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| | Dan Grigoras is a senior lecturer in computer science at University College Cork (Ireland), a position he has held since 2001. Previously, he held academic positions with Technical University and Al I Cuza University in Iasi, Romania. He received his undergraduate degree and his masters degree in electrical engineering from Technical University Iasi. He received his PhD in computer science from Politehnica University Bucharest, Romania. Dan has had three books published and has co-edited two others, and has written more than 45 papers. His research interests are primarily focused on mobile and wireless networks, mobile ad hoc networks, and mobile applications and systems. He coordinates the new MSc program at University College Cork on software and systems for mobile networks, as well as the work placement program of the department. His interests outside of teaching and research include wildlife, nature, and art. |
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Concepts and methods for a librarian of the web
Kubek M., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2020. 173 pp. Type: Book (978-3-030231-35-4)
“A librarian of the web” is an interesting proposition that might, when fully implemented, help people find documents they are looking for in a more effective way. The first two chapters start by introducing library...
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Edge computing: from hype to reality
Al-Turjman F., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2019. 188 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319990-60-6)
Edge computing is a hot topic that deserves a lot of attention, especially in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile and autonomous computing. Moreover, the connection between edge computing and cloud computing can lead...
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Aug 23 2019 |
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 Introduction to middleware: web services, object components, and cloud computing
Etzkorn L., Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2017. 688 pp. Type: Book (978-1-498754-07-1)
Middleware, as necessary pervasive software aimed at supporting distributed applications in a heterogeneous environment, played and still plays an important role in the advance of Internet technologies and the development of new applic...
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Feb 8 2018 |
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Software-defined mobile networks security
Chen M., Qian Y., Mao S., Tang W., Yang X. Mobile Networks and Applications 21(5): 729-743, 2016. Type: Article
The tremendous success of mobile devices and their applications raises a lot of questions regarding security, quality of service (QoS), and user satisfaction. It is therefore very important to address these challenges and provide cost-...
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May 12 2017 |
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Cost aware service placement and load dispatching in mobile cloud systems
Yang L., Cao J., Liang G., Han X. IEEE Transactions on Computers 65(5): 1440-1452, 2016. Type: Article
In mobile clouds, users accessing cloud services on mobile devices may experience long delays that are detrimental to the user experience. One solution largely investigated is to deploy cloud services on cloudlets, smaller but powerful...
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Internet connectivity for mobile ad hoc network: a survey based study
Attia R., Rizk R., Ali H. Wireless Networks 21(7): 2369-2394, 2015. Type: Article
This paper is a survey of mobile ad hoc network (MANET) Internet connectivity, which is perceived by many researchers as an interesting architectural model. The starting point is MANET and its challenges. Anyone who has worked in the M...
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Apr 19 2016 |
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Rule-driven service coordination middleware for scientific applications
Fernandez H., Tedeschi C., Priol T. Future Generation Computer Systems 351-13, 2014. Type: Article
The authors propose a rule-driven service coordination middleware inspired by chemical processes. Their hypothesis is that scientific applications executed in a distributed environment can benefit from features of the execution infrast...
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Nov 13 2015 |
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Using a cloud-centric middleware to enable mobile hosting of web services: mHealth use case
Lomotey R., Deters R. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing 18(5): 1085-1098, 2014. Type: Article
A mobile healthcare solution applied to elderly people is presented in this paper. Each person can have health records stored on a smartphone or tablet and managed by a web server. When the need arises, medical professionals can access...
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Jun 8 2015 |
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Privacy preserving and transactional advertising for mobile services
Biswas D., Vidyasankar K. Computing 96(7): 613-630, 2014. Type: Article
The authors propose a solution for delivering contextual advertisements to people who accept the option to store their location data encrypted in the cloud. Advertisements are also stored in the same cloud. While preserving the user&am...
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Apr 7 2015 |
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High-performance embedded computing (2nd ed.)
Wolf M., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., San Francisco, CA, 2014. 506 pp. Type: Book (978-0-124105-11-9)
The cyber-physical space that integrates physical and computing components is developing at an increasing pace. While many specific systems such as automobiles, planes, and healthcare monitoring or imaging systems embed more and more c...
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