusion"
    31th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2006, Tampa, November 14-17, 2006
    IEEE Computer Society Press (Catalog Number 06TH8888C), ISBN 0-4244-0419-3; pp. 565-566, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/LCN.2006.322171

  11. Tom Pfeifer, Paul Savage, Jonathan Brazil, Barry Downes:
    "VidShare: A Management platform for Peer-to-Peer Multimedia Asset Distribution across Heterogeneous Access Networks with Intellectual Property Management"
    in: Autonomic Management of Mobile Multimedia Services. 9th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services, MMNS 2006, Dublin, Ireland, Oct 25-27, 2006, Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer Vol. LNCS 4267, ISBN 3-540-47654-7, pp 116-123, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/11907381_11

  12. Carsten Pils, Ioanna Roussaki, Maria Strimpakou, Tom Pfeifer, Nikos Kalatzis:
    "Context-Awareness establishment in the Pervasive Service Platform of Daidalos"
    e-challenges 2006, 25-27 Oct 2006, Barcelona, Spain. - in: P & M Cunningham: Exploiting the Knowledge Economy. - Amsterdam: IOS Press ISBN 1-58603-682-3, Vol. 3, pp. 1680-1687

  13. Yuping Yang, Fiona Mahon, M. Howard Williams, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Context-aware Dynamic Personalised Service Re-Composition in a Pervasive Service Environment"
    in: Ma, J.; Jin, H.; Yang, L.T.; Tsai, J.J.-P. (Eds.): Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, 3rd International Conference, UIC 2006, Wuhan, China, Sep 3-6, 2006, pp. 724-735
    Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer LNCS Vol. 4159, ISBN 978-3-540-38091, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/11833529_74

  14. Tom Pfeifer, Helene Haughney, Barry Downes:
    "UGetMobile End-user Mobile Publishing Platform"
    WMCS'06: The Third IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Commerce and Services
    San Francisco, USA, June 26, 2006
    in: Proc. of the 8th IEEE International Conference on E-Commerce Technology, CEC 2006. Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press Vol P2511, ISBN 978-0-7695-2511-2, pp 495-503, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/CEC-EEE.2006.93

  15. Robert Mullins, Fiona Mahon, Christoph Kuhmuench, Micheál Crotty, Jelena Mitic, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Daidalos: A Platform for Facilitating Pervasive Services"
    Pervasive 2006: 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing, May 07-10, 2006, Dublin, Ireland
    in: Advances in Pervasive Computing 2006. Adjunct Proceedings, Vienna: Austrian Computer Society, ISBN 3-85403-207-2, OCG Vol. 207, pp 167-172

  16. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Tom Pfeifer, Jadwiga Indulska:
    "Active Node supporting Context-aware Vertical Handover in Pervasive Computing Environment with Redundant Positioning."
    IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2006, ISWPC2006, 16-18 Jan 2006, Phuket, Thailand
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7803-9411-9, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/ISWPC.2006.1613613

  17. Tom Pfeifer:
    "Autonomic Position Management."
    IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2006, ISWPC2006, 16-18 Jan 2006, Phuket, Thailand
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7803-9411-9, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/ISWPC.2006.1613612

  18. Tom Pfeifer:
    "Secure Cross-Domain Positioning Architecture for Autonomic Systems"
    The IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks 30th Anniversary, LCN 2005
    Sydney, November 15-17, 2005
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-2421-4; pp. 507-508, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/LCN.2005.121

  19. Tom Pfeifer, Barry Downes:
    "m-Mag: The Mobile Magazine Services Platform"
    WMCS'05: The Second IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Commerce and Services
    Munich, Germany, July 18-19, 2005
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-2391-9; pp. 122-129, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/WMCS.2005.13

  20. Barry Downes, Tom Pfeifer, Conor Ryan:
    "Mobile Operator Publishing and Entertainment Platform"
    ICMB 2005, The Fourth International IEEE Conference on Mobile Business
    Sydney, Australia, July 11-13, 2005
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-2367-6; pp. 180-186, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/ICMB.2005.66

  21. Tom Pfeifer:
    "Synergetic Positioning Architecture for Location-dependent Services"
    29th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2004
    Tampa, Florida USA, November 16-18, 2004
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-2260-2; pp. 404-406, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/LCN.2004.122

  22. Tom Pfeifer:
    "Redundancy vs. Imperfect Positioning for Context-dependent Services"
    Workshop on Advanced Context Modelling, Reasoning and Management, in conjunction with
    Ubicomp 2004, 6th International ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing,
    Nottingham, England, September 7-10, 2004

    [2004-2006] TSSG - National publications Ireland

  23. Tom Pfeifer, Barry Downes, Peter Elger:
    "A 3G Mobile Services Eco-system: Catalyst"
    IT&T 2005, Information Technology & Telecommunications annual conference
    Cork, Ireland, Oct 26-27, 2005
    TecNet, ISSN 1649-1246; pp. 205-211,

  24. Kieran Sullivan, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Privacy vs. High Granularity in Location-Aware Services: Mutually exclusive entities?"
    Short paper and Poster. IT&T 2005, Information Technology & Telecommunications annual conference
    Cork, Ireland, Oct 26-27, 2005
    TecNet, ISSN 1649-1246; pp. 223-225

  25. Fiona Mahon, Tom Pfeifer, Micheal Crotty:
    "Scenario Based Methodologies in Identifying Ubicomp Application Sets"
    Short paper and Poster.IT&T 2005, Information Technology & Telecommunications annual conference
    Cork, Ireland, Oct 26-27, 2005
    TecNet, ISSN 1649-1246; pp. 281-283

  26. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Tom Pfeifer:
    "M-Zones Active Node support for Autonomic Communications supporting Pervasive Systems"
    Short paper and Poster. IT&T 2005, Information Technology & Telecommunications annual conference
    Cork, Ireland, Oct 26-27, 2005
    TecNet, ISSN 1649-1246; pp. 227-229

  27. Andrew Betson, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Combining Positioning Devices in Pervasive Computing Environments"
    ITSCRC 2004, 8th Science and Computing Research Colloquium,
    Waterford, Ireland, May 26-28, 2004

    [1999-2003] Fraunhofer (GMD) FOKUS - International Publications

  28. Tom Pfeifer, Radu Popescu-Zeletin:
    "Seamless Integration of Distributed Internet Devices for Pervasive Architectures"
    FTDCS 2003, 9th International Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems,
    San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 28-30, 2003,
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society, ISBN 0-7695-1910-5; pp. 70-76, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/FTDCS.2003.1204301, pdf manuscript

  29. Tom Pfeifer, Dirk Elias:
    "Commercial Hybrid IR/RF Local Positioning System"
    KiVS'2003, Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen,
    Leipzig, Germany, Feb 26-28, 2003,
    in: Irmscher, K; Fähnrich, K-P: KiVS 2003. Kurzbeiträge, Praxisberichte. - Berlin, Offenbach: VDE Verlag, ISBN 3-8007-2753-6; pp. 119-127, pdf

  30. Timo Kyntäjä, Tom Pfeifer, Denis Mischler, Juha Pärkkä:
    "Wireless Residential Network based on IPv6"
    5th IEEE Intl. Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC 2002,
    Honolulu, Hawaii, October 27-30, 2002
    ISBN 0-7803-7442-8 (Softcover), ISBN 0-7803-7443-6 (CD-ROM), IEEE EX568-TBR, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/WPMC.2002.1088244

  31. Tom Pfeifer, Jan Harder, Dirk Elias:
    "Pervasive Smart IP Devices"
    Demo Session on Pervasive 2002 - Intl. Conf. on Pervasive Computing
    Zurich, Switzerland, August 26-28 2002, pdf

  32. Tom Pfeifer, Hermann Hartenthaler:
    "Internet Embedded Control Networks - A Reality Check"
    Proc. of 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, SCI 2002
    Orlando, Florida USA, July 14-18, 2002;
    International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS): Proc. SCI 2002/ISAS 2002 VOLUME XII (Industrial Systems and Engineering II), ISBN 980-07-8150-1 (hardcopy), 980-07-8146-3 (CD). pdf

  33. Tom Pfeifer, Andreas Micklei, Hermann Hartenthaler:
    "Internet-integrated Building Control: Leaving the Lab - Robust, Scalable and Secure"
    26th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2001
    Tampa, Florida USA, November 14-16, 2001
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-1321-2; pp. 306-315, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/LCN.2001.990800, pdf manuscript

  34. Tom Pfeifer:
    "Internet - Intranet - Infranet: A Modular Integrating Architecture"
    7th IEEE Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems, FTDCS'99
    Cape Town, South Africa, December 20-22, 1999
    Los Alamitos (USA); IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-0468-X; pp. 81 - 86, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/FTDCS.1999.818788, pdf manuscript

    [1992-1999] TU Berlin - International Publications

  35. Tom Pfeifer, Radu Popescu-Zeletin:
    "A Modular Location-Aware Service and Application Platform",
    The Fourth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC'99,
    Red Sea, Egypt, July 6-8, 1999
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-0250-4; pp. 137 - 148, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/ISCC.1999.780788, pdf manuscript

  36. Tom Pfeifer; Sven van der Meer:
    "The Active Store providing Quality Enhanced Unified Messaging",
    Proc. of 5th Conference on Computer Communications, AFRICOM-CCDC'98,
    Tunis, Tunesia, Oct 20-22, 1998, pp. 279-293, pdf

  37. Radu Popescu-Zeletin; Tom Pfeifer; Stephan Hübener; Martin Vetter; Thomas Magedanz:
    "Applying Location-Aware Computing for Electronic Commerce: Mobile Guide",
    Proc. of 5th Conference on Computer Communications, AFRICOM-CCDC'98,
    Tunis, Tunesia, Oct 20-22, 1998, pp. 233-246, pdf

  38. Tom Pfeifer; Thomas Magedanz; Stephan Hübener:
    "Mobile Guide - Location-Aware Applications from the Lab to the Market". -
    Plagemann, Th.; Goebel, V. (Eds.):
    Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services, 5th International Workshop, IDMS'98,
    Oslo, Norway, Sep 8-11, 1998
    Springer: LNCS, Vol. 1483, Berlin et al., ISBN 3-540-64955-7, pp. 15-28, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/BFb0055300, pdf manuscript

  39. Tom Pfeifer; Stefan Arbanowski; Radu Popescu-Zeletin:
    "Resource Selection in Heterogeneous Communication Environments using the Teleservice Descriptor",
    4th COST 237 Workshop: From Multimedia Services to Network Services,
    Lisboa, Dec 15-19, 1997
    Springer: LNCS, Vol. 1356, Berlin et al., ISBN 3-540-63935-7, pp. 132-153, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/BFb0026623, pdf

  40. Tom Pfeifer; Thomas Magedanz; Radu Popescu-Zeletin:
    "Intelligent Handling of Communication Media",
    5th IEEE Workshop on future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems (FTDCS'97),
    Tunis, Tunisia, Oct 29-31, 1997
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-8186-8153-5; pp. 144 - 151, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/FTDCS.1997.644717, pdf

  41. Tom Pfeifer; Radu Popescu-Zeletin:
    "Generic Conversion of Communication Media for Supporting Personal Mobility",
    Third Int. COST 237 workshop: Multimedia, Telecommunications, and Applications,
    Barcelona, Spain, November 25-27, 1996
    Springer: LNCS, Vol. 1185, Berlin et al., ISBN 3-540-62069-6, pp. 104-129, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/BFb0020852, pdf

  42. Tom Pfeifer; Frank Gadegast; Thomas Magedanz
    "Applying Quality-of-Service Parametrization for Medium-to-medium Conversion"
    Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks,
    Potsdam, Aug 25-28, 1996,
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press

  43. Tom Pfeifer
    "Speech Synthesis in the Intelligent Personal Communication Support System (IPCSS)"
    Bateman, J. (ed.): Proceedings of the 2nd 'Speak!' Workshop on Speech Generation in Multimodal Information Systems and Practical Applications
    Darmstadt, Germany, Nov 02-03, 1995
    GMD-Studien Nr. 302, GMD, Darmstadt 1996, ISBN 3-88457-302-0, ISSN 0170-8120, pp. 44-50

  44. Tom Pfeifer
    "Optical Latency Storage - Unifying Data Communication in Space and Time"
    Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks
    Marathon, Florida, Mar 26-29, 1995,
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 315 - 322

  45. Thomas Magedanz; Tim Eckardt; Tom Pfeifer
    "On the Convergence of Distributed Computing and Telecommunications in the Field of Personal Communications"
    KiVS'1995, Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen,
    Chemnitz, Germany, Feb 22-24, 1995
    in: Franke, K.; Hüber, U.; Kalfa, W. (eds.): Proceedings der GI/ITG Fachtagung Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen (KiVS)
    Berlin: Springer, GI Informatik Aktuell, ISBN: 3-540-58960-0; pp. 46 - 60

  46. Tom Pfeifer
    "Micronet Machines - New Architectural Approaches for Multimedia End-Systems"
    Proceedings of the IEEE 4th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV)
    Lancaster, UK, Mar 03-05, 1993
    Los Alamitos, Californien (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 19 - 31

Journal Reviews of Literature

Early Technical Papers

Invited Speeches

Reports

PhD examination, supervision and counselling

PhD examination and supervision:

Kris McGlinn [University of Dublin, Trinty College] - Evaluating Smart Building Applications Using Virtual Reality and Context Simulation, 2010 [Examiner]
Korbinian Frank [WIT/TSSG] - in progress for 2011 - Bayesian Inference in Context Aware Frameworks [Supervisor]
Ray Carroll [WIT/TSSG] - in progress for 2010 - Bio-inspired Service Management for the Future Internet [Examiner]

PhD counselling:

Keara Barrett [WIT/TSSG] - 2009 - Dynamic Adaptation of Policies in Ubiquitous Environments, with Contextual Information as the e Catalyst
Alan Davy [WIT/TSSG] - 2008 - Measurement based Quality of Service Control for Communications Networks
Venet Osmani [WIT/TSSG] - 2008 - Dynamic Abstraction and Provisioning of Context Information
Chamil Kulatunga [WIT/TSSG] - 2005 - Ensuring End-To-End QoS in IP Networks: Design and Implementation of A DiffServ Bandwidth Broker
Jens Hünerberg [FhG FOKUS] - Seamless Location Aware Computing, 2000-2003, FOKUS Scientific counselor for PhD thesis
Sven van der Meer [FhG FOKUS] - Middleware and Application Management Architecture, 2001-2002, Scientific counselling for PhD thesis within TU Berlin / FhG FOKUS cooperation

Research Masters (MSc and MEng) Theses supervision and examination, Ireland

Gary O'Connor [Cork Institute of Technology] - MEng - Trust Based Agent Geographic Coalition formation for Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2009 [Examiner]
Yu Feng - Cross-Domain Context Aggregation Architecture, in progess for 2008 [Supervisor]
Andrew Betson - A Positioning Information Framework for Heterogeneous Sensor Networks, in progess for 2007 [Supervisor]
Martin Murphy - Visual Positioning Technology, in progress for 2007 [Supervisor]
Áine McCarthy [Cork Institute of Technology] - Linux Based PDA Gateway for Wireless Sensor Networks, 2006 [Examiner]
Kieran Sullivan - Data Fusion Methodologies Evaluation for Redundant Positioning, 2006 [Supervisor]
Michael White - Context-driven, User-centric Adaptive Access Control for Smart Spaces via XACML Policies, 2005 [Examiner]
Karen Doyle - A Prototype Context Information System using the Jena Semantic Web Framework and the Web Ontology Language OWL, 2005 [Supervisor]
Jason Finnegan - A Universal Context Engine, 2004 [Examiner]
Stephen Greene - Context-Aware Wireless Service System - Infrastructure and Implementation, 2004 [Examiner]

Taught Masters (MSc) and Mini-Theses supervision and examination, Ireland

Alan Walsh - Secure heterogeneous access to context-aware services, 2010 [Supervisor]
Frank Walsh - GPS Accuracy and Autocorrection, 2009 [Examiner]
Stephen Garvey - Context indoor outdoor transition, 2010 [Supervisor]
Bjoern Saull - 6 months intern and thesis: Redundant Positioning Abstraction Layer, 2008
Martin Dommermuth - 6 months intern and thesis: Redundant Positioning Testbed, 2008
Michael Frey - 6 months intern and thesis: Sensor networks, 2008
Axel Emmer - 6 months intern and thesis: Ubisense Measurements and Calibration, 2007
Maqsood Mushtaq Authentication and Encryption Mechanism for Exchange of Context Data between Mobile Users and Infrastructure in Cooperating and non Cooperating Domains - Design and Evaluation, 2008 [Supervisor]
Wei Li - Tradeability and Quality of Context, 2007 [Supervisor]
Martin Murphy - Visual Positioning Systems, 2006 [Supervisor]

Diploma Theses (Dipl.-Ing. and Dipl.-Inform.) and undergraduate Studies supervision, Technical University of Berlin, Germany

Andreas Wille - Three Tier Middleware for Database Access Services, 28.02.2000
Jens Hünerberg - Evaluating Object Oriented Databases for a Location Aware Application Platform, 28.12.1999
Andreas Micklei - Managing relational databases in Java, 07.07.1999
Knut Lassmann - Generic Database Services for Location Aware Applications, 04.07.1999
Andreas Rieß - Entwicklung und Implementierung eines modularen Application Programming Interface (API) für variante Datenbanken, 18.11.1998
Sven Mathing - Plattformunabhängige Benutzeroberfläche für ein interaktives multimediales Kiosk-System, 18.11.1998
Ester Camara - ERASMUS - Data Collection for Location Aware Applications, 19.05.1998
Stephan Steglich - Management of Distributed Objects in Middleware Plattforms, 22.04.1998
Stefan Franz - Job and Stream Control in Heterogenous Hardware and Software Architectures, 22.04.1998
Markus Zell - Selection of Converter Chains by means of Quality of Service Analysis, 13.02.1998
Metin Çetinkaya - Integration of asynchronous communication services into the intelligent Personal Communication Support System (iPCSS), 07.02.1998
Andreas Dannert - Call Logic Service for a Personal Communication supporting System, 20.01.1998
Stefan Arbanowski - Generic Description of Telecommunication Services and Dynamic Resource Selection in Intelligent Communication Environments, 09.10.1996
Sven van der Meer - Dynamic Configuration Management of the Equipment in Distributed Communication Environments, 09.10.1996
Frank Gadegast - TCP/IP-basierte Dienste zur Speicherung von Multimedia-Daten, 21.12.1995
Robert Krüger - Modellierung und Implementierung eines modular erweiterbaren Registrierungsdienst, 11.12.1995
Ralf Dziallas - Software-Architektur für einen Audio/Video-Server, 01.08.1994

Undergraduate Theses (Studienarbeiten):

Simon Dutkowski - Remote Access to Multimedia-Message-Store, 12.07.1998
Andreas Dannert - CORBA Based Design and Implementation of a Personal Numbering Plan within the PCSS User Profile Management Service, 25.10.1996
Robert Krüger - Modellierung und Implementierrung eines elektronischen Lokalisierungsdienstes basierend auf Active Badges, 24.02.1995
Jens-Uwe Schultz - Forward Error Correction in Laufzeitspeichern, 08.12.1995
Andreas Blobelt - Strategien und Algorithmen zur Speicherung von Multimedia-Daten mit gemischten Zeitanforderungen in lokalen Filesystemen, 23.03.1994