Should one incorporate Mobile-ware in Parallel and Distributed Computation? *

In this short paper, we consider issues of integration of mobile devices into grid computing thereby extending the discussion started by Phan et al. in [9]. The dynamic nature of mobile devices increases the cost of integration. We first show via a collection of different surveys that the integration of mobile-ware in the parallel computation is worth the effort to benefit from its aggregate computational power. Main issues that must be addressed are then identified. We also propose possible solutions to some of the issues, such as task, grid and mobile device allocation, buffering, deployment of agents and possible models to convince mobile device owners of the benefits achieved by the integration. 1