Patrick Martin and his team consisting of Hossam Hassanein (School of Computing), Mohammad Zulkernine (School of Computing) and Kathryn Brohman (School of Business) have received $480,000 to develop new research into the integration of two emerging technologies: cloud computing and mobile communication networks. As more of the services we use in our daily lives are offered through the Web, consumers’ expectations continue to grow. The next generation of services will be “elastic” in the sense that they will automatically grow and shrink in response to user demand and will be accessible anywhere, anytime from mobile devices.
“The funding facilitates new collaborations among researchers at Queen’s and training for our students in an exciting new area that would not otherwise be available,” says Dr. Martin.
(From the Queen’s News Centre – February 24, 2012)