IEEE Internet Computing helps computer scientists and engineers use the ever-expanding resources of the Internet.IC and IC Online publish the latest developments in Internet-based applications and supporting technologies and address the Internet's widening impact on engineering practice and society. The magazine targets the designers and developers of Internet-based applications and leading edge technologies -- the early adopters who develop tools for the web and the high-end users who want to use tools that exist on the web. IC's content reaches over 11,000 subscribers internationally, comprising leading researchers, developers and engineers (76% industry, 24% government/academia).
IEEE Pervasive Computing delivers the latest peer-reviewed developments in pervasive, mobile, and ubiquitous computing to developers, researchers, and educators who want to keep abreast of rapid technology change. With content that's accessible and useful today, the quarterly publication acts as a catalyst for realizing the vision of pervasive (or ubiquitous) computing, described by Mark Weiser nearly a decade ago. The essence of this vision is the creation of environments saturated with computing and wireless communication, yet gracefully integrated with human users. Many key building blocks needed for this vision are now viable commercial technologies: wearable and handheld computers, high bandwidth wireless communication, location sensing mechanisms, and so on. The challenge is to combine these technologies into a seamless whole. This will require a multidisciplinary approach, involving hardware designers, wireless engineers, human-computer interaction specialists, software agent developers, and so on.
IEEE Distributed Systems Online aims to promote professional awareness of developments, trends, activities, and editorial coverage in the distributed systems field and provide online support for Internet Computing and Pervasive Computing. IEEE DS Online hopes to serve as a springboard for building a stronger distributed systems community and offer researchers, students, educators, application developers, and program managers a forum for sharing ideas and discussing projects.