<s>
The	O
Telecooperation	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
(	O
TECO	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
research	O
group	O
at	O
the	O
Karlsruhe	B-Algorithm
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
in	O
Karlsruhe	B-Algorithm
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
research	O
group	O
is	O
in	O
the	O
Institute	O
of	O
Telematics	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
attached	O
to	O
the	O
chair	O
for	O
Pervasive	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Systems	O
,	O
currently	O
held	O
by	O
Michael	O
Beigl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TECO	O
,	O
originally	O
titled	O
"	O
The	O
Telecooperation	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
(	O
TecO	O
)	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1993	O
at	O
the	O
Karlsruhe	B-Algorithm
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
(	O
then	O
University	O
of	O
Karlsruhe	B-Algorithm
(	O
TH	O
)	O
)	O
for	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
in	O
applied	O
telematics	O
by	O
Prof	O
.	O
Gerhard	O
Krüger	O
and	O
the	O
Campus-based	O
Engineering	O
Center	O
(	O
CEC	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
(	O
DEC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
focus	O
of	O
research	O
conducted	O
at	O
TECO	O
has	O
been	O
on	O
Pervasive	B-Architecture
and	O
Ubiquitous	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
,	O
with	O
emphasis	O
on	O
wireless	O
communication	O
,	O
Embedded	B-Architecture
Systems	I-Architecture
,	O
Situational	O
Awareness	O
and	O
Human	O
Computer	O
Interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
DEC	O
was	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
Compaq	O
,	O
the	O
CEC	O
in	O
Karlsruhe	B-Algorithm
was	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
SAP	B-Application
AG	I-Application
and	O
was	O
attached	O
to	O
SAP	B-Application
Research	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
close	O
research	O
ties	O
and	O
cooperation	O
between	O
the	O
DEC	O
and	O
the	O
TECO	O
were	O
also	O
transferred	O
to	O
SAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TECO	O
continues	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
close	O
cooperation	O
with	O
SAP	B-Application
Research	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
attached	O
to	O
Prof	O
.	O
Wilfried	O
Juling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
Chair	O
for	O
Pervasive	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Systems	O
was	O
founded	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
New	O
Shared	O
Field	O
Group	O
"	O
in	O
cooperation	O
with	O
SAP	B-Application
AG	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
Chair	O
was	O
awarded	O
to	O
Michael	O
Beigl	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
TECO	O
was	O
brought	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
chair	O
as	O
a	O
research	O
lab	O
with	O
the	O
title	O
"	O
TECO	O
:	O
Technology	O
for	O
Pervasive	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
focus	O
of	O
research	O
is	O
currently	O
on	O
various	O
topics	O
with	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
Pervasive	B-Architecture
and	O
Ubiquitous	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
the	O
fields	O
of	O
Activity	B-Application
Recognition	I-Application
,	O
Context	O
and	O
Situation	O
Awareness	O
in	O
embedded	O
,	O
mobile	O
and	O
distributed	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
past	O
research	O
foci	O
in	O
Pervasive	B-Architecture
and	O
Ubiquitous	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
include	O
Wireless	B-Architecture
sensor	I-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
and	O
RFID	B-Application
technology	O
and	O
Human-Computer	O
Interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
mobile	B-Application
browser	I-Application
for	O
a	O
hand-held	O
device	O
,	O
called	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
TECO	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	O
Newton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MediaCup	O
was	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
Ubiquitous	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
appliance	O
,	O
demonstrating	O
awareness	O
in	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TECO	O
also	O
organized	O
and	O
played	O
a	O
major	O
role	O
in	O
initiating	O
the	O
HUC/Ubicomp	O
conference	O
series	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
now	O
the	O
major	O
conference	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
Ubiquitous	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Point	O
&	O
Click	O
"	O
human-computer	O
interaction	O
paradigm	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
TECO	O
presented	O
at	O
this	O
conference	O
is	O
now	O
widely	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
devices	O
in	O
pervasive	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
TECO	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
European	O
wireless	B-Architecture
sensor	I-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
in	O
the	O
private	O
sector	O
.	O
</s>
