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Context-aware and automatic configuration of mobile devices in cloud-enabled ubiquitous computing

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Context-sensitive (or aware) applications have, in recent years, moved from the realm of possibilities to that of ubiquity. One exciting research area that is still very much in the realm of possibilities is that of cloud computing, and in this paper, we present our work, which explores the overlap of these two research areas. Accordingly, this paper explores the notion of cross-source integration of cloud-based, context-aware information in ubiquitous computing through a developed prototypical solution. Moreover, the described solution incorporates remote and automatic configuration of Android smartphones and advances the research area of context-aware information by harvesting information from several sources to build a rich foundation on which algorithms for context-aware computation can be based. Evaluation results show the viability of integrating and tailoring contextual information to provide users with timely, relevant and adapted application behaviour and content.

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  1. Norwegian School of IT, Oslo, Norway

    Tor-Morten Grønli & Gheorghita Ghinea

  2. Brunel University, London, UK

    Gheorghita Ghinea

  3. Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

    Muhammad Younas

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Grønli, TM., Ghinea, G. & Younas, M. Context-aware and automatic configuration of mobile devices in cloud-enabled ubiquitous computing. Pers Ubiquit Comput 18, 883–894 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-013-0698-3

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