Mobile Software Engineering Research Articles

Mobile Software Engineering is Coming to an End (Like All Good Things Must)

Mobile Software Engineering as a separate research field has been relevant to speeding up Software Engineering research in the area of mobile devices and applications. However, the existence of Mobile Software Engineering as a separate research field is coming to an end. This development has implications for existing and future research. These implications and resulting opportunities are discussed in this paper.

Systematic reviews in mobile app software engineering: A tertiary study

Systematic reviews in mobile app software engineering: A tertiary study

Trends and Challenges for Software Engineering in the Mobile Domain

Mobile computing is becoming a key aspect of our lives. This article builds on conversations held during the 2018 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems, highlighting mobile computing's impact on software engineering practices, the transition from research to industry, and related areas.

The need for a new master's program of applied computer science to cope with future demands of the industry: the case of State of Kuwait

This paper presents a local study in the State of Kuwait to investigate the need for a new master program in applied computer science. It is evident that science and technology are trending towards some high-interest areas including machine learning, robotics, information security and big data. Bedsides government and industry, educational institutions are at the frontline of this revolution and they have the responsibility to lead the efforts in building reliable workforce for the future. Therefore, we have completed a comprehensive study to investigate the need for a new master's program that fits the context of the aforementioned situation. The new program is called Master of Applied Computer Science - MACS. The program is proposed to offer three tracks that best utilise the needed expertise and align with the current and future demands of the domestic market; these tracks are: mobile robotics, information security and software engineering. Three surveys for current students, alumni and employers were conducted and analysed and their findings were discussed in this work. We are confident that master programs developers in Kuwait will significantly benefit from this study to maximise their opportunities of success.

Editorial: ACM/Springer Mobile Networks & Applications - Special Issue on Mobile Computing and Software Engineering

Editorial: ACM/Springer Mobile Networks & Applications - Special Issue on Mobile Computing and Software Engineering

Mobile Application Development Methodologies Adopted in Omani Market: A Comparative Study

Popularity of mobile phones and huge growing for mobile applications make developers in need for flexible software process, which can deal with many challenges facing the mobile app development process. These challenges include: volatility of requirements, strong user involvement, development time tightness, process simplicity, and production of valuable software in low cost. This research study investigates the current mobile app development approaches adopted in Omani market and provides a comparison between existing methods. The results reveal that Agile approach is the most popular model for mobile software engineering in Omani, as it naturally fits most of the applications required in this market. The study also discusses various agile process models such as Scrum, XP, Lean, DSDM, and others. It is concluded that XP model is the most preferable model used by Omani developers due to its dynamic and adaptive nature for different mobile app processes. The study provides also a series of recommendations for mobile app developers which should help in selecting the most appropriate method that suits the targeted market sector

Designing of routing algorithms in autonomous distributed data transmission system for mobile computing devices with ‘WiFi-Direct’ technology

The results of the research of existent routing protocols in wireless networks and their main features are discussed in the paper. Basing on the protocol data, the routing protocols in wireless networks, including search routing algorithms and phone directory exchange algorithms, are designed with the ‘WiFi-Direct’ technology. Algorithms without IP-protocol were designed, and that enabled one to increase the efficiency of the algorithms while working only with the MAC-addresses of the devices. The developed algorithms are expected to be used in the mobile software engineering with the Android platform taken as base. Easier algorithms and formats of the well-known route protocols, rejection of the IP-protocols enables to use the developed protocols on more primitive mobile devices. Implementation of the protocols to the engineering industry enables to create data transmission networks among working places and mobile robots without any access points.

Introduction to Special Issue on Distributed and Mobile Software Engineering

Introduction to Special Issue on Distributed and Mobile Software Engineering