TC-05: Ubiquitous Measurement Systems Committee

The goals of the TC “Ubiquitous Measurement Systems - UMS” are to establish, develop, promote, and support cooperation among researchers involved in the different fields related to ubiquitous measurements. Regarding the topics of cooperation, we will primarily, but not exclusively, focus on the following areas.
 

1. Ubiquitous advanced sensing solutions and Measurement Systems. Sensors and measurement technologies for acquiring physical, environmental, biological, and operational parameters in diverse and dynamic environments. This includes novel sensing principles and measurement systems, bioinspired solutions, embedded in devices, infrastructures, and everyday objects.
2. Distributed and Ubiquitous Measurement Architectures. Pervasive sensing ecosystems based on wireless sensor networks, Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, and cyber-physical systems. These architectures integrate sensing, computation, and communication to enable continuous, scalable, and context-aware monitoring across heterogeneous environments.
3. One health Measurement. Measurement techniques and devices for monitoring human, animal, plant, and environmental data. This area will include many applications covering public health, plant science, ecology, and veterinary medicine to respond to global health risks both in all these areas and at their intersection.
4. Materials and Manufacturing for Sensing Technologies. Integration of sensing capabilities into materials, devices, and structures through technologies such as flexible electronics, smart materials, and additive manufacturing, enabling conformable, embedded, and distributed solutions for ubiquitous measurements.
5. Data Processing and Measurement Intelligence. Advanced signal processing, sensor fusion, and artificial intelligence techniques for extracting meaningful information from large volumes of measurement data generated by complex instrumentation and distributed sensing systems.
6. Instrument Characterization and Metrology. Methods for calibration, traceability, uncertainty estimation, and performance characterization of ubiquitous measurement systems.
7. Interoperability and Instrument Integration. Architectures and standards that enable interoperability among heterogeneous measurement instruments and sensing platforms, facilitating data sharing, system integration, and multimodal measurement approaches, thus ubiquitous measurements.
8. Sustainable Development Goals. Benefits of using data collected by ubiquitous measurement systems in both quantifying the SDGs target and promoting the achievement of specific objectives across the 17 SDGs.
    

The TC UMS naturally intersects with several existing IMS TCs, its distinctive focus lies in the system-level integration of sensing, computation, communication, and context-awareness within pervasive and distributed environments. Unlike TCs focused on specific measurement domains or single technologies, the TC UMS addresses the paradigm of ubiquitous measurement, where sensing is seamlessly embedded into materials, infrastructures, and everyday environments, operating continuously across heterogeneous contexts.