Ubiquitous applications are facing a large diversity of execution contexts. However, this diversity requires some continual adaptation to preserve the correct execution of these ap...
Data aggregation in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a desirable feature, spatial data are integrated in OLAP engines for this purpose. However, the development and operatio...
Human-robot interaction (HRI) for mobile robots is still in its infancy. Most user interactions with robots have been limited to teleoperation capabilities where the most common i...
The traditional computational devices and models, such as the von Neumann architecture or the Turing machine, are strongly influenced by concepts of central control and perfectio...
In this paper we examine how copyright protection of digital items can be securely managed in a 3G mobile phone and other devices. First, the basic concepts, strategies, and requi...