Central Concerns and Questions
One of the goals of this cluster is to look at new and innovative applications that can assist or change the way businesses work. In particular, we focus on mobile and pervasive applications.
Emerging Ideas and Initiatives
In this project, we are currently looking at a variety of scenarios. These include mobile payment techniques, novel and emerging mobile applications, usability of mobile devices, traffic pattern analysis, and management of mobile information.
Selected Publications
[1] J. P. Sousa, R. K. Balan, V. Poladian, D. Garlan, M. Satyanarayanan. User Guidance Of Resource-Adaptive Systems. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Software and Data Technologies (ICSOFT), Porto, Portugal, July, 2008.
[2] R. K. Balan, N. Ramasubbu, J. Hong. Peer-to-Peer Mobile Payments: Design and Evaluation. Working Paper.
[3] R. K. Balan, N. Ramasubbu. pFerio: Alleviating the Point-of-Sale Confusion. Working Paper.
[4] R. K. Balan, D. Gergle, M. Satyanarayanan, J. Herbsleb. Simplifying Cyber Foraging for Mobile Devices. Proceedings of the 5th USENIX International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 2007.
[5] R. K. Balan, N. Ramasubbu. G. Tayi. The Case for the Digital Wallet. Working Paper.
Projects, Presentations and Posters
- D. Santani, R. K. Balan, C. J. Woodard. Understanding and Improving a GPS-Based Taxi System. Poster presented at the 6th USENIX International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), Breckenridge, Colorado, June 2008.
External Collaborations and Industry Linkages
- CyLab Japan
- HCI Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
