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The recent introduction of smartphones has resulted in an explosion of innovative mobile applications. The computational requirements of many of these applications, however, can not be met by the smartphone itself. The compute power of the smartphone can be enhanced by distributing the application over other compute resources. Existing solutions comprise of a light weight client running on the smartphone...
This paper explores ways to enhance services provided to a user, based on the user's own behavior and context. The assumption is that the user continues to simply use data communication services, while the service provider (SP) mines the content exchanged over the communication pipes for information that can be used to further personalize the same service or other services to which the user has subscribed...
The growing usage of mobile devices has led to proliferation of many mobile applications. A growing trend in mobile applications is centered on mobile landmark recognition. It is a new mobile application that recognizes a captured landmark using the mobile device and retrieves related information. This paper will present a survey on mobile landmark recognition for information retrieval. A general...
This article discusses the use of pedagogical models and pen-based information and communication technologies (ICTs) as means of designing mobile teaching, studying, and learning (TSL) environments. The specific goal of this case study was to test the educational benefits and usability of the Web-Trace software application, and of a mobile tablet PC with the digital pen. The particular focus of the...
Location-based services (LBS) are one of many high- tech solutions to national security, providing advanced information capabilities. With their use comes a perceived increase in citizens having reduced access to services and information as well as waiving certain liberties in order for national security initiatives to be fully implemented. Focusing particularly on the role of LBS, this research will...
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