Dipl.-Inf. Asa MacWilliams

This page is mainly of historical interest; my current web page is at www.macwilliams.de/asa. E-Mail:

I was a research assistant at the Technische Universität München from 2001 to 2004, and am still an occasional guest; you can best contact me by e-mail.

Research

My research interests include:

• Distributed service software architectures
• Adaptive middleware
• Context-aware computing
• Augmented reality

My Ph.D. advisor is Prof. Bernd Brügge, Ph.D.; my Ph.D. thesis, which is in the process of being reviewed, is A Decentralized Adaptive Architecture for Ubiquitous Augmented Reality Systems.

I have been involved in these research projects:

• DWARF (1999-today)
  • My focus is on the overall software architecture based on distributed services.
  • If anything is wrong with the DWARF Middleware, blame me.
  • I have been actively involved in Pathfinder^?, TRAMP, SHEEP, and ARCHIE.
  • I am currently involved in Ubiquitous Tracking, as well as helping with CAR.
  • Contact me if you need a new project acronym.
• UMTS / Mobile Wartung (2001-today)
  • This project is part of the Offensive Zukunft Bayern and focuses on mobile maintenance applications.
• Software Patterns for AR (2002-today)
  • Check out the Software Patterns for AR web site.
• ARVIKA (2002)
  • Together with Thomas Reicher, I conducted a study on AR software architectures within the ARVIKA project.

Workshops/Conferences:

• I was lucky to be able to help in preparing STARS 2003 - The International Workshop on Software Technology for Augmented Reality Systems.

Teaching

I was involved in supervising these student projects:

• ARCHIE (November 2002 - May 2003)
• SHEEP (March 2002 - October 2002)
• TRAMP (October 2001 - February 2002)

Students I have supervised or am currently supervising:

• Lothar Richter: Design and Practical Guidline to a CORBA-Based Communication Framework^? (Studienarbeit)
• Daniel Pustka: Visualizing Distributed Systems of Dynamically Cooperating Services (Systementwicklungsprojekt)
• Franz Strasser: Personalized Ubiquitous Computing with Handhelds in an Ad-Hoc Service Environment (Systementwicklungsprojekt)
• Fuat Atabey, Recep Kayali: Analysis and Modeling of Maintenance Workflows for Migration From Paper-based Maintenance Instructions to Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals for Rohde und Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG (Systementwicklungsprojekt)
• Markus Geipel: Run-time Development and Configuration of Dynamic Service Networks (Systementwicklungsprojekt)

Publications

	Ch. Endres, A. Butz, A. MacWilliams A Survey of Software Infrastructures and Frameworks for Ubiquitous Computing Mobile Information Systems Journal, Inauguration Issue: January-March 2005, IOSPress. (bib)
	J. Newman, M. Wagner, M. Bauer, A. MacWilliams, T. Pintaric, D. Beyer, D. Pustka, F. Strasser, D. Schmalstieg, G. Klinker Ubiquitous Tracking for Augmented Reality International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 2004, Arlington, VA, USA, Nov 2-4, 2004 (bib)
	A. MacWilliams Software Development Challenges for Ubiquitous Augmented Reality First Virtual and Augmented Reality Workshop of the Gesellschaft für Informatik, Chemnitz, September 2004 (bib)
	T. Reicher, A. MacWilliams, B. Bruegge Resource Dependency Manager Pattern Ninth European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP 2004), Irsee, Germany (bib)
	B. Bruegge, A. MacWilliams, T. Reicher Study on Software Architectures for Augmented Reality Systems Report to the ARVIKA consortium; technical report TUM-I0410 (bib)
	M. Wagner, A. MacWilliams, M. Bauer, G. Klinker, J. Newman, T. Pintaric, D. Schmalstieg Fundamentals of Ubiquitous Tracking Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing, Hot Spots section, Vienna, Austria, Apr. 18--23 2004 (bib)
	A. MacWilliams, T. Reicher, G. Klinker, B. Bruegge Design Patterns for Augmented Reality Systems Proc. of the International Workshop exploring the Design and Engineering of Mixed Reality Systems - MIXER 2004, Funchal, Madeira, CEUR Workshop Proceedings (bib)
	J. Newman, M. Wagner, T. Pintaric, A. MacWilliams, M. Bauer, G. Klinker, D. Schmalstieg Fundamentals of Ubiquitous Tracking for Augmented Reality Technical Report TUM-I0323, Technische Universität München; Technical Report TR-188-2-2003-34, Vienna University of Technology (bib)
	A. MacWilliams, C. Sandor, M. Wagner, M. Bauer, G. Klinker, B. Bruegge Herding Sheep: Live System Development for Distributed Augmented Reality Proceedings of The Second International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2003) (bib)
	T. Reicher, A. MacWilliams, B. Bruegge, G. Klinker Results of a Study on Software Architectures for Augmented Reality Systems Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2003) (bib)
	T. Reicher, A. MacWilliams, B. Bruegge Towards a System of Patterns for Augmented Reality Systems International Workshop on Software Technology for Augmented Reality Systems. Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 7, 2003 (bib)
	M. Bauer, O. Hilliges, A. MacWilliams, C. Sandor, M. Wagner, G. Klinker, J. Newman, G. Reitmayr, T. Pintaric, T. Fahmy, D. Schmalstieg Integrating Studierstube and DWARF International Workshop on Software Technology for Augmented Reality Systems. Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 7, 2003 (bib)
	A. MacWilliams, T. Reicher, B. Bruegge Decentralized Coordination of Distributed Interdependent Services IEEE Distributed Systems Online -- Middleware Work in Progress Papers, June 2003 (bib)
	A. MacWilliams Self-Extending Systems for Context-Aware Mobile Computing Doctoral Symposium at the 25th International Conference on Software Engineering (bib)
	A. MacWilliams, C. Sandor, M. Wagner Begrenzt offen: Mac OS X als Portierungsziel iX--Magazin für Professionelle Informationstechnik, 2/2003, pp. 90 (bib)
	C. Sandor, A. MacWilliams, M. Wagner, M. Bauer, G. Klinker SHEEP: The Shared Environment Entertainment Pasture Demo at IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality ISMAR 2002, Darmstadt, Germany, Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2002. (bib)
	M. Bauer, B. Bruegge, G. Klinker, A. MacWilliams, T. Reicher, C. Sandor, M. Wagner An Architecture Concept for Ubiquitous Computing Aware Wearable Computers International Workshop on Smart Appliances and Wearable Computing. Vienna, Austria, July 2, 2002 (bib)
	M. Bauer, B. Bruegge, G. Klinker, A. MacWilliams, T. Reicher, S. Riß, C. Sandor, M. Wagner Design of a Component-Based Augmented Reality Framework Proceedings of The Second IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Augmented Reality (ISAR 2001) (bib)
	A. MacWilliams Using Ad-Hoc Services for Mobile Augmented Reality Systems Diplomarbeit (bib)