The research group is in the Institute of Telematics, and is attached to the chair for Pervasive Computing Systems, currently held by Michael Beigl.
In April 2010, the Chair for Pervasive Computing Systems was founded as a "New Shared Field Group" in cooperation with SAP AG.
Other past research foci in Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing include Wireless sensor networks and RFID technology and Human-Computer Interaction.
The current fields of research include the following: The first mobile browser for a hand-held device, called PocketWeb Archived 2011-03-07 at the Wayback Machine,[2][3] was developed at the TECO on the Apple Newton.
[citation needed] The "Point & Click"[6] human-computer interaction paradigm developed at the TECO presented at this conference is now widely used to control devices in pervasive computing environments.