Publication and Membership list: Tom Pfeifer

Version: 15 Sep 2017 See http://www.tom-pfeifer.name/academic/publications.html for the latest version.

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Chairing
Journal Editing
Committee Memberships
Books
Chapters
Papers in Journals
White Papers
Papers as Refereed Conference Publications
Journal Reviews of Literature
Invited Speeches
Reports and Studies
PhD supervision, examination and counselling
Masters Theses supervision and examination, Ireland
Masters (Diploma) Theses supervision, Germany

Chairing
  1. Publication Chair of MUCS 2016: 13th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, March, Sydney, Australia (in cooperation with the 14th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2016)
  2. Publication Chair of MUCS 2015: 12th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, 23 March, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (in cooperation with the 13th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2015)
  3. Publication Chair of MUCS 2014: 11th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, March 2014, Budapest, Hungary (in cooperation with the 12th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2014)
  4. Workshop Chair of M2MCIP 2013: 1st IEEE International Workshop on Machine to Machine Communications Interfaces and Platforms, October 24, 2013, Sydney, Australia, in conjunction with The 38th IEEE Conference onLocal Computer Networks (IEEE LCN 2013)
  5. Publication Chair of MUCS 2013: 10th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, March 2013, San Diego, CA, USA (in cooperation with the 11th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2013)
  6. General Chair of the 37th IEEE LCN 2012, 22-25 Oct 2012, Clearwater, FL, Florida, USA
  7. Programme Committee Chair of MUCS 2012: 9th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, 19 March 2012, Lugano, Switzerland (in cooperation with the 10th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2012)
  8. Programme Committee Chair of the 36th IEEE LCN 2011, 4-7 Oct, Bonn, Germany
  9. Publication Chair of the 12th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2011, 23-27 May 2011, Dublin, Ireland
  10. Publication/Publicity Chair of MUCS 2011: 8th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, 21 March 2011, Seattle, USA (in cooperation with the 9th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2011)
  11. Publication Chair of MACE 2010: 5th IEEE International Workshop on Modelling Autonomic Communication Environments, 28 Oct 2010, Niagara Falls, Canada (in cooperation with the 6th IEEE International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2011)
  12. Programme Committee Co-Chair of the 35th IEEE LCN 2010, 11-14 Oct, Denver, Colorado, USA
  13. Programme Committee Co-Chair of MUCS 2010: 7th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, April, Mannheim, Germany (in cooperation with the 8th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2010)
  14. Conference Co-Chair of IFIP/IEEE MMNS 2009, 12th IFIP/IEEE International conference on Management of Multimedia & Mobile Networks and Services, Oct 26-30, Venice, Italy
  15. Publication Advisory Chair of 5th IFIP/IEEE Manweek 2009 [DSOM, MMNS, IPOM, MACE, NGNM 2009], Oct 26-30, Venice, Italy
  16. Publication Chair of the 34th IEEE LCN 2009, 20-23 Oct, Zurich, Switzerland
  17. General Chair of MUCS 2009: 6th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, June 15, Barcelona, Spain (in cooperation with the 6th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communications, ICAC 2009)
  18. Workshops Chair of the 33rd IEEE LCN 2008, Oct 20-23, Montreal, Canada
  19. Local Arrangements Chair of the Irish Future Internet event, Oct 29, Dublin, Ireland
  20. Publication Chair of 4th IFIP/IEEE Manweek 2008 [DSOM, MMNS, IPOM, MACE, EVGM, NGNM 2008], 22-26 Sep 2008, Samos, Greece
  21. Tutorials Co-Chair of the Pervasive 2008: May 19-22, Sydney, Australia
  22. Publication Chair of 3rd IFIP/IEEE Manweek 2007 [DSOM, MMNS, IPOM, MACE, EVGM 2007], Oct 29 - Nov 2, San Jose, USA
  23. Local arrangements Chair of the 32nd IEEE LCN 2007, 15-18 Oct 2007, Dublin, Ireland
  24. Tutorials Co-Chair of the Pervasive 2007: May 13-16, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  25. General Chair of MUCS 2007: 4th International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, May 25, Munich, Germany (in cooperation with the 10th IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2007)
  26. Publication Chair of IFIP/IEEE Manweek 2006 [DSOM, MMNS, IPOM, MACE, AGNM 2006]
  27. Corporate Contact Chair of the 31st IEEE LCN 2006
  28. Publication Chair of the IEEE WMCS 2006
  29. Late Breaking Results Co-Chair of the Pervasive 2006: May 7-10, Dublin, Ireland
    and Local Organising Committee member
  30. Co-chair of the Dagstuhl seminar
    Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications March 14-19, 2004, Dagstuhl, Germany

Journal Editing

Committee Memberships

Books

  1. Declan O'Sulivan, Burkhard Stiller, Tom Pfeifer, et al. (Series Eds.); Elena Gaura, Eryk Dutkiewicz (Volume Eds.):
    Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services 2016. 13th IEEE International Workshop, MUCS 2016, Sydney, Australia, 18th March 2016. Proceedings. - IEEE Xplore Digital Library, ISBN: t.b.a , E-ISBN t.b.a., DOI: t.b.a (PerCom Workshops);
    also published: Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-23-2, 70 pp

  2. Declan O'Sulivan, Burkhard Stiller, Tom Pfeifer, et al. (Series Eds.); Nicholas Race, Christine Julien (Volume Eds.):
    Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services 2015. 12th IEEE International Workshop, MUCS 2015, Saint Louis, USA, 23th March 2015. Proceedings. - IEEE Xplore Digital Library, ISBN: t.b.a , E-ISBN t.b.a., DOI: t.b.a (PerCom Workshops);
    also published: Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-22-5, 68 pp

  3. Anura Jayasumana, Damla Turgut, Tom Pfeifer (Eds.):
    Local Computer Networks. 37th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks and affiliated workshops, LCN 2012, Clearwater, FL, USA, October 22-25, 2012. Proceedings. - IEEE Computer Society Press, ca 1000pp
    Vol 1: LCN, ISBN: 978-1-4673-1563-0 (CD-ROM), ISBN: 978-1-4673-1564-7 (IEEE Xplore Digital Library)
    Vol 2: Workshops, ISBN: 978-1-4673-2128-0 (CD-ROM), ISBN: 978-1-4673-2129-7 (IEEE Xplore Digital Library)

  4. Tom Pfeifer, Burkhard Stiller, Declan O'Sulivan (Eds.):
    Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services 2012. 9th IEEE International Workshop, MUCS 2012, Lugano, Switzerland, 19th March 2012. Proceedings. - IEEE Xplore Digital Library, ISBN: t.b.a , E-ISBN t.b.a., DOI: t.b.a (PerCom Workshops);
    also published: Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-19-5, 88 pp

  5. Tom Pfeifer, Anura Jayasumana (Eds.):
    Local Computer Networks. 36th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks and affiliated workshops, LCN 2011, Bonn, Germany, October 4-7, 2011. Proceedings. - IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 978-1-61284-927-0 (CD-ROM, ca 1000 pp), ISBN 978-1-61284-928-7 (IEEE Xplore Digital Library, ca 1000 pp)

  6. Nazim Agoulmine, Claudio Bartolini, Tom Pfeifer, Declan O'Sullivan (Eds.):
    12th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2011), and affiliated workshops.
    Dublin, Ireland, 23-27 May.
    IEEE Communications Society, ISBN: 978-1-4244-9220-6 (USB, 1253 pp), ISBN 978-1-4244-9221-3 (IEEE Xplore Digital Library, 1257 pp) DOI: 10.1109/INM.2011.5990534

  7. Kevin Feeney, Joel Fleck II, John Strassner, James Won-Ki Hong, Taesang Choi, Declan O'Sullivan, Tom Pfeifer (Eds.):
    Management of Federations and Future Internet 2011.
    First IFIP/IEEE Workshop on Managing Federations and Cooperative Management, ManFed.CoM 2011.
    Third IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Management of the Future Internet, ManFI 2011.
    Dublin, Ireland, 23rd and 27th May, 2011, Proceedings. Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-17-1, 142 pp

  8. Burkhard Stiller, Rob Brennan, Sven van der Meer, Tom Pfeifer (Eds.):
    Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services 2011. 8th IEEE International Workshop, MUCS 2011, Seattle, Washington, USA, 21th March 2011. Proceedings. - IEEE Xplore Digital Library, ISBN: 978-1-61284-938-6, E-ISBN 978-1-61284-936-2, DOI: 10.1109/PERCOMW.2011.5766837 ;
    also published: Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-16-4, 98 pp

  9. Chun Tung Chou, Tom Pfeifer (Eds.):
    Local Computer Networks. 35th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks and affiliated workshops, LCN 2010, Denver, Colorado, October 11-14, 2010. Proceedings. - IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 978-1-4244-8388-4 (CD-ROM, 1110 pp), ISBN 978-1-4244-8389-1 (IEEE Xplore Digital Library, 1083 pp), DOI: 10.1109/LCN.2010.5735639

  10. Declan O'Sullivan, Tom Pfeifer, Burkhard Stiller (Eds.):
    Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services. 7th IEEE International Workshop, MUCS 2010, Mannheim, Germany, 29th March 2010. Proceedings. - IEEE Xplore Digital Library, ISBN: 978-1-4244-6605-4, E-ISBN 978-1-4244-6604-7, DOI: 10.1109/PERCOMW.2010.5470576;
    also published: Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-15-7, 80 pp

  11. Tom Pfeifer, Paolo Bellavista (Eds.):
    Wired-Wireless Multimedia Networks and Services Management. 12th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services, MMNS 2009, Venice, Italy, October 26-27, 2009. Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer LNCS Vol. 5842, ISBN 978-3-642-04993-4, 201+12 pp, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04994-1

  12. Tom Pfeifer, Declan O'Sullivan, Sajal Das (Eds.):
    Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services. Sixth International Workshop, MUCS 2009, Barcelona, Spain, 15th June 2009. Proceedings. - New York, ACM Digital Library, ISBN 978-1-60558-579-6, Order Nr 102091
    also published: Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-13-3, 84 pp

  13. Tom Pfeifer, John Krumm (Eds:):
    Pervasive Computing Tutorials 2. Sixth International Conference, Pervasive 2008. Sydney, Australia. Tutorials, 22th May 2008. - Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-11-9, 188 pp

  14. Deep Medhi, José, Marcos Nogueira, Tom Pfeifer, S. Felix Wu (Eds.):
    IP Operations and Management. 7th IEEE International Workshop, IPOM 2007, San José, USA, October 31- November 2, 2007, Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer LNCS Vol. 4786, ISBN 978-3-540-75852-5, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75853-2, 204+12 pp

  15. Dilip Krishnaswamy, Tom Pfeifer, Danny Raz (Eds.):
    Real-Time Mobile Multimedia Services. 10th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services, MMNS 2007, San José, USA, October 31 - November 2, 2007, Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer LNCS Vol. 4787, ISBN 978-3-540-75868-6, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75869-3, 200+12 pp

  16. Tom Pfeifer, John Strassner, Simon Dobson (Eds.):
    Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services. Fourth International Workshop, MUCS 2007, Munich, Germany, 25th May 2007. Proceedings. - Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-07-2, 224 pp

  17. John Krumm, Tom Pfeifer (Eds:):
    Pervasive Computing Tutorials. Fifth International Conference, Pervasive 2007. Toronto, Canada. Tutorials, 16th May 2007. - Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-08-9, 242 pp

  18. Radu State, Sven van der Meer, Declan O'Sullivan, Tom Pfeifer (Eds.):
    Large Scale Management of Distributed Systems. 17th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management, DSOM 2006, Dublin, Ireland, Oct 2006, Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer LNCS Vol. 4269, ISBN 3-540-47659-8, DOI: 10.1007/11907466, 304 pp

  19. Ahmed Helmy, Brendan Jennings, Liam Murphy, Tom Pfeifer (Eds.):
    Autonomic Management of Mobile Multimedia Services. 9th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services, MMNS 2006, Dublin, Ireland, Oct 2006, Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer LNCS Vol. 4267, ISBN 3-540-47654-7, DOI: 10.1007/11907381, 276 pp

  20. Tom Pfeifer; Albrecht Schmidt; Woontack Woo, et al. (Eds.):
    Advances in Pervasive Computing 2006. Adjunct Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing, May 07-10, 2006, Dublin, Ireland. - Vienna: Austrian Computer Society, ISBN 3-85403-207-2, OCG Band 207, 243 pp

  21. Tom Pfeifer:
    Automatic Conversion of Communication Media. Dissertation.
    Berlin: Multicon, 2000, ISBN 3-930736-01-2, 246 pp., 144 fig., 21 cm x 29.4 cm
    also published in: GMD Research Series 2000/1, ISBN 3-88457-374-8, Birlinghoven: GMD, 2000 /
    Abstract and PDF in the Fraunhofer archive / local PDF
    (you can also send me an email for electronic version or hardcopy)

Chapters

Journal Papers
  1. Damla Turgut, Tom Pfeifer, Matthias Wühlisch, Anura P. Jayasumana
    "Current and Future Architectures, Protocols, and Services for the Internet of Things"
    Amsterdam (NL): Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., North-Holland, ISSN: 0140-3664, Vol 74, (15 Jan 2016), pp 1-2, ScienceDirect, doi: 10.1016/j.comcom.2016.01.003,

  2. Korbinian Frank, Matthias Röckl, Tom Pfeifer, Patrick Robertson
    "Segmenting Bayesian Networks for Intelligent Information Dissemination in Collaborative, Context-Aware Environments with Bayeslets"
    Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal, Amsterdam (NL): Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., North-Holland, online 2 Dec 2013, print Vol 12 (June 2014) pp 214-231, doi:10.1016/j.pmcj.2013.11.003

  3. Damla Turgut, Chun Tung Chou, Tom Pfeifer, Anura P. Jayasumana
    "Algorithms and Protocols for Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks"
    International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, Volume 11, Issue 2/3 (Oct 2012), pp 65-67), online, Genève, Switzerland: Inderscience

  4. Tom Pfeifer, Vincent Wade, Nazim Agoulmine:
    Editorial. Special Issue in Pervasive Management
    International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications (JPCC)
    Volume 2, Issue 3 (Sep 2006), pp. 217-218, Bingley, UK: Emerald / (originally Leicester: Troubador), ISSN 1742-7371

  5. Tom Pfeifer
    "Redundant Positioning Architecture"
    Computer Communications, Vol. 28 (2005) 13, pp. 1575-1585 (2 August 2005)
    Amsterdam (NL): Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., North-Holland, ISSN: 0140-3664, online on Elsevier: doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2004.12.042

  6. Tom Pfeifer
    Editorial. Special Issue on Ubiquitous Computing
    Computer Communications, Vol. 26 (2003) 11, pp. 1129-1130
    Amsterdam (NL): Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., North-Holland, ISSN: 0140-3664, online on Elsevier: doi:/10.1016/S0140-3664(02)00247-5

  7. Tom Pfeifer, Thomas Magedanz
    "Unified Messaging + Medienflexibilität = Allgegenwärtige Erreichbarkeit!"
    PIK Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation, Vol 21 (1998) Nr. 3, Jul-Sep
    München: K.G. Saur Verlag, 1998; pp. 140 - 143, ISSN 0930-5157 / PDF

  8. Tom Pfeifer; Andreas Blobelt
    "Local Storage Systems for Continuous Data with Heterogeneous Timing Requirements"
    Computer Communications, Vol. 18 (1995) No. 3, March 1995; pp. 160 - 169
    Amsterdam (NL): Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., North-Holland, ISSN: 0140-3664, online on Elsevier: doi:10.1016/0140-3664(95)98539-H

  9. Tom Pfeifer
    "Bestandsaufnahme Multimedia - Anspruch und Wirklichkeit"
    DV Management, Vol 2 (1992) Nr. 4
    Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin Bielefeld München, 1992, pp. 183 - 194, ISSN 0939-8856

White Papers
  1. Tom Pfeifer: The Internet of Things. A White Paper, July 2012. PDF

Refereed Conference Publications

    [2013] Technical University of Berlin

  1. Hakan Coskun, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Time Division Configuration Multiplexing of Wireless Interfaces"
    38th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2013, Sydney, Australia, Oct 21-24, IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings [accepted]; ISBN 978-1-4799-0536-2 (CD-ROM) pp.696-699, 978-1-4799-0537-9 (IEEE Xplore), pp. 679-682, DOI: 10.1109/LCN.2013.6761309,

  2. Hakan Coskun, Tom Pfeifer, Asma Elmangoush, Adel Al-Hezmi:
    "Open M2M Data - Position Paper"
    1st IEEE Workshop on Machine to Machine Communications Interfaces and Platforms, M2MCIP 2013 Oct 24, Sydney, Australia, in conjunction with IEEE LCN, IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings [accepted]; ISBN 978-1-4799-0539-3 (CD-ROM) pp. 932-939, 978-1-4799-0540-9 (IEEE Xplore), pp. 904-911, DOI: 10.1109/LCNW.2013.6758530,

  3. Tom Pfeifer, Stefan Covaci:
    "Active Protection of Patient Data by Reverse Cloud Approach"
    15th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application and Services, IEEE Healthcom 2013, Oct 9-12, Lisbon, Portugal, IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings; ISBN 978-1-4673-5800-2 (Print), 978-1-###-# (IEEE Xplore), pp. 716-718, DOI: 10.1109/HealthCom.2013.6720769,

  4. Joyce Mwangama, Alexander Willner, Neco Ventura, Asma Elmangoush, Tom Pfeifer, Thomas Magedanz:
    "Testbeds for Reliable Smart City Machine-to-Machine Communication"
    Southern African Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, SATNAC 2013, 1-4 Sep 2013, Spier, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, pp. 339-344, Proceedings [PDF]

  5. Stefan Covaci, Tom Pfeifer, Armin Schneider, Thomas Jell:
    "Aktiver Schutz von Patientendaten in mobilen e-Health Clouds"
    18. ITG/VDE Fachtagung Mobilkommunikation (Mobilkomtagung 2013), 15-16 May 2013, Osnabrück, Germany; ITG-Fachbericht No 242, VDE-Verlag Berlin, ISBN 978-3-8007-3516-7, ISSN 0932-6022, pp. 108-113

    [2004-2011] Waterford Institute of Technology, TSSG - International publications

  6. Alan Walsh, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Hiding on the Road - Anonymous Usage of Location Based Services"
    36th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2011, Bonn, Germany, Oct 4-7, IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings; ISBN 978-1-61284-927-0 (CD-ROM), 978-1-61284-928-7 (IEEE Xplore), 978-1-61284-926-3 (Print), ISSN 0742-1303, pp.67-75, DOI: 10.1109/LCN.2011.6115534

  7. Korbinian Frank, Matthias Röckl, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Intelligent Information Dissemination in Collaborative, Context-Aware Environments"
    8th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, March 21, Seattle, WA, USA, in cooperation with the 9th Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2011, IEEE Computer Society, E-ISBN: 978-1-61284-936-2 Print ISBN: 978-1-61284-938-6 INSPEC Accession Number: 11989627, DOI: 10.1109/PERCOMW.2011.5766954, pp 56-62, hardcopy by Multicon, Schöneiche, ISBN 978-3-930736-16-4

  8. Korbinian Frank, Matthias Röckl, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Optimizing Dynamic Composition of Bayesian Networks for Context Sensing and Inference"
    35th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2010, Denver, Colorado, October 11-14, IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings ISBN 978-1-4244-8388-4, pp 316-319 / IEEEXplore ISBN 978-1-4244-8389-1, pp 312-315, DOI: 10.1109/LCN.2010.5735730

  9. Korbinian Frank, María Josefa Vera Nadales, Patrick Robertson, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Bayesian Recognition of Motion Related Activities with Inertial Sensors"
    UbiComp 2010 Adjunct Proceedings, pp. 445-446. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. (ACM). 12th ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, 26 - 29 Sep 2010, Copenhagen, Danmark, ISBN 978-1-4503-0283-8, ACM 1864480, DOI: 10.1145/1864431.1864480.

  10. Korbinian Frank, Matthias Röckl, María Josefa Vera Nadales, Patrick Robertson, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Comparison of Exact Static and Dynamic Bayesian Context Inference Methods for Activity Recognition"
    MUCS 2010: 7th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, March 29, Mannheim, Germany, in cooperation with the 8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2010, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 978-1-4244-6605-4 (IEEE Xplore), DOI: 10.1109/PERCOMW.2010.5470671; hardcopy by Multicon, Schöneiche, ISBN 978-3-930736-15-7

  11. John Strassner, Sung-Su Kim, Tom Pfeifer, Sven van der Meer:
    "An Architecture for Using Metadata to Manage Ubiquitous Communications and Services: A Position Paper"
    MUCS 2010: 7th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, March 29, Mannheim, Germany, in cooperation with the 8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2010, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 978-1-4244-6605-4 (IEEE Xplore), DOI: 10.1109/PERCOMW.2010.5470674, hardcopy by Multicon, Schöneiche, ISBN 978-3-930736-15-7

  12. Robert Mullins, Shane Dempsey, Tom Pfeifer:
    "An Architecture for IMS Services Using Open Source Infrastructure"
    MMNS 2009: 12th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services, Oct 26-27, Venice, Italy, (Manweek), Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer Vol. LNCS 5842, ISBN 978-3-642-04993-4, pp 176-182, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-04994-1_15

  13. Tom Pfeifer, Paul Savage, Bronwen Robinson:
    "Managing the Culloden Battlefield Invisible Mobile Guidance Experience"
    MUCS 2009: 6th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, June 15, Barcelona, Spain, in cooperation with the 6th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communications, ICAC 2009, ACM Digital Library, ISBN 978-1-60558-579-6 /09/06 (doi:10.1145/1555321.1555333) and Schöneiche: Multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-13-3, p. 59-65

  14. Carsten Pils, Ioanna Roussaki, Tom Pfeifer, Nicolas Liampotis and Nikos Kalatzis:
    "Federation and Sharing in the Context Marketplace"
    3rd International Symposium on Location- and Context-Awareness (LoCA 2007), Oberpfaffenhofen/Munich, German, Sep 20-21, 2007, in cooperation with UbiComp 2007, Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer Vol. LNCS 4718, ISBN 3-540-75159-9, pp 312, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/978-3-540-75160-1_8

  15. Tom Pfeifer, Paul Malone:
    "Digital Ecosystem for Cross-domain Context Sensing and Trading"
    32th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2007, Dublin, October 15-18, 2007
    IEEE Computer Society Press (Catalog Number E3000), ISBN 978-0-7695-3000-0; pp. 228-230, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/LCN.2007.126

  16. Paul Malone, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Cross-domain Context Sensing and Knowledge Sharing Ecosystem"
    4th International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, MUCS 2007, Munich, Germany, May 25, 2007, Proceedings. - Schöneiche: multicon, ISBN 978-3-930736-07-2, pp 165-173

  17. Jonathan Brazil, Tom Pfeifer, Willie Donnelly, Barry Downes:
    "Managing Peer-to-Peer Multimedia Asset Distribution and Intellectual Property across Heterogeneous Networks"
    4th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia, MoMM 2006, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Dec 4-6, 2006, Proceedings. - Vienna: Austrian Computer Society, ISBN 978-3-85403-215-1, OCG Vol. 215, pp 189-198

  18. Tom Pfeifer, Kieran Sullivan, Mícheál Ó Foghlú:
    "Scalability of Location Sensor Data Fusion"
    31th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2006, Tampa, November 14-17, 2006
    IEEE Computer Society Press (Catalog Number 06TH8888C), ISBN 0-4244-0419-3; pp. 565-566, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/LCN.2006.322171

  19. Tom Pfeifer, Paul Savage, Jonathan Brazil, Barry Downes:
    "VidShare: A Management platform for Peer-to-Peer Multimedia Asset Distribution across Heterogeneous Access Networks with Intellectual Property Management"
    in: Autonomic Management of Mobile Multimedia Services. 9th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services, MMNS 2006, Dublin, Ireland, Oct 25-27, 2006, Proceedings. - Heidelberg: Springer Vol. LNCS 4267, ISBN 3-540-47654-7, pp 116-123, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/11907381_11

  20. Carsten Pils, Ioanna Roussaki, Maria Strimpakou, Tom Pfeifer, Nikos Kalatzis:
    "A Context Awareness Framework for Telecommunication Environments"
    e-challenges 2006, 25-27 Oct 2006, Barcelona, Spain. - in: P & M Cunningham: Exploiting the Knowledge Economy. - Amsterdam: IOS Press ISBN 1-58603-682-3, Vol. 3, pp. 1680-1687

  21. Yuping Yang, Fiona Mahon, M. Howard Williams, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Context-aware Dynamic Personalised Service Re-Composition in a Pervasive Service Environment"
    in: Ma, J.; Jin, H.; Yang, L.T.; Tsai, J.J.-P. (Eds.): Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, 3rd International Conference, UIC 2006, Wuhan, China, Sep 3-6, 2006, pp. 724-735
    Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer LNCS Vol. 4159, ISBN 978-3-540-38091, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/11833529_74

  22. Tom Pfeifer, Helene Haughney, Barry Downes:
    "UGetMobile End-user Mobile Publishing Platform"
    WMCS'06: The Third IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Commerce and Services
    San Francisco, USA, June 26, 2006
    in: Proc. of the 8th IEEE International Conference on E-Commerce Technology, CEC 2006. Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press Vol P2511, ISBN 978-0-7695-2511-2, pp 495-503, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/CEC-EEE.2006.93

  23. Robert Mullins, Fiona Mahon, Christoph Kuhmuench, Micheál Crotty, Jelena Mitic, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Daidalos: A Platform for Facilitating Pervasive Services"
    Pervasive 2006: 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing, May 07-10, 2006, Dublin, Ireland
    in: Advances in Pervasive Computing 2006. Adjunct Proceedings, Vienna: Austrian Computer Society, ISBN 3-85403-207-2, OCG Vol. 207, pp 167-172

  24. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Tom Pfeifer, Jadwiga Indulska:
    "Active Node supporting Context-aware Vertical Handover in Pervasive Computing Environment with Redundant Positioning."
    IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2006, ISWPC2006, 16-18 Jan 2006, Phuket, Thailand
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7803-9411-9, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/ISWPC.2006.1613612

  25. Tom Pfeifer:
    "Autonomic Position Management."
    IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2006, ISWPC2006, 16-18 Jan 2006, Phuket, Thailand
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7803-9411-9, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/ISWPC.2006.1613613

  26. Tom Pfeifer:
    "Secure Cross-Domain Positioning Architecture for Autonomic Systems"
    The IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks 30th Anniversary, LCN 2005
    Sydney, November 15-17, 2005
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-2421-4; pp. 507-508, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/LCN.2005.121,

  27. Tom Pfeifer, Barry Downes:
    "m-Mag: The Mobile Magazine Services Platform"
    WMCS'05: The Second IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Commerce and Services
    Munich, Germany, July 18-19, 2005
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-2391-9; pp. 122-129, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/WMCS.2005.13

  28. Barry Downes, Tom Pfeifer, Conor Ryan:
    "Mobile Operator Publishing and Entertainment Platform"
    ICMB 2005, The Fourth International IEEE Conference on Mobile Business
    Sydney, Australia, July 11-13, 2005
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-2367-6; pp. 180-186, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/ICMB.2005.66

  29. Tom Pfeifer:
    "Synergetic Positioning Architecture for Location-dependent Services"
    29th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2004
    Tampa, Florida USA, November 16-18, 2004
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-2260-2; pp. 404-406, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/LCN.2004.122

  30. Tom Pfeifer:
    "Redundancy vs. Imperfect Positioning for Context-dependent Services"
    Workshop on Advanced Context Modelling, Reasoning and Management, in conjunction with
    Ubicomp 2004, 6th International ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing,
    Nottingham, England, September 7-10, 2004

    [2004-2006] Waterford Institute of Technology, TSSG - National publications Ireland

  31. Tom Pfeifer, Barry Downes, Peter Elger:
    "A 3G Mobile Services Eco-system: Catalyst"
    IT&T 2005, Information Technology & Telecommunications annual conference
    Cork, Ireland, Oct 26-27, 2005
    TecNet, ISSN 1649-1246; pp. 205-211,

  32. Kieran Sullivan, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Privacy vs. High Granularity in Location-Aware Services: Mutually exclusive entities?"
    Short paper and Poster. IT&T 2005, Information Technology & Telecommunications annual conference
    Cork, Ireland, Oct 26-27, 2005
    TecNet, ISSN 1649-1246; pp. 223-225

  33. Fiona Mahon, Tom Pfeifer, Micheal Crotty:
    "Scenario Based Methodologies in Identifying Ubicomp Application Sets"
    Short paper and Poster. IT&T 2005, Information Technology & Telecommunications annual conference
    Cork, Ireland, Oct 26-27, 2005
    TecNet, ISSN 1649-1246; pp. 281-283

  34. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Tom Pfeifer:
    "M-Zones Active Node support for Autonomic Communications supporting Pervasive Systems"
    Short paper and Poster. IT&T 2005, Information Technology & Telecommunications annual conference
    Cork, Ireland, Oct 26-27, 2005
    TecNet, ISSN 1649-1246; pp. 227-229

  35. Andrew Betson, Tom Pfeifer:
    "Combining Positioning Devices in Pervasive Computing Environments"
    ITSCRC 2004, 8th Science and Computing Research Colloquium,
    Waterford, Ireland, May 26-28, 2004

    [1999-2003] Fraunhofer (GMD) FOKUS - International Publications

  36. Tom Pfeifer, Radu Popescu-Zeletin:
    "Seamless Integration of Distributed Internet Devices for Pervasive Architectures"
    FTDCS 2003, 9th International Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems,
    San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 28-30, 2003,
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society, ISBN 0-7695-1910-5; pp. 70-76, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/FTDCS.2003.1204301 / PDF

  37. Tom Pfeifer, Dirk Elias:
    "Commercial Hybrid IR/RF Local Positioning System"
    KiVS'2003, Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen,
    Leipzig, Germany, Feb 26-28, 2003,
    in: Irmscher, K; Fähnrich, K-P: KiVS 2003. Kurzbeiträge, Praxisberichte. - Berlin, Offenbach: VDE Verlag, ISBN 3-8007-2753-6; pp. 119-127 / PDF

  38. Timo Kyntäjä, Tom Pfeifer, Denis Mischler, Juha Pärkkä:
    "Wireless Residential Network based on IPv6"
    5th IEEE Intl. Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC 2002,
    Honolulu, Hawaii, October 27-30, 2002
    ISBN 0-7803-7442-8 (Softcover), ISBN 0-7803-7443-6 (CD-ROM), IEEE EX568-TBR, pp. 596-600, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/WPMC.2002.1088244 / PDF

  39. Tom Pfeifer, Jan Harder, Dirk Elias:
    "Pervasive Smart IP Devices"
    Demo Session on Pervasive 2002 - Intl. Conf. on Pervasive Computing
    Zurich, Switzerland, August 26-28 2002 / PDF

  40. Tom Pfeifer, Hermann Hartenthaler:
    "Internet Embedded Control Networks - A Reality Check"
    Proc. of 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, SCI 2002
    Orlando, Florida USA, July 14-18, 2002;
    International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS): Proc. SCI 2002/ISAS 2002 VOLUME XII (Industrial Systems and Engineering II), ISBN 980-07-8150-1 (hardcopy), 980-07-8146-3 (CD) / PDF

  41. Tom Pfeifer, Andreas Micklei, Hermann Hartenthaler:
    "Internet-integrated Building Control: Leaving the Lab - Robust, Scalable and Secure"
    26th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2001
    Tampa, Florida USA, November 14-16, 2001
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-1321-2; pp. 306-315, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/LCN.2001.990800 / PDF

  42. Tom Pfeifer:
    "Internet - Intranet - Infranet: A Modular Integrating Architecture"
    7th IEEE Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems, FTDCS'99
    Cape Town, South Africa, December 20-22, 1999
    Los Alamitos (USA); IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-0468-X; pp. 81 - 86, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/FTDCS.1999.818788 / PDF

    [1992-1999] Technical University of Berlin - International Publications

  43. Tom Pfeifer, Radu Popescu-Zeletin:
    "A Modular Location-Aware Service and Application Platform",
    The Fourth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC'99,
    Red Sea, Egypt, July 6-8, 1999
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-7695-0250-4; pp. 137 - 148, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/ISCC.1999.780788 / PDF

  44. Tom Pfeifer; Sven van der Meer:
    "The Active Store providing Quality Enhanced Unified Messaging",
    Proc. of 5th Conference on Computer Communications, AFRICOM-CCDC'98,
    Tunis, Tunesia, Oct 20-22, 1998, pp. 279-293 / PDF

  45. Radu Popescu-Zeletin; Tom Pfeifer; Stephan Hübener; Martin Vetter; Thomas Magedanz:
    "Applying Location-Aware Computing for Electronic Commerce: Mobile Guide",
    Proc. of 5th Conference on Computer Communications, AFRICOM-CCDC'98,
    Tunis, Tunesia, Oct 20-22, 1998, pp. 233-246 / PDF

  46. Tom Pfeifer; Thomas Magedanz; Stephan Hübener:
    "Mobile Guide - Location-Aware Applications from the Lab to the Market". -
    Plagemann, Th.; Goebel, V. (Eds.):
    Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services, 5th International Workshop, IDMS'98,
    Oslo, Norway, Sep 8-11, 1998
    Springer: LNCS, Vol. 1483, Berlin et al., ISBN 3-540-64955-7, pp. 15-28, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/BFb0055300 / PDF

  47. Tom Pfeifer; Stefan Arbanowski; Radu Popescu-Zeletin:
    "Resource Selection in Heterogeneous Communication Environments using the Teleservice Descriptor",
    4th COST 237 Workshop: From Multimedia Services to Network Services,
    Lisboa, Dec 15-19, 1997
    Springer: LNCS, Vol. 1356, Berlin et al., ISBN 3-540-63935-7, pp. 132-153, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/BFb0026623 / PDF

  48. Tom Pfeifer; Thomas Magedanz; Radu Popescu-Zeletin:
    "Intelligent Handling of Communication Media",
    5th IEEE Workshop on future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems (FTDCS'97),
    Tunis, Tunisia, Oct 29-31, 1997
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN 0-8186-8153-5; pp. 144 - 151, online on IEEE: doi:10.1109/FTDCS.1997.644717 / PDF

  49. Tom Pfeifer; Radu Popescu-Zeletin:
    "Generic Conversion of Communication Media for Supporting Personal Mobility",
    Third Int. COST 237 workshop: Multimedia, Telecommunications, and Applications,
    Barcelona, Spain, November 25-27, 1996
    Springer: LNCS, Vol. 1185, Berlin et al., ISBN 3-540-62069-6, pp. 104-129, online on Springer: doi:10.1007/BFb0020852 / PDF

  50. Tom Pfeifer; Frank Gadegast; Thomas Magedanz
    "Applying Quality-of-Service Parametrization for Medium-to-medium Conversion"
    Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN),
    Potsdam, Germany, Aug 25-28, 1996,
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press / PDF

  51. Tom Pfeifer
    "Speech Synthesis in the Intelligent Personal Communication Support System (IPCSS)"
    Bateman, J. (ed.): Proceedings of the 2nd 'Speak!' Workshop on Speech Generation in Multimodal Information Systems and Practical Applications
    Darmstadt, Germany, Nov 02-03, 1995
    GMD-Studien Nr. 302, GMD, Darmstadt 1996, ISBN 3-88457-302-0, ISSN 0170-8120, pp. 44-50 / PDF / Slides

  52. Tom Pfeifer
    "Optical Latency Storage - Unifying Data Communication in Space and Time"
    Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks
    Marathon, Florida, Mar 26-29, 1995,
    Los Alamitos (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 315 - 322 / PDF

  53. Thomas Magedanz; Tim Eckardt; Tom Pfeifer
    "On the Convergence of Distributed Computing and Telecommunications in the Field of Personal Communications"
    KiVS'1995, Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen,
    Chemnitz, Germany, Feb 22-24, 1995
    in: Franke, K.; Hüber, U.; Kalfa, W. (eds.): Proceedings der GI/ITG Fachtagung Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen (KiVS)
    Berlin: Springer, GI Informatik Aktuell, ISBN: 3-540-58960-0; pp. 46 - 60 / PDF

  54. Tom Pfeifer
    "Micronet Machines - New Architectural Approaches for Multimedia End-Systems"
    Proceedings of the IEEE 4th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV)
    Lancaster, UK, Mar 03-05, 1993
    Conference pre-print: Los Alamitos, Californien (USA): IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 19 - 31.
    Published in: Doug Shepherd; Gordon Blair; Geoff Coulson; Nigel Davies and Francisco Garcia (Eds.): Network and Operating System Support for Digital Audio and Video. - 4th International Workshop, NOSSDAV '93 Lancaster, U.K., November 3-5, 1993 Proceedings. LNCS Vol. 846, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, London, 1994, ISBN: 3-540-58404-8, pp 29-40
    online on Springer: doi:10.1007/3-540-58404-8_4 / PDF

Journal Reviews of Literature

Early Technical Papers

Invited Speeches

Reports and Studies (Selection)

PhD examination, supervision, co-supervision and counselling

PhD examination and supervision:

PhD co-supervision and counselling:

Research Masters (MSc and MEng) Theses supervision and examination, Ireland

Taught Masters (MSc) and Mini-Theses supervision and examination, Ireland

Masters (Diploma) Theses (Dipl.-Ing. and Dipl.-Inform.) and undergraduate Studies supervision, Technical University of Berlin, Germany

Undergraduate Theses (Studienarbeiten):