Mobile Computing

Code:

EIC0050

Acronym:

CMOV

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Operating Systems and Networks

Instance: 2007/2008 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.fe.up.pt/~apm/CM
Responsible unit:	Informatics Section
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEIC	0	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	5	-	6	56	162
MIEIC	26	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Provide knowledge and practice on the development of business applications with particular access needs to data and computing in any place at any time. Emphasis on the use of generic frameworks, taking into account the mobile devices’ specificity.

Program

1. Server Applications and Interfaces for mobile devices
- Mobile devices as “thin clients”
- Communication needs
2. Business Applications on the mobile devices
-Access to local data and to remote data
-Caching
-Local data bases
-Synchronization
3. “Disconnected” applications
- Queues
-Notifications
4. Service-oriented applications
- Use of web services
5. Installation (”deployment”)
6. Security

Mandatory literature

Fox, Dan; Building solutions with the Microsoft.NET compact framework. ISBN: 0-321-19788-7
Yuan, Michael Juntao; Enterprise J2ME. ISBN: 0-13-140530-6

Complementary Bibliography

Wigley, Andy; Building Microsoft ASP.NET applications for mobile devices. ISBN: 0-7356-1914-X
Yuan, Michael Juntao; Developing scalable series 40 applications. ISBN: 0-321-26863-6
Wigley, Andy; Moth, Daniel; Foot, Peter; Mobile Development Handbook, Microsoft Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780735623583

Teaching methods and learning activities

-Theoretical concept exposition, with presentation of examples and demonstrations.
– Practical development of various types of business applications for mobile devices.

Software

Java NetBeans
Visual Studio .NET 2005
Microsoft Internet Information Server

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	42,00
Projects - Design and implementation	Trabalho escrito	60,00
Final	Exame	2,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Readings - Theory, API's	Estudo autónomo	32
Final preparation	Estudo autónomo	24
	Total:	56,00

Eligibility for exams

Finalizing and presenting the Lab Assignments.
Open book final.

Calculation formula of final grade

0.6 Asgn + 0.4 Ex
Asgn - 3 Lab assignments
Ex - Open book final

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The same as for ordinary students. The assignments are mandatory.

Classification improvement

The assignments can be improved until the date of the final exam.