Towards a high-level trusted computing API for Android software stack

Android platform is a new generation of smart mobile phone platform launched by Google. Android provides the support of mobile map and location service, which is probably a concern of vast numbers of developers. So far, the development of mobile map and location applications is complex and difficult, and is often required to pay high copyright fees to map makers. Android is free and open, providing an easy-to-use development kit containing flexible map display and control functions. This paper introduces the architecture and component models of Android, and analyzes the anatomy of an Android application including the functions of Activity, Intent Receiver, Service, Content Provider, and etc. Based on Android, the design method of a location-based mobile service is then presented. The design example shows that it's so easy to implement self-location, to draw the driving trace, to perform query and to flexibly control the real-time map on Android.

AIOLOS: Middleware for improving mobile application performance through cyber foraging

This paper introduces the overall structure of the hierarchical structure and car Android platform of interactive systems, analyzes the system design and implementation process of each function module.The trial was carried out in the HTCS710e mobile phone and Motorola Xoom tabletcomputer, the test results show that the system has stable operation, friendly man-machine interface, can basicallyachieved our goals at the beginning of design.

Chapter 3 - Android software development kit and android debug bridge

Purpose This study aims to examine professional skills development among Arabic language graduates in Malaysia, focusing on competencies such as communication, problem-solving, leadership, emotional intelligence, cultural competency and teamwork. It aims to uncover the relationship between Arabic language proficiency and professional skills, considering employers’ expectations and the gaps between graduates’ abilities and workplace demands. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-methods approach was used, combining a structured Likert-scale questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Data were collected from 250 graduates at seven Malaysian universities, assessing a range of skills. Additionally, interviews with ten employers and supervisors provided insights into the challenges graduates face and employers’ expectations. Findings Results showed that while graduates displayed moderate proficiency in communication and time management, technical skills (TS) and adaptability were lacking. Communication skills ranked highest, with technical expertise rated the lowest. Both quantitative and qualitative findings stressed the need to enhance adaptability and technical proficiency alongside language skills to boost employability. Practical implications The study suggests curriculum reforms that integrate soft skills and technical expertise to enhance the employability of Arabic language graduates, offering a practical framework for educators and policymakers in designing curriculum improvements. These insights can inform policy decisions and institutional strategies to align graduate competencies with real-world industry expectations. Originality/value This study’s dual focus on Arabic language proficiency and professional skills addresses the specific needs of Arabic language graduates in Malaysia. The findings highlight gaps in TS and adaptability, suggesting curriculum reforms to better prepare graduates for the workforce. The results are valuable for educators, policymakers, and employers interested in improving graduates’ employability.

The article analyzes the letters of specialists in Russian history of the 17th – 19th centuries who sent correspondences to their colleagues in Moscow. The reason these letters are being analyzed is because, due to the distance and communication methods available at the time, correspondence was the main way for Siberian scholars to communicate with the representatives of the important scientific centers, to stay updated on the latest research trends and discoveries. During this era, authors were comparatively unrestricted in their statements, and their internal and external interactions were diverse and significant. Historians from Siberia and Moscow used to correspond on scientific and organizational matters through letters. The topics of discussions included participation in scientific conferences, invitations, opportunities for business trips, publications, cooperation, and reviews. The scholars shared their professional thoughts, ideas, and plans, characterized the sources they found and analyzed, expressed hypotheses and explained preliminary conclusions, reported the outcomes of research, and sometimes talked about the progress in their research projects and the development in their understanding of scientific problems. The letters often described events in the scientific careers of the authors. The content and emotional tone of the correspondence were significantly influenced by the author's character and relationship with the addressee. The letters often contained information of both scientific and personal nature. Sometimes, Siberian scientists requested assistance and help from their colleagues from the capital. The article concludes that letters were a reliable and effective communication channel among the professional community of historians. They were used to convey scientific, business, and occasionally personal information. The recipients of these letters were typically scholars from Moscow who were older in age and higher in status. As a reference group, they played a significant role in determining the specifics of the letters addressed to them.

Nowadays e-commerce is being substituted by m-commerce with the strong push from smart phone. Android phone, iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Phone are typical smart phone models. According to comScore [1] Android takes more than 50% and iPhones takes more than 31% of smart phone market share in US in 2012. This research paper focuses on Anti-Virus strategies on Android platform because it is the most popular smart phone platform, it is an open-source environment, and it has more applications than Apple Store. The anti-virus strategies will be introduced in two categories with three samples: static analysis and dynamic analysis. Detail descriptions about Stowaway, AASandbox and Droidbox are provided. The analyses of their advantages/disadvantages are followed. The research paper is focused to develop an outline of Android anti-virus strategies to individuals, government agencies and private sectors that are interested in and help you to decide which anti-virus application to choose.

This chapter challenges the traditional divide between technical and soft skills in graduate employability and advances a hybrid model of readiness. While technical skills establish credibility, employers increasingly value communication, adaptability, collaboration, and emotional intelligence. The chapter introduces techno-social fluency—the integration of technical expertise with human-centric abilities—as the new graduate ideal. It critiques higher education's privileging of technical rigor and weak assessment of soft skills, which sustain the skills gap. Pedagogical strategies such as project-based and case-based learning, interdisciplinary projects, and communication-focused assessments are highlighted as pathways to integration. A roadmap for educators, curriculum designers, students, and policymakers is proposed, emphasizing that employability today depends not on choosing between skills but on blending them to navigate complex human and technological systems.

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Software Engineering courses often emphasize teaching methodologies and concepts in small and controlled environments over teaching, say, maintenance aspects of full-fledged real software systems. This decision is partly justified due to the difficulty of bringing to the context of a classroom a real software project. The widespread presence of open source projects, however, is contributing to alleviating this problem. Several instructors have already adopted contributions to open source projects as part of their evaluation process, and these instructors reported many benefits, including the improvement on students' technical and social skills. However, little is known about the students' perceptions regarding the need to contribute to an open source project as part of a Software Engineering course. To better understand the students' challenges, benefits, and attitudes, we conducted 21 semi-structured interviews with students who took these courses in five different Brazilian universities. We also enriched this data with an analysis of commits performed in the repositories that students contributed to. We observed that even though some instructors chose the open source projects to students to work themselves, some students and even the open source community participated in the process of choosing projects and tasks. Students' contributions varied concerning both complexity (measured by the number of additions, deletions, and edited files) and diversity (measured regarding the different programming languages used). Among the benefits, students reported improving their technical skills and their self-confidence. Finally, some students found extremely important for instructors' being involved with open source initiatives (extra-classroom).

One of Saudi Aramco's strategic objectives is to prepare the work force to meet evolving technical challenges in Petroleum Engineering (PE). To address this important objective, the Petroleum Engineering Technologist Development Program (TDP) was established to provide the opportunity for young engineers to become recognized experts in critical technical disciplines. The TDP provides organizational support for the participants to progress in professional and managerial careers to ultimately fulfill Saudi Aramco's business needs. The program is overseen by management and technical advisory committees. New candidates are selected based on competency, years of experience, outstanding performance and strong personal skills. In addition, they must have demonstrated technical ability, resourcefulness, and dedication to address emerging technical and operational challenges. The technical advisory committee will assist in selecting an area of specialty based on Company requirements, candidates' interests and expertise. Also, they will nominate a mentor (subject matter expert) to guide and manage development of technical and soft skills. Each participant has a competency development road map based on a plan to develop required technical and soft skills. The participants must complete all required tasks and develop expertise in his area of specialty. In addition, the candidates are trained during rotational development assignments and, in many cases, they enroll in an advanced degree program. They need to meet specific TDP graduation requirements including publication in technical journals and active participation in international technical meetings and forums. In addition, to graduate from the TDP, a candidate is must demonstrate to the technical review committee that he has achieved technical expertise in his chosen specialty. Saudi Aramco designed the TDP to ensure young engineers have the opportunity to become technical experts in critical specialties. The program has successfully met its goals as evidenced by the number of successful graduates.

On 21st Century, it is the rising up generation of smartphone. Smartphone is become indispensable in people's lives. It is whether in social network, e-learning or entertainment. For examples, you want to chat with other peoples, search information, playing electronic games or listen to music. Now, all can have done on the phone by one click, APPs (Applications) makes life be more convenient and excellent. In this project, I decided to build up a smart classroom model. This classroom operation is different to the tradition classroom. Traditionally classroom is facilitated with different type of electrical equipment or accessories to help teachers in the classroom. In the past, most of control devices and facilities in classroom are using mechanical on/off switch and wiring system. Sometimes, teacher often forgot to turn off the electrical device when he/she left the room. It is resulted waste energy as well. The electrical installation works in the classroom are very complicated. My designed system is a set of control through wireless system. It contained with an Apps, Bluetooth, Arduino and PLC. The first part is use smartphone platform, the second is signal transfer through Bluetooth transmit to Arduino. And the last is hard model with PLC control. Simply said, it use and Android platform to control all devices in the classroom. I hope, I can use this system in the classroom.

In recent years, there has been explosive growth in smartphone sales, which is accompanied with the availability of a huge number of smartphone applications (or simply apps). End users or consumers are attracted by the many interesting features offered by these devices and the associated apps. The developers of these apps are also benefited by the prospect of financial compensation, either by selling their apps directly or by embedding one of the many ad libraries available on smartphone platforms. In this paper, we focus on potential privacy and security risks posed by these embedded or in-app advertisement libraries (henceforth "ad libraries," for brevity). To this end, we study the popular Android platform and collect 100,000 apps from the official Android Market in March-May, 2011. Among these apps, we identify 100 representative in-app ad libraries (embedded in 52.1% of them) and further develop a system called AdRisk to systematically identify potential risks. In particular, we first decouple the embedded ad libraries from host apps and then apply our system to statically examine the ad libraries, ranging from whether they will upload privacy-sensitive information to remote (ad) servers or whether they will download untrusted code from remote servers. Our results show that most existing ad libraries collect private information: some of them may be used for legitimate targeting purposes (i.e., the user's location) while others are hard to justify by invasively collecting the information such as the user's call logs, phone number, browser bookmarks, or even the list of installed apps on the phone. Moreover, additional ones go a step further by making use of an unsafe mechanism to directly fetch and run code from the Internet, which immediately leads to serious security risks. Our investigation indicates the symbiotic relationship between embedded ad libraries and host apps is one main reason behind these exposed risks. These results clearly show the need for better regulating the way ad libraries are integrated in Android apps.

Smartphones are becoming a dominant form of mobile computing in the United States, and more slowly, the world. The smartphone, as a platform, blends a traditional general computing platform with a specialized mobile phone platform. However, each platform comes with its own tradition of social practices and policies. The general computing tradition is historically open, allowing its owners, i.e., users and administrators, to install whatever software they choose, and to add or remove hardware as they please. The cellular tradition has historically been very tightly controlled and locked down since telecommunications networks are considered critical national infrastructure. These two competing ideals clash on the smartphone platform and this clash is exemplified by Android OS platform created by Google. The Android platform attempts to be open while conforming to the traditional policies of mobile phones. The conflict in philosophies between general computing platforms and mobile phones have led to fundamental limitations in the platform security of the phone. Our paper looks at these fundamental limitations and how they relate to the challenge of reconciling governance practices in use on general purpose computers and mobile phones. We also provide certain policy guidelines and platform architecture suggestions that will help create a more secure smartphone platform.

This study was designed to explore managerial skills required for managers working for the corporations in Japan, China and Taiwan. For the purpose of comparing differences in the pattern of managerial skill practices, Chinese managers in state-owned (n=276) and joint venture (n=186) corporations, Japanese managers (n=377) in Japanese corporations and Taiwanese managers (n=139) in Taiwanese corporations were asked to respond the Managerial Skill Questionnaires (total N=978). The MSQ using the 22 skill items asked managers to report how frequently they practice each skill based on a 5-point scale, and choose the five most important skills needed for them to improve their managerial job performance in their organizations.Results of the data analyses indicated that the four major skill factors, namely Organizational Development (OD), Organizational Goal Attainment (OGA), Proper Use of Personnel (PUP) and Technical Skills (TS) are salient as common skill dimensions among sample managers. Particularly, both Chinese and Taiwanese managers were found practicing PUP and teamwork skills more frequently, while Japanese managers practicing OD skills relatively more than others. The analysis of critical skills for improving managerial performance indicated that Japanese managers identify strategic, problem identification and decision making skills to be most critical, while Chinese and Taiwanese managers do people-oriented and teamwork skills most critical for improving their job performance. But, Taiwanese were found different from Chinese managers in emphasizing the teamwork skill and technical expertise more than their Chinese colleagues who tend to choose fair treatment and quality control skills to be more critical. These findings were interpreted based on differences in culture and the nature of market pressures in which managers working in each country.