Research
We are interested in all aspects relevant to Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing.
Our research currently focusses on the following core areas:
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Pervasive Healthcare : This area of research concerns itself with the Mobile and Pervasive technologies to support the process of condition diagnosis as well as the post-diagnosis treatment and care. Sub-themes include:
- Pervasive Home Care Technologies
- Technologies for supporting the Ageing Population
- Nursing, Medical and Clinical Support Systems
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Mobile & Ubiquitous Interaction : This area of research considers the interaction of humans with their surrounding built or natural environment and its cohabitants through the use of mobile or pervasive devices. Sub-themes include:
- Interaction with the surrounding environment
- Location-based Services
- Mobile and Pervasive Gaming
- Mobile HCI
- Context Aware Services, including Personal, Physical, Environmental and Emotional context
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Pervasive Network Infrastructures : This area of research relates to the investigation of novel network infrastructures of integrating wired and wireless networks for the support of mobile and pervasive applications and services. Sub-themes include:
- Remote Data Acquisition
- Wireless Network technologies
- Node-to-node and Node-to-Infrastructure communications
- Wireless Sensors and Sensor Network technologies
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Other areas of research interests of the group include
- Mobile Audio/Video Interaction
- Mobile Information Access, including data storage, visualisation of data, Information Retrieval for mobile device applications.
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Queries for potential collaborations on any of these research areas are always warmly welcome, so please don't hesitate to contact us!
