Title :
Mobile computing "Killer app" competition
Author :
Midkiff, Scott F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
Design competitions offer students an excellent way to gain hands-on experience in engineering and computer science courses. The University of Florida, in partnership with Motorola, has held two mobile computing design competitions. In Spring and Fall 2001, students in Abdelsalam Helal´s Mobile Computing class designed killer apps for a Motorola smart phone.
Keywords :
computer science education; mobile computing; Motorola; design competitions; mobile computing; smart phone; Application software; Automatic control; Computer science education; Control systems; Lighting control; Mobile computing; Pervasive computing; Smart phones; Springs; Wearable computers;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2002.1037729
