International conference on mobile computing convenes in Miami

September 26, 2013

WHAT: The 19th annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking

The conference is a highly selective, premier international forum to address networks, systems, algorithms and applications that support mobile computers and wireless networks. The conference includes workshops, panels, research demonstrations, and a poster session that includes the ACM Student Research Competition. New this year is a mobile app competition.

WHEN: Sept. 30-Oct. 4

WHERE: Hyatt Regency Miami, 400 SE Second Ave., Miami, Fla.

WHO: Keynote speakers include technology leaders at Cisco, Nokia and ACM SIGMOBILE

CONTACT: Sumi Helal, conference chair, 352-214-0736, sumi.helal@gmail.com

BACKGROUND: Helal directs the Mobile and Pervasive Computing Laboratory at the University of Florida department of computer and information science and engineering. He is co-founder and director of the Gator Tech Smart House, an experimental home for applied research in the domain of elder care. His research spans pervasive computing, mobile computing and networking and Internet computing. He currently leads an initiative on smart home-based personal health and independence, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

MORE INFORMATION: http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2013/