Android Software Platform is the Topic for June Mobile Monday Detroit

May 21, 2011 - PRLog -- An in-depth exploration of the Android Software Platform is the subject of the June 13th meeting of Mobile Monday Detroit.  Speakers for the evening will be Jon Oberheide, CTO of Duo Security and Walt Capers, Senior Software Architect for Compuware.

Jon Oberheide's presentation will deconstruct Google's Android mobile platform and its security model, from the base OS, to the Android middleware, up to case studies utilizing third-party applications.  As Android emerges as a leading OS in the mobile market, there's much to be learned from both the victories and failures of Google's design decisions and their impact on Android's security model.  Jon will showcase some fun attacks used to subvert the base Android system, as well as third-party applications in use on Android handsets around the world.

Walt Capers will be discussing the use of Android NDK.  He will review porting C-code to the Android platform, which is very timely in light of Google's recent push for the Android NDK r3 to enable higher-quality graphics for game development.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS:

Jon Oberheide is CTO of Duo Security, an Ann Arbor-based start-up developing outstanding two-factor authentication.  He has done presentations at:

•  Hackito Ergo Sum 2011: Starjacking Your Way to grsecurity/PaX Bypass
•  ShmooCon 2011: Team JOCH vs Android: The Ultimate Showdown
•  SummerCon 2010: Android Hax

Walt Capers is a Senior Software Architect for Compuware who is obsessed with code performance.  He has built a tiny high-performance web server that has been embraced for embedded developers, and has experience building and tuning C-software on several platforms including Android.  He has vast experience with software license management (securing software access), multi-threat application development, TCP/IP-based client/server development, and developing high performance 3D applications for FEA and CAD solutions.  He also has a U.S. patent for viewing and capturing 3D data from OpenGL-based applications.

The event will take place at the Compuware Building located at 1 Campus Martius in Detroit with the networking portion of the meeting starting at 5:30 p.m., and presentations beginning at 6:00 p.m.  There is no charge to attend the meeting, but advanced registration is required at http://meetup.com/Mobile-Monday-Detroit .

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About Mobile Monday Michigan
Mobile Monday Michigan is a branch of Mobile Monday, an international community of mobile industry visionaries, developers, influential individuals, and users fostering cooperation and cross-company business development. Mobile Monday Michigan executes on these objectives, thru its Ann Arbor and Detroit chapters (with additional chapters currently in development in Lansing, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo), by delivering a balanced approach of business and technical content from within the Michigan business community, as well as beyond our State.

Those interested in learning more can find the group's website at http://MobileMondayDetroit.org ; and information about the International organization can be found at http://MobileMonday.net. Mobile Monday Detroit is sponsored by Compuware and the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan.