percom-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a pervasive-computing project belongs at IEEE PerCom or should be routed to ACM UbiComp/IMWUT, MobiCom, MobiSys, SenSys, or IPSN, and when distinguishing PerCom's human-centric ubicomp focus from networked-sensor-systems venues by contribution shape, the human-centricity test, and the IEEE-conference vs. IMWUT-journal model.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill percom-topic-selection --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# PerCom Topic Selection Decide the venue before drafting. PerCom — the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications — is IEEE's flagship for **human-centric ubiquitous computing**: activity recognition, context-awareness, wearable and mobile sensing, and smart environments. Its papers are IEEE Xplore proceedings read for a **pervasive-computing contribution grounded in real human use**. A technically strong paper whose real lesson is about network protocols, low-power hardware, or a pure ML model is respected and then rejected as out of scope. ## The routing question that matters most PerCom overlaps most with **ACM UbiComp/IMWUT** in *topic* — both cover HAR, wearables, and smart spaces — so the decisive question is rarely "is this ubicomp?" but **"which model and calendar fits this paper now?"** UbiComp presents papers published in the **IMWUT journal** on **rolling quarterly deadlines** with a revise cycle; PerCom is an **IEEE conference** with a **single annual deadline**, a **bounded rebuttal**, and an in-person-presentation requirement. A strong ubicomp paper is publishable at either — choose by the publication model you want and the nearer honest
- The routing question that matters most
- Neighbor-venue routing table
- Contribution shapes PerCom rewards
- The human-centricity and model-swap tests
- Evidence maturity, without the ladder cliché
- Cheap reconnaissance before committing
- Decision procedure
What does the percom-topic-selection skill do?
Use when deciding whether a pervasive-computing project belongs at IEEE PerCom or should be routed to ACM UbiComp/IMWUT, MobiCom, MobiSys, SenSys, or IPSN, and when distinguishing PerCom's human-centric ubicomp focus from networked-sensor-systems venues by contribution shape, the human-centricity test, and the IEEE-conference vs. IMWUT-journal model.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill percom-topic-selection --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.