Automotive pervasive computing

Welcome to the special issue on automotive pervasive computing. As you will see, the automotive telematics community has moved well beyond the problems of connecting vehicles to each other and the infrastructure, and now the focus is turning to interactions between the vehicle and its occupants. In many ways, this evolution mirrors the transition from wireless and mobile systems to ubiquitous and pervasive computing - once we consider the users and their interactions, we immediately face a rich new space of problems and opportunities. In this issue, we present a snapshot of ongoing research in automotive pervasive computing that illustrates some of these trends.