Patients with life-threatening chronic diseases such as cancer have todeal with many dependencies and obligations. Very often they are torn out of theirsocial environment and become isolated because of changing therapy cycles; theymigrate between several physicians and treatment locations. This...

In the time where the digital world is moving to mobile devices, new opportunities are emerging for the e-health systems. We live in the time when data are stored in different databases and different ways. This imposed the use of ontologies to resolve interoperability issues. Ontologies can be...

Timely and effective response to crises, disasters or infrastructure failures requires shared situational awareness on the part of decision makers and timely information exchange between all formal and informal participants. Enabling policymakers, law enforcement and citizens to interact in a...

Need to get directions when you are lost? Want to know if your friends are in the neighborhood? Location-based services – applications and websites that provide services based on your current location – can put this information and more in the palm of your hand. But outdated privacy laws and...

Our study is motivated by the observation that two-sided platforms often exercise control on access to and transactions on at least one side of the market. For example, Apple's rigorous approval process and recent policies that prohibit cross-platform app-building tools is an indication of...

One of the key challenges in integrated wireless and mobile networks is to efficiently support multi-class services as each type of services has distinct characteristics and quality of service (QoS) requirements. Problems in handoff algorithm or its parameters may lead into call drops with a...

The Federal Communications Commission’s Notice of Inquiry in GN 09-157 Fostering Innovation and Investment in the Wireless Communications Market is a significant event at an opportune moment. Wireless communication has already radically changed the way that not only Americans, but people the...

On 28th and 29th of November 2011 the Citizen Digital Footprint Action (CIDIPRINT) organised a workshop on "Digital Footprint in a Mobile Environment". The workshop was aiming to turn the current debate on 'privacy vs. security' into a collaborative approach to define privacy with embedded...

On 28th and 29th of November 2011 the Citizen Digital Footprint Action (CIDIPRINT) organised a workshop on "Digital Footprint in a Mobile Environment". The workshop was aiming to turn the current debate on 'privacy vs. security' into a collaborative approach to define privacy with embedded...