[AISWorld] 2nd CfP: Software Development for Mobile Devices, Wearables, and the Internet-of-Things HICSS 2019 Minitrack

[Tim A. Majchrzak]

CALL FOR PAPERS

HICSS 2019 Minitrack: Software Development for Mobile Devices, 
Wearables, and the Internet-of-Things
(Software Technology Track)
http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-52/software-technology/

8-11 January 2019
Grand Wailea, Maui
http://www.hicss.org/

MINITRACK DESCRIPTION
Applications for mobile devices (apps) have facilitated the success of 
smartphones and tablets. By using apps, the multi-purpose hardware of 
modern devices can be utilized to the full extent. Despite much progress 
with regard to development methods, software development kits, and 
frameworks, app development poses many challenges. This is even truer 
for novel mobile devices such as wearables and for the hardware that 
constitutes the Internet-of-Things (IoT). Compatibility, performance, 
battery-saving, security, and testing are only some of the issues that 
are mainly driven by the quality of the used software. A satisfying 
level of this quality in many cases is very hard to achieve.

Experiences and methods from classical software development can only be 
utilized to some degree. Moreover, the inherent challenges of the 
respective new devices ask for novel solutions. The above-sketched 
issues are worsened by the conditions that development activities meet. 
Typical particularities include the need for multi-platform development, 
device fragmentation, context-sensitivity, low computational power, 
little memory, energy conservation requirements, and the heterogeneity 
of users. With the emergence of multi-platform and multi-device, the new 
golden standard are applications not only across software ecosystems, 
but across hardware platforms such as laptop, mobile, tables, sensors 
and wearables. Therefore, new threads of research are needed to tackle 
these issues and to pave the way for improved software standards, better 
business producibility and an improved customer experience.

This minitrack extends the former Mobile App Development minitrack (of 
HICSS-49 and HICSS-50) beyond the core app realm, which was limited to 
apps for devices for smartphones and tablets. It keeps the focus on 
software development but broadens the scope of applicable hardware to 
reflect the increasing interconnectedness. After its successful 
introduction at HICSS-51, it now goes into its second year.

The minitrack is devoted to the technological background of mobile 
computing while keeping an eye on business value, user experience, and 
domain-specific issues. Topics of interests include (but are not limited to)
•	Case studies of development for mobile devices, wearables, and the IoT
•	Requirements engineering, enterprise usage and business models of 
software for mobile devices, wearables, and the IoT
•	Development methods for mobile devices, wearables, and the IoT
•	Economic and/or social impact of mobile computing
•	User interface (UI) design and user experience (UX) research for 
mobile devices, wearables, and the IoT
•	Testing of mobile devices, wearables, and the IoT
•	Hybrid and Cross-platform development, Progressive Web Apps (PWA)
•	Web technology in mobile devices, wearables, and the IoT
•	Security and privacy for mobile devices, wearables, and the IoT
•	Legal aspects of software for mobile devices, wearables, and the IoT
•	Energy efficient computing on mobile devices
•	Sensor-usage in mobile devices, wearables, and the IoT
•	Novel developments such as smart home / home automation, smart toys, 
e-textiles etc.

IMPORTANT DATES
15 April 2018 : Paper submission begins
15 June 2018  : Submission of full manuscripts
17 August 2018: Acceptance notifications

For formatting instructions, see HICSS website. (http://www.hicss.org/)
(This time, a new LaTeX template is available!)

POSSIBLE PAPER EXTENSION
We are currently scrutinizing possibilities for providing 
post-conference publication opportunities for revised and extended 
papers, e.g. as part of a journal special issue. For the last edition, 
we currently prepare post-proceedings and hope to be able to provide 
this opportunity again!

Please consider approaching us with an abstract to check suitability to 
the minitrack. In case of questions, please feel free to contact us any 
time.

MINITRACK CO-CHAIRS:
Tim A. Majchrzak (Primary Contact)
University of Agder
Phone: +47 38 14 1982
Email: timam at uia.no

Tor-Morten Grønli
Westerdals – Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology
Email: tmg at westerdals.no