Advances in Ubiquitous Computing and Information Science

A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489).

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Special Issue Editors

Faculty of Computer and Information Science, Hosei University, 2 Chome-17-1 Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-8160, Japan
Interests: ubiquitous/pervasive computing and smart environment; u-Things, u-Intelligence and u-Science; cyber space, science and sociology; service and social computing; mobile multimedia and wireless network; IoT/iThings and Wisdom Web of Things (W2T); location and context-aware application; autonomic, trusted and ubisafe computing; hyperspace/hyperworld and cyber-I (digital colone)
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Dear Colleagues,

Ubiquitous computing will require a new approach to adopt technology into our daily lives. The advent of new computing devices, and the seamless connectivity between these devices thanks to diverse wired and wireless networks, enables new opportunities for a user to perform his/her tasks at any time and in any place. Ubiquitous computing aims to enhance computer use by channeling computational services from conventional desktop interfaces into the physical environment, effectively forming transparent and smooth modes of interactivity. Recent advances in electronic and computer technologies have paved the way for the proliferation of ubiquitous computing and innovative applications that incorporate these technologies. This Special Issue aims to provide the interested reader with a collection of papers describing recent advances in ubiquitous computing and information science (UCIS) in the form of an overview of state-of-the-art issues solution guidelines.

In addition, we will invite authors of outstanding papers presented during CUTE 2014: The 9th KIPS International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Technologies and Applications (CUTE 2014), 17–19 December 2014, Guam, Micronesia, USA.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Ubiquitous communication and networking
  • Internet of Things and M2M
  • Cyber physical system and Embedded system
  • Ubiquitous platform and middleware
  • Context-awareness and framework
  • Location-aware applications
  • Ubiquitous intelligent systems
  • Smart appliances and wearable devices
  • Applied cryptography and security for ubiquitous computing

Prof. Dr. Young-Sik Jeong
Prof. Dr. Jianhua Ma
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • ubiquitous communications
  • internet of things and M2M
  • cyber physical system
  • ubiquitous platform
  • context-awareness
  • smart appliances
  • wearable devices
  • applied cryptography and security

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CIMS: A Context-Based Intelligent Multimedia System for Ubiquitous Cloud Computing
by Abhilash Sreeramaneni, Hyungjin Im, Won Min Kang, Chan Koh and Jong Hyuk Park
Information 2015, 6(2), 228-245; https://doi.org/10.3390/info6020228 - 04 Jun 2015
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Mobile users spend a tremendous amount of time surfing multimedia contents over the Internet to pursue their interests. A resource-constrained smart device demands more intensive computing tasks and lessens the battery life. To address the resource limitations (i.e., memory, lower maintenance [...] Read more.
Mobile users spend a tremendous amount of time surfing multimedia contents over the Internet to pursue their interests. A resource-constrained smart device demands more intensive computing tasks and lessens the battery life. To address the resource limitations (i.e., memory, lower maintenance cost, easier access, computing tasks) in mobile devices, mobile cloud computing is needed. Several approaches have been proposed to confront the challenges of mobile cloud computing, but difficulties still remain. However, in the coming years, context collecting, processing, and interchanging the results on a heavy network will cause vast computations and reduce the battery life in mobiles. In this paper, we propose a “context-based intelligent multimedia system” (CIMS) for ubiquitous cloud computing. The main goal of this research is to lessen the computing percentage, storage complexities, and battery life for mobile users by using pervasive cloud computing. Moreover, to reduce the computing and storage concerns in mobiles, the cloud server collects several groups of user profiles with similarities by executing K-means clustering on users’ data (context and multimedia contents). The distribution process conveys real-time notifications to smartphone users, according to what is stated in his/her profile. We considered a mobile cloud offloading system, which decides the offloading actions to/from cloud servers. Context-aware decision-making (CAD) customizes the mobile device performance with different specifications such as short response time and lesser energy consumption. The analysis says that our CIMS takes advantage of cost-effective features to produce high-quality information for mobile (or smart device) users in real time. Moreover, our CIMS lessens the computation and storage complexities for mobile users, as well as cloud servers. Simulation analysis suggests that our approach is more efficient than existing domains. Full article
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Efficiency Improvement of Vehicular Antenna Systems for Ubiquitous Intelligent Systems
by Kyubong Yeon, Duho Lee and Byeongwoo Kim
Information 2014, 5(4), 602-611; https://doi.org/10.3390/info5040602 - 12 Nov 2014
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This paper describes the design of a high-efficiency vehicular roof-mounted antenna for wireless access for vehicular environment (WAVE) communication systems used for ubiquitous intelligent systems. The main objective of the ubiquitous intelligent system’s automotive IT technology is to enhance the connectivity among vehicles [...] Read more.
This paper describes the design of a high-efficiency vehicular roof-mounted antenna for wireless access for vehicular environment (WAVE) communication systems used for ubiquitous intelligent systems. The main objective of the ubiquitous intelligent system’s automotive IT technology is to enhance the connectivity among vehicles to ensure seamless communication and to reduce the initial access time using high-performance antenna systems. The efficiency of WAVE communication systems used for ubiquitous intelligent systems depends on the antenna efficiency. The proposed vehicular antenna for WAVE communication systems shows an improvement of approximately 4.77 dB in the return loss, as compared with a conventional antenna system. Full article
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