Crowdsourcing is a novel paradigm which has applications in a plethora of disciplines
including software development, public administration, and communication technologies. In …

This paper describes how mobile device apps can inadvertently broadcast personal
information through their use of wireless networks despite the correct use of encryption …

This thesis presents a new neural network architecture called the parallel self-organizing
hierarchical neural network (PSHNN). The new architecture involves a number of stages in …

For mobile apps, user-perceived delays are critical for user satisfaction. According to our
measurement, long delays are commonly caused by network and storage I/O operations …

Crowdsourcing mobile user's network performance has become an effective way of
understanding and improving mobile network performance and user quality-of-experience …

Mobile applications such as VoIP,(live) gaming, or video streaming have diverse QoS
requirements ranging from low delay to high throughput. The optimization of the network …

The location of Internet hosts is frequently used in distributed applications and networking
services. Examples include customized advertising, distribution of content, and position …

Measuring and understanding the performance of mobile networks is becoming very
important for end users and operators. Despite the availability of many measurement apps …

Recently, spectrum optimization solutions require mobile phones to obtain precise, accurate
and fine-grained estimates of the radio link data rate. In particular, the effectiveness of …

Many apps have been developed to measure the performance of mobile networks.
Unfortunately, their measurement results may not be what users expect, because the results …