International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications: Volume 10 Issue 3

A crowdsourcing framework for the management of mobile multimedia nature observations

Giannis Skevakis, Chrisa Tsinaraki, Ioanna Trochatou, Stavros Christodoulakis

This paper aims to describe MoM-NOCS, a Framework and a System that support communities with common interests in nature to capture and share multimedia observations of nature…

Synthetic individual binaural audio delivery by pinna image processing

Simone Spagnol, Michele Geronazzo, Davide Rocchesso, Federico Avanzini

The purpose of this paper is to present a system for customized binaural audio delivery based on the extraction of relevant features from a 2-D representation of the listener’s…

Enhancing the position estimates of unmanned aerial vehicles by cooperation

Helmut Hlavacs

– This paper aims to find methods to enhance position estimates for mobile terminals by cooperating with each other.

MTAPIN: multi-touch key input enhances security of PIN authentication while keeping usability

Tetsuji Takada, Yuki Kokubun

– The aim of the research is to realize a better form of personal identification number (PIN) authentication for a mobile phone without lowering usability and acceptability.

Managing the life cycle of Java Card applets in other Java virtual machines

Michael Roland, Josef Langer, Rene Mayrhofer

The purpose of this paper is to address the design, implementation, performance and limitations of an environment that emulates a secure element for rapid prototyping and…

User modeling for people with special needs

Werner Kurschl, Mirjam Augstein, Thomas Burger, Claudia Pointner

The purpose of this paper is to present an approach where a novel user modeling wizard for people with motor impairments is used to gain a deeper understanding of very specific…

A duration-based online reminder system

Priyanka Chaurasia, Sally McClean, Chris D. Nugent, Bryan Scotney

This paper aims to discuss an online sensor-based support system which is believed to be useful for persons with a cognitive impairment, such as those with Alzheimer’s disease…

Editorial preface

Ismail Khalil