Mobile Context-Aware Systems: Technologies, Resources and Applications

Authors

  • Alejandro Rivero-Rodriguez Tampere University of Technology
  • Paolo Pileggi Tampere University of Technology
  • Ossi Antero Nykänen Tampere University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v10i2.5367

Keywords:

Context-aware services, Context Awareness, Context Management, Mobile Computing

Abstract


Mobile applications often adapt their behavior according to user context, however, they are often limited to consider few sources of contextual information, such as user position or language. This article reviews existing work in context-aware systems (CAS), e.g., how to model context, and discusses further development of CAS and its potential applications by looking at available information, methods and technologies. Social Media seems to be an interesting source of personal information when appropriately exploited. In addition, there are many types of general information, ranging from weather and public transport to information of books and museums. These information sources can be combined in previously unexplored ways, enabling the development of smarter mobile services in different domains. Users are, however, reluctant to provide their personal information to applications; therefore, there is a crave for new regulations and systems that allow applications to use such contextual data without compromising the user privacy.

Author Biographies

Alejandro Rivero-Rodriguez, Tampere University of Technology

M.Sc. A. Rivero-Rodriguez works as Researcher at the Tampere University of Technology, Department of Mathematics, Finland (e-mail: alejandro.rivero@tut.fi), within the Marie Curie ITN research project MULTI-POS. His research interests include artificial intelligence, pervasive computing and semantic modelling/computing, and its application in different fields.

Paolo Pileggi, Tampere University of Technology

Dr. P. Pileggi worked at the Tampere University of Technology, Department of Mathematics, Finland, as a post-doctoral researcher and a Marie Curie fellow in the Initial Training Network MULTI-POS. His interests are performance modeling of concurrent systems and has a background in computer science and engineering, and telecommunication engineering.

Ossi Antero Nykänen, Tampere University of Technology

Dr. O. A. Nykänen works as Adjunct Professor at the Tampere University of Technology, Department of Mathematics, Finland (e-mail: ossi.nykanen@tut.fi). His research interests include semantic computing, information modeling and scientific visualization, (computer-supported) mathematics and education, and the related applications. In addition to his research and higher education activities, Dr. Nykänen is the Manager of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Finnish office.

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Published

2016-04-28

How to Cite

Rivero-Rodriguez, A., Pileggi, P., & Nykänen, O. A. (2016). Mobile Context-Aware Systems: Technologies, Resources and Applications. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 10(2), pp. 25–32. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v10i2.5367

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Papers

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