This course will focus on the theory and application of large-scale resource sharing, applications, and performance infrastructures as required in support of ad-hoc, mobile, and ubiquitous environments. Included in the course topics will be ad-hoc networking, mobile and ubiquitous computing, parallel algorithms, software agents, resource discovery and management, communication, performance management, fault tolerance, and computing services. The course materials will provide a foundation for the study of recent advances and new applications in the expanding field of ad-hoc, mobile, and ubiquitous computing. This course examines the relationship of computer applications to network architecture and subsystems. Current topics are presented, as well as future research trends.