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      A comprehensive context modeling framework for pervasive computing systems 

      Reichle, R.; Wagner, M.; Khan, M. U.; Geihs, K.; Lorenzo, J.; Valla, M.; Fra, C.; Paspallis, Nearchos; Papadopoulos, George Angelos (2008)
      Context management in pervasive computing environments must reflect the specific characteristics of these environments, e.g. distribution, mobility, resource-constrained devices, or heterogeneity of context sources. Although ...
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      A comprehensive solution for application-level adaptation 

      Reichle, R.; Geihs, K.; Barone, P.; Eliassen, F.; Floch, J.; Fricke, R.; Gjorven, E.; Hallsteinsen, S.; Horn, G.; Khan, M. U.; Mamelli, Alessandro; Papadopoulos, George Angelos; Paspallis, Nearchos; Stav, E. (2009)
      Driven by the emergence of mobile and pervasive computing there is a growing demand for contextaware software systems that can dynamically adapt to their run-time environment. We present the results of project MADAM that ...
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      A context aware recommender system for creativity support tools 

      Sielis, George A.; Mettouris, Christos; Papadopoulos, George Angelos; Tzanavari, Aimilia; Dols, R. M. G.; Siebers, Q. (2011)
      The development of methods that can enhance the creativity process is becoming a continuous necessity. Through the years several researchers modelled and defined creativity focusing to the psychological aspect of the topic. ...
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      Distributed context management in a Mobility and Adaptation Enabling Middleware (MADAM) 

      Mikalsen, M.; Paspallis, Nearchos; Floch, J.; Stav, E.; Papadopoulos, George Angelos; Chimaris, Avraam N. (2006)
      As computing devices are getting smaller, we tend to bring them everywhere. Consequently the operating conditions of the devices are constantly changing (e.g. changing user requirements, change in the system context and ...
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      Enhancing the creativity process by adding context awareness in creativity support tools 

      Sielis, George A.; Tzanavari, Aimilia; Papadopoulos, George Angelos (2009)
      The existence of creativity support tools establishes creativity as part of the Computer Science research. Therefore, the development of computational methods for the enhancement of creativity is undoubtedly a challenge. ...
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      A hybrid peer-to-peer solution for context distribution in mobile and ubiquitous environments 

      Hu, X.; Ding, Y.; Paspallis, Nearchos; Bratskas, Pyrros; Papadopoulos, George Angelos; Vanrompay, Y.; Pinheiro, M. K.; Berbers, Y. (2009)
      With the proliferation of mobile devices such as PDAs and smart-phones, users get accustomed to using them in their daily life. This raises the expectations for user-customized and environment-aware services. However, ...
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      A peer-to-peer based infrastructure for context distribution in mobile and ubiquitous environments 

      Hu, X.; Ding, Y.; Paspallis, Nearchos; Papadopoulos, George Angelos; Bratskas, Pyrros; Barone, P.; Mamelli, Alessandro; Vanrompay, Y.; Berbers, Y. (2007)
      The increasing proliferation of mobile devices has raised the expectations for user-customized and environment-aware services. However, mobile context-aware systems inherently feature characteristics of distribution and ...
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      A survey of software adaptation in mobile and ubiquitous computing 

      Kakousis, Konstantinos; Paspallis, Nearchos; Papadopoulos, George Angelos (2010)
      Driven by the vast proliferation of mobile devices and ubiquitous computing, dynamic software adaptation is becoming one of the most common terms in Software Engineering and Computer Science in general. After the evolution ...