A LIGHTWEIGHT COLLABORATIVE API FOR AD-HOC MOBILE COMPUTING By DOMINIK BUSZKO A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

by Dominik Buszko iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my advisor, Dr. Abdelsalam (Sumi) Helal, for providing me with an opportunity to work in this exciting area and for providing feedback, guidance, support, and encouragement during the course of this project and my graduate academic career. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my family and my girlfriend for their emotional support and encouragement throughout my academic career. In addition, many thanks go to my friends for making my stay at the University of Florida a very memorable one Finally, I would like to thank Maui Teriyaki and Krispy Kreme for providing much needed nourishment for the long hours spent in the lab.