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Volume 24 Number 1
Spring 2005
Special Issue on Pervasive Computing

SPECIAL ISSUE ON PERVASIVE COMPUTING

Guest Editors: Danielle Bütschi, Michèle Courant,
and Lorenz M. Hilty

SPECIAL ISSUE FEATURES

9     Links Between Sustainability and Technology Development*
       Mahshid Sotoudeh

15 Effects of Pervasive Computing on Sustainable Development*
       Andreas Koehler and Claudia Som

24 Privacy in Pervasive Computing Environments -
       A Contradiction in Terms?*
       Johann Čas

34 Fostering Sustainability via Trust Engines*
       Jean-Marc Seigneur

38 Towards Fault Tolerant Pervasive Computing*
       Shiva Chetan, Anand Ranganathan, and Roy Campbell

45 End-of-Life Impacts of Pervasive Computing*
       Philipp Kräuchi, P.A. Wäger, M. Eugster, G. Grossmann,
       and L. Hilty

DEPARTMENTS

3    Call for Papers - ISTAS`05
4    President's Message
5   Policy Perspectives
6    Book Reviews
7    Guest Editorial

Volume 24 Number 1 Spring 2005 Special Issue on Pervasive Computing

SPECIAL ISSUE ON PERVASIVE COMPUTING

Volume 24 Number 1
Spring 2005
Special Issue on Pervasive Computing