Poster for our paper: D. Kovachev, D. Renzel, P. Nicolaescu, R. Klamma, „DireWolf – Distributing and Migrating User Interfaces for Web Widget Applications”. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Web Engineering, Aalborg, Denmark, July 8-12, 2013. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2013

1. Advanced Community Information Systems Group
Chair for Information Systems and Databases
Prof. Dr. M. Jarke
Ultra High-Speed
Mobile Information
And Communication
Scaling up Technologies
for Informal Learning in
SME Clusters
Responsive Open
Learning Environments
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Framework for distributing widget-based Web interfaces
on multiple managed devices
Continuous state-consistent, adaptive session migration
Open source implementation for (mobile) Web browsers
Distribution of application components across devices
Cooperation between application components
Management capabilities
 Device ownership, features and availability
 Application state
 Widget state
DireWolf – Distributing and Migrating User Interfaces
for Web Widget Applications
Dejan Kovachev, Dominik Renzel, Petru Nicolaescu, Ralf Klamma
Distribution of UI elements to diverse (mobile)
computing devices
Use multiple devices as a cohesive symbiotic environment
Develop tools & methodologies for Web-based DUIs
Overcome space limits & improve interaction strategies
Employ widgets as Web service interfaces
One user - multiple personal
computing devices
Rich I/O interaction
Opportunities for multi-device
interactive collaboration over
the Internet
D. Kovachev, D. Renzel, P. Nicolaescu, R. Klamma, „DireWolf – Distributing and Migrating User Interfaces for Web Widget Applications”. In Proceedings of
the 13th International Conference on Web Engineering, Aalborg, Denmark, July 8-12, 2013. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2013
Intent-based communication between widgets
Widget containers using Apache Shindig, OpenSocial, etc.
Inter-widget communication (IWC) framework
 Remote IWC based on XMPP Publish Subscribe XEP
 Library available with EU FP7 ROLE project SDK
Rapid development using prevalent Web technologies
Simple migration
M:362ms; SD:48.9ms
Continuous migration
M:1305ms; SD:222.6ms