Make IT matter: The opportunities and responsibilities of pervasive computing research

Summary form only given. Many technologists have been wooed by the vision of pervasive or ubiquitous computing. We must recall that much of the initial visions of this field urged a human-centric view of the challenges and opportunities. Much of the initial efforts in our field have addressed important technical challenges, but for the overall health and longevity of pervasive computing, we need to think beyond our own relatively small communities. In this talk, we try to show how our field must turn outward and think beyond the formulation of problems that we alone understand. We show some examples that use health, education and the home as case studies.