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mobisys-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a project belongs at MobiSys — testing whether the core contribution is a mobile or embedded system, application, or service whose on-device behavior is the result, and routing wireless, sensor-network, distributed-systems, ubicomp, or early-idea misfits to MobiCom, SenSys, NSDI/OSDI, IMWUT, or HotMobile.
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# MobiSys Topic Selection
MobiSys is the ACM SIGMOBILE venue for **mobile systems, applications, and services** — the
system that runs *on* the device, not the radio underneath it. The fastest way to waste a
year-long cycle is to submit a paper whose real contribution belongs one venue over. This
skill is a **fit and routing** tool, not a substitute for the current CFP scope list.
## The fit test
A MobiSys-shaped paper answers all four:
1. **Is the contribution a mobile or embedded *system*?** A runtime, an OS/platform mechanism,
an on-device inference engine, a sensing pipeline, an offload scheduler, a mobile
application or service — something built and run on the device, not an algorithm evaluated