Extended abstract: Building mobile application frameworks for disconnected data management

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Abstract

In resource-constrained environments, organizations helping disadvantaged communities often rely on mobile devices as their field worker's primary computing device. While over two-thirds of the world's population have mobile phones, less than half the world's population is connected to the Internet [14]. Thus, many existing mobile frameworks that rely on Internet connectivity are not well suited to long periods of disconnected data collection and management. Furthermore, many existing frameworks are generally aimed at developers or users with significant technical skills and/or financial resources, making it difficult for organizations in resource-constrained communities to adapt mobile frameworks to their highly context dependent field deployments. My research focuses on creating tools that adapt mobile technologies to meet the needs of under-served populations by creating a modular, servicebased mobile application framework suited to disconnected data management. The aim is to enable organizations to create domainindependent mobile applications by leveraging customizable frameworks designed to adapt to extreme mobile networking conditions. Designing flexible tools that are configurable by global development organizations necessitates new abstractions that are usable by non-programmers with limited technical expertise. These abstractions should be based on open standards to enable interoperability with other tools to establish an ecosystem of modules that can be used together or independently to create custom information management solutions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMobiSys 2017 PhD Forum - Proceedings of the 2017 Workshop on MobiSys 2017 Ph.D. Forum, co-located with MobiSys 2017
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages15-16
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781450349574
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 19 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event2017 Workshop on MobiSys 2017 Ph.D. Forum, MobiSys 2017 PhD Forum - Niagara Falls, United States
Duration: Jun 19 2017 → …

Publication series

NameMobiSys 2017 PhD Forum - Proceedings of the 2017 Workshop on MobiSys 2017 Ph.D. Forum, co-located with MobiSys 2017

Conference

Conference2017 Workshop on MobiSys 2017 Ph.D. Forum, MobiSys 2017 PhD Forum
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNiagara Falls
Period6/19/17 → …

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Information Systems
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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