Carnegie Mellon University ©2006 - 2009 Robert T. Monroe 70-451 Management Information Systems Mobile Computing II Mobile Devices 70-451 Management Information.

Carnegie Mellon University ©2006 - 2009 Robert T. Monroe 70-451 Management Information Systems

Mobile Computing IIMobile Devices

70-451 Management Information Systems

Robert Monroe

November 24, 2009


Quiz

1. Name one platform for mobile computing

2. What is the name of the project/website/organization working with remote sensors on mobile devices that you listed on the wiki prior to class?

3. True or false: it is possible to track the movement of groups of people by analyzing data on mobile phone locations through 3G networks.


Goals For Today


Into The Cloud And Back Out…

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Mobile Computing Platforms


Communication Tools Are Going Mobile


Computing Platforms Are Going Mobile


… And Evolving Into Mobile Computing Devices


What Does A “Mobile Computing Device” Do?

• Provide a useful way to collect, display, and process data and information while not connected to a fixed power or networking source

• Connect to data sources– Wirelessly or wired

– Continuously or intermittently

• Provide input and output mechanisms


Beyond The Cloud – Mobile Devices

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Some Major Mobile Platforms

• Laptops and Netbooks – windows, mac, linux• Smartphones – iPhone, Blackberry, Symbian, Android

• iPods and mp3 players• Kindle, eBooks

• Cars

• Anything else?


Smartphones As Mobile Device Platforms

• What do they do?• What do they not do?• What problems do they solve (and for whom)?• What problems do they cause (and for whom)?• Complementary technologies?• Network effects?• Technical maturity?


New Technologies Lead To New Opportunities

• Big idea: use mobile phones to gather data, wireless networks to collect data, and the cloud to aggregate and analyze it

• So how might this play out? How might we turn this big idea into compelling new products, services, and solutions to pressing social problems?


First Stage: Active Data Collection / Aggregation

• People actively use mobile computing device to collect, tag and upload data– Optionally, use mobiles to

display results also

• Examples:– Geo-tagging photos and videos for Google Maps / Earth

– Trapster – avoid speeding tickets

– Collecting video of news events by mobile phone camera

– Tracking disease / managing disaster response• INSTEDD project

• Telstra project – teen depression, mental illness


Second Stage: Active Collection With Devices

• Extend previous model by using mobile phones as a network link for substantially more sophisticated devices

• Example: Low-cost ultrasound reader for the developing world


Third Stage: Passive Data Collection/Aggregation


Evaluating The Opportunity: Environmental Monitoring

• Let’s consider one class of mobile devices and one specific problem

• Devices: smartphones with pollution sensors

• Scenario: you are working at a Qatari government ministry that is charged with maintaining and improving healthy environmental conditions. You have been tasked with evaluating whether (and how) the ministry should leverage mobile devices to monitor and reduce pollution levels


For Next Tuesday

• Next Tuesday we will look at some ethical issues that arise with information systems

• Prior to class please read Harvard Business School note on IS Ethics, and propose an ethical dilemna related to the use or development of an information system that you post to the wiki– …details on the wiki

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major mobile platforms

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