Mobile Information Systems and applications have received growing attention in recent years from various perspectives. The thriving numbers behind mobile systems adoption and contribution have captured the attention of computer engineering and business researchers that, in the past years, have been trying to decipher the phenomenon of Mobile Information Systems, its relation to already-conducted research, and its implications for new research opportunities that effect innovation, entrepreneurship, and world economy dynamics.

The current Mobile Information Systems and Applications show cases in the Gulf collaborating countries landscape presenting a very interesting picture. Several big scale information systems provide a variety of services to local citizens and foreigners promoting top quality research towards the enhancement of the local economies and their transformation to knowledge based high effective sustainable economies.

These widely accepted Mobile Information Systems endeavors demonstrate that a wide range of mobile applications are available and present a viable and robust alternative to traditional desktop stand-alone solutions.

The objective of the special issue is to communicate and disseminate recent computer engineering and business research and success stories that demonstrate the power of mobile computing to improve traditional information technologies and their exploitation approaches. The purpose of the special issue is to demonstrate state-of-the-art approaches of Mobile Information Systems that have had successful application in the Gulf collaborating countries region and to show how new, advanced, business models and adoption strategies can expand the sustainability frontiers in advanced applied computer engineering. While the focus of the special issue is on the Gulf collaborating countries, we welcome submissions discussing benchmarks from all over the world aiming at discussing the current global agenda of innovations in Mobile Information Systems and Applications.

Consequently, manuscripts are sought that touch these aspects and extend technical and domain knowledge in the local economy. This special issue is intended to initiate a dialog between the computing, business, human, and technical views of the fields that effect the economic environment through the adoption of novel mobile computing solutions. Novel business model approaches and sound technological mobile computing solutions will be expected. This journal seeks original manuscripts for this special issue scheduled to appear in a mid-2016 issue.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Mobile medical systems and applications
• Mobile billing systems
• Mobile and smart applications for the banking sector
• Mobile applications for Arabic culture and civilization
• Mobile applications for research and development
• Wearable technologies
• Advanced algorithms for next generation Mobile Information Systems
• Mobile applications for learning and knowledge management
• Business models for mobile applications
• Knowledge society showcases in the Gulf collaborating countries
• M-learning adoption
• Mobile applications for the public sector
• Mobile applications for international collaboration
• International benchmarks/related research from other regions of the world