The 2nd International Mobility, Collaborative
Working, and Emerging Applications (MobCops 2007)

CollaborateCom 2007

The Internet now has more than 350 million users. It is expected to be more than 3 billion mobile phones world-wide in 2007, and 1/10 of these will have Internet access and be attached to powerful computers (source: IDC). Several companies are already working as virtual organizations, where people are distributed, and collaborate over several locations and time zones. Thus it is crucial that distributed, collaborative, mobile and partly asynchronous technology enables sharing of documents and work plans. The infrastructure and tools for carrying out projects in virtual organizations must still be improved. We must still deal with heterogeneity of tools, equipment (laptops, PDAs, mobile phones) and work models. In addition, mobility of devices and partial lack of connectivity require regular synchronization of such devices against stationary servers and PCs. Hence, there are several challenges that must be addressed.

This Workshop on Mobility, Collaborative Working, and Emerging Applications (MobCops 2007) will be held in conjunction with The 3rd International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing, (CollaborateCom-2007), which is jointly sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, Create-Net and the International Communication Sciences, and Technology Association (ICST). It will focus on the area of mobile collaborative computing, with emphasis on cooperative mobile devices, systems and work processes. The aim is to have a dedicated session that fosters closer interactions among researchers and users communities, providing an excellent opportunity for them to meet and discuss their ideas. We invite original contributions from researchers in academia and computer industry on these emerging and important areas of information technology.

Workshop Organizers and Program Chairs