The possibility of anonymity and lack of effective ways to identify inappropriate messages have resulted in a significant amount of online interaction data that attempt to harass, bully, or offend the recipient. In this work, we perform a preliminary linguistic study on messages exchanged using one such popular web/smartphone application—Sarahah, that allows friends to exchange messages anonymo...

Computational Grids have gained dominance in large scale scientific and engineering research. They enable researchers to collaborate and solve problems by providing seamless access to pervasive collection of computing resources. One of the requirements in Grid computing is the need to monitor interconnected components that are part of a distributed scientific application. Event based systems po...

Although much research in the IS field has examined IS adoption, less is known about post-adoption behavior among IS users, especially when competing alternatives are available. Incorporating commitment theory from social psychology and management science literature, this paper proposes an IS continuance model that explains why some IS technologies enjoy continued use after adoption and others ...

Mobile devices have user interfaces which enable users to interact with each other in an intuitive manner. The most popular applications are voice calls and messaging. In contrast, business communication requires support for longrunning interactions between people and automated systems. This makes the use of mobile device for business communication complicated with the existing user interface c...

This paper presents an entertainment-oriented application for mobile service, which generates customized speech-driven 3D facial animation and delivers to end-user by MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service). Some important methods of this application are discussed, including the 3D facial model based on 3 photos, the 3D facial animation driven by speech or text on-line and the video format transform...

Mobile phone text messaging (Short Message Service, SMS) has proved to be a powerful tool for many tasks in health care. It is affordable and instant way for communication between health care personnel and patients, enabling different kinds of control and monitoring applications, improving adherence in self-management of chronic diseases or healthy lifestyle programs etc. However, it is not onl...

This paper describes the design of an experiment that tests the e↵ectiveness of mobile applications for a weight loss program. The mobile application combines three modules: a tailored text messaging service, a goal setting and progress monitoring support, and a social network setup to achieve the weight management goals. We describe the design of a usability testing experiment for the mobile a...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the effects of using a cell phone to retrieve and send text messages on the driving performance of young novice drivers. BACKGROUND Young drivers are particularly susceptible to driver distraction and have an increased risk of distraction-related crashes. Distractions from in-vehicle devices, particularly, those that require manual input, are known to cause d...

This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of Pronto, a middleware system for mobile applications with messaging as a basis. It provides a solution for mobile application specific problems such as resource constraints, network characteristics, and data optimization. Pronto consists of three main functions: 1MobileJMS Client, a lightweight client of Message Oriented Middlewar...

potential of texting with Google Glass (Glass), a mobile wearable platform capable of receiving and sending short-message-service and other messaging formats. Background: A known roadway danger, texting while driving has been targeted by legislation and widely banned. Supporters of Glass claim the head-mounted wearable computer is designed to deliver information without concurrent distraction. ...