CSR: Medium: Enriching Mobile User Experience Through The Cloud

移动设备，如智能手机和平板电脑，在移动中越来越多地用于多任务处理、数据访问和计算。然而，移动设备通常在计算能力、能源和网络带宽方面受到限制，这使得在性能、保真度、可靠性和能源使用方面支持所有所需应用和行为成为一项挑战。为了增强移动用户体验，该项目正在研究如何将移动平台扩展到云中，以按需提供所需的资源。它正在探索云作为移动应用外包平台的潜力，并随着应用和用户数量的增长开发管理云资源的新技术。该项目采用以用户为中心的方法，以用户的行为为导向，包括他们的模式、偏好和活动。研究的重点包括用户偏好驱动的基于情景的用户活动优化、基于跨用户资源共享的增强型云配置以及基于用户活动的协作应用优化。这项研究是基于系统和数据挖掘技术之间的密切协同。这项提议的更广泛影响是增强移动用户的体验，提高他们的工作效率，并扩大移动应用程序的范围。该项目将展示云是如何实现这一愿景的核心。所有源代码开发和收集的数据作为这个项目的一部分将被公布。该项目还在课程和研究经验方面为学生提供了更多接触云计算、移动计算和数据挖掘领域的机会。

Mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets, are increasingly used for multitasking, data access, and computation, while on-the-go. However, mobile devices are typically constrained in terms of their compute power, energy, and network bandwidth, making it a challenge to support the full array of desired applications and behavior in terms of performance, fidelity, reliability, and energy usage. To enhance mobile user experience, this project is investigating how the mobile platform can be extended into the cloud to provide needed resources on-demand. It is exploring the potential of the cloud as an outsourcing platform for mobile applications and developing new techniques for managing cloud resources as the number of applications and users scale. The project adopts a user-centric approach guided by the actions of users, including their patterns, preferences, and activities. The research thrusts include user preference-driven optimization of context-based user activities, enhanced cloud provisioning based on cross-user resource sharing, and user activity-based optimization of collaborative applications. The research is based on a close synergy between systems and data mining techniques. The broader impact of this proposal is to enhance the experience of the mobile user, increasing their productivity, and expanding the range of mobile applications. This project will demonstrate how the cloud is central to realizing this vision. All source code developed and data collected as part of this project will be released. This project is also providing students with greater exposure to the areas of cloud computing, mobile computing, and data mining, both in courses and research experiences.