• DocumentCode
    831587
  • 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
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2002
  • Firstpage
    101
  • Lastpage
    104
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pervasive Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1268
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPRV.2002.1037729
  • Filename
    1037729