DEV 14 and HotMobile 15

T Fifth ACM Symposium on Computing for Development (DEV-5) was held on 5–6 December 2014 in San Jose, California. In its fifth edition, DEV continued its progress to becoming the premier venue to present original and innovative work on the applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computing in developing regions. In particular, the conference highlighted research results from contexts where conventional computing solutions are often inappropriate due to limited resources and a variety of contextual factors, including limited funds, language barriers, illiteracy, and the limited availability of power and bandwidth. Focusing on innovative technical solutions to these diverse contextual, infrastructural, and user challenges, the DEV-5 conference fostered exchange between computer scientists, engineers, and others interested in the use of information and communication technologies for development.