Update: Research Proposals for Spring Semester

Well, my Spring semester has officially begun. I am starting to compile sources for my final capstone course at Temple University. The goal for this research paper (in short) is to

1.) Build a cloud server that hosts services, processes, data management, etc.
2.) Develop a mobile application (iPhone, Android, and/or WP7) that will access this cloud and fetch and push data with the server.
3.) Address the security pitfalls of the above system and create workarounds to fix those issues. (Authentication verification checks, data encryption, public/private access, etc.)
4.) I am SURE there is going to be more in depth information that I will need, however I will be updating this blog religiously to detail every step of this process.

The purpose of this final project is to develop and mold the cloud computing + mobile application architecture into a more secure paradigm. The reasoning for this is because daily interactions for everything in our lives that we take for granted (bank information, user info, account log in, etc.) is recorded somewhere on some server at this very moment. To separate these two worlds is of the highest degree. Developing a sound framework to allow this type of interaction for now and the future is pivotal for a world in which we trust our computers to take our sensitive information.

UPDATE: iPhone Application is still waiting for review (6 days)