Objectives and Scope

The purpose of GetMobile is to promote research and development by bringing together researchers and practitioners and fostering interest in the mobility of systems, users, data, and computing. GetMobile addresses a spectrum of topics, sharing one common theme – mobility. The publication's technical scope reflects the emerging symbiosis of portable computers and wireless networks, addressing the convergence of mobility, computing, and information organization, its access, services, management and applications. GetMobile’s scope encompasses all areas of mobile computing, systems, applications, and services, wireless communications and networking, and related technologies. A few representative domains of interest include:

Algorithms and protocols to cope with mobility, limited bandwidth, limited energy, and intermittent connectivity
Mobile, location-dependent applications and services
Wireless communication techniques
Data management issues in mobile environments
Integration of wired and mobile, wireless systems
Design, implementation, and operation of emerging wireless technologies
Measurement and performance characterization of mobile, wireless systems
Architectures that support mobility services
Wireless and mobile network management
Wearable computing, body-area networks, vehicular networks, under-water networks
Mobile, wireless sensing systems
Security and privacy issues in wireless and mobile environments
Applications of mobile, wireless systems into emerging domains, such as smart grids, Internet-of-Things, and social media