Mobile Cloud Computing

Foreword

Mario Gerla     CS Dept. UCLA

Today personal computing devices such as smart phones and tablets have become the most popular means to access the Internet. They feature processing, storage, and communications power that increase exponentially, almost doubling each year. They are also equipped with a growing number of sensors, making them ideal for environmental monitoring, activity recognition and recording, health monitoring, navigation, and social match making. However, many emerging applications require independent, personal devices to coordinate the inputs, e.g., to analyze photos from a variety of cameras or to route data through multiple radios. Enabling these applications will require new services for efficient and secure ...