CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: March 15, 2014
A book edited by Norshidah Mohamed (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia), Teddy Mantoro (Universitas Siswa Bangsa International, Indonesia), Media Ayu (Universitas Siswa Bangsa International, Indonesia), and Murni Mahmud (International Islamic University Malaysia)
To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/1bZUPnb
For release in the Advances in Wireless Technologies and Telecommunication (AWTT) Book Series.
Series Editor: Xiaoge Xu (The University of Nottingham Ningbo China)
ISSN: 2327-3305
The Advances in Wireless Technologies and Telecommunication Book Series aims to provide researchers and academic communities with quality research on the concepts and developments in the wireless technology fields. Developers, engineers, students, research strategists, and IT managers will find this series useful to gain insight into next generation wireless technologies and telecommunication.
Introduction
Mobile technologies have made a tremendous impact on our daily lives. They will continue to bring changes in the way we communicate with others in the years to come. These technologies have given rise to increasing expectation to be responsive among individuals, developers and businesses to fast changing lifestyle needs especially when using mobile as the main platform. Notably, issues surrounding mobile computing and technologies will continue to prevail. These include security and mobile use among groups with special needs.
Objective of the Book
This handbook aims at providing insights into social, behavioral and technical aspects surrounding mobile computing. It will discuss recent research findings on mobile technologies from social, behavioral and technical perspectives of users, developers, designers, businesses and groups with special needs. The book aims at aiding future research and providing recommendations and guidelines for practice in mobile computing, mobile technology use, mobile application development and mobile technology security.
Target Audience
Researchers, instructors in mobile computing, practitioners, mobile application developers, IT security officer, directors and managers leading IT function.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
� Mobile technology adoption
o Social issues in mobile technology adoption for special groups (disabilities, indigenous, senior citizens etc.)
o Performance issues of mobile technology adoption in organisations
o Behavioral issues in use of mobile commerce technologies including mobile services and mobile applications (apps)
o Mobile technologies quality-of-service
� Group interaction and mobility
o Interfaces for mobile communities
o Mobile social networks
o Mobility and work environments
o Mobile learning
o Mobile commerce
o Collaborative and cooperative mobile computing
� Mobile computing support for collaborative learning
� Mobile systems for interaction in collaborative groups and communities
� Cooperative networks for users’ mobility
� Cooperative applications to support users’ mobility in ubiquitous networks
� Mobile security
o Privacy concerns
o Trust
o Security measures
o Key management and authentication
� Mobile Applications Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation
o Human centred design tools and methods
o User experience evaluation with mobile applications and devices
o Visualization techniques for the mobile computing
o Natural interaction techniques (e.g. gestural, tactile etc)
o Psychological model for use of mobile applications
� Mobile Networking
o Fundamentals of mobile networks
o Access control in mobile networks
o Peer-to-peer communication in mobile networks
o Mobility management
o Wireless sensors networks
� Mobile Services and Internet of Things
o Context-aware computing
o Wearable computing
o Ubiquitous and pervasive computing
o Sensors and mobiles for smart applications
o Mobile web applications
o Mobile banking and m-money
o Mobile healthcare and telemedicine
o Mobile tracking system (GPS, LBS, GSM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.)
o Localisation and Location aware computing
o Pattern of User Mobility
o User Activity based on User Location in Mobile Infrastructure
� Mobile Embedded System
o Embedded Design and Security
o Real Time Embedded System in Mobile Computing
� Mobile Communication
o Operating Systems for Small Mobile Device
o Mobile Ad-hoc Network
o QoS in Mobile Communication
o Wireless and mobile multimedia network management
� Mobile cloud computing
o The convergence of mobile and cloud into a single, cohesive, symbiotic computing platform
o Mobile big data
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 15, 2014, a 2-3 page chapter proposal that clearly explains the mission, concerns, topic and structure of the proposed chapter. Proposal should include authors’ names, affiliations and email addresses. Submissions should be made through the link at the bottom of this page. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by March 30, 2014 about the status of their proposals and chapter guidelines will be sent accordingly. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 15, 2014. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), Medical Information Science Reference, Business Science Reference, and Engineering Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This book is anticipated to be released in 2015.
Important Dates
March 15, 2014: Proposal Deadline
July 15, 2014: Full chapter Submission
August 30, 2014: Review Results Returned to Authors
October 15, 2014: Revised Chapter Submission
October 30, 2014: Final acceptance Notifications
November 30, 2014: Submission of Final Chapters
December 29, 2014: Final Deadline
Inquiries can be forwarded to
Norshidah Mohamed, PhD
norshidah@ibs.utm.my
Teddy Mantoro, PhD
teddy@ieee.org
Media Ayu, PhD
media@ieee.org
Murni Mahmud, PhD
murni@iium.edu.my