Dear reader,

Welcome to the new issue of ICaST, and my first issue as Editor-in-Chief!

My name is Fabrizio Granelli, and I’m the Networking Lab coordinator at the University of Trento, in Italy. As this is my first editorial, I’d like to briefly introduce the magazine and its purpose.

I. Introduction

Traditional satellite missions are extremely expensive to design, build, launch and operate. Consequently, both the aerospace industry and the research community have started directing their attention to missions involving many, small, distributed and inexpensive satellites. Furthermore, many space projects in universities laboratories are focused on the development of micro-, nano- and pico-satellites for both scientific and educational purposes.

by Levent V. Orman
Cornell University
orman@cornell.edu

Abstract

ICaST: Dr. Raj, can you please tell us about yourself?

RM: I am associate professor of information security systems.  My research has been in the areas of mobile and healthcare data security and privacy. I am also involved in several healthcare projects where we are trying to look at ways to use the social networks to engage the wider population to lead a healthy life style.

ICaST: What is your personal involvement in e-health?

by Heinz Gerhauser, General Chair

The 4th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2010 has been hostedbythe Technical University of Munich. In each and every year the Pervasive Healthcare conference aims to gather together technology experts, practitioners, industry and national authorities contributing towards the development and application of human-centered pervasive and ubiquitous computing technology for healthcare and wellness. Just like this year.

ICST is exploiting the opportunities offered by Web 2.0 technologies to improve the quality, rapidity, openness, and effectiveness of the collaboration within the scientific community. Central to this strategic perspective, e-SCRIPTS enables an innovative, fast, and high-quality review process, for both the ICaST Magazine and the portfolio of ICST Transactions.

Abstract – Wireless sensor networks are promising future of many sensitive applications such as healthcare, defence, habitat monitoring and early bushfire detection.

Abstract - This paper presents a study of the five best selling Smart Phones in terms of their applicability to Wireless Health. Smart Phones are generally used as central controlling units in Wireless Health applications.

This new magazine of ICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering) has been conceived as YOUR KIND OF PLACE where you will find the latest of ICT itself and of its inter-disciplinary applications in such areas, just to mention a few, as healthcare, biology, business, social, automotive, law/forensics, architecture, arts, and education. If you are interested in the social context and implications of ICT, you will also find here a great deal of real- life cases and a platform to discuss them.

There is an anecdote about Haydn’s first encounter with Mozart’s music. Haydn is reputed to have written on the score, “Unfortunately, not by Haydn.” After reading Imre’s scholarly and perceptive book, I felt like repeating Haydn’s lament, with my own name inserted of course.