Advanced Course in Mobile Technology

As the field of mobile technology is dynamic and changes rapidly, the specific technologies covered will change each year.
The current coverage includes, but is not limited to:

Location-based tracking and location-aware applications

Sensors and activity tracking (accelerometer/gyro, microphone, EEG-based, and others)

Signal processing

Quantified self, self-monitoring and activity tracking

Camera-based & video-based lifelogging, video-enabled wearable technologies

Social aspects, social connectivity

Context: acquisition, processing, and data mining

Mobile games

Mobile health, personalized healthcare

Mobile application development & mobile ecosystems

Mobile business models, entrepreneurship and monetization

At the end of the course students shall possess specialized knowledge and skills:
Knowledge

Understand a range of advanced mobile techniques

Possesses specialized insights into research frontier in a selected part of the mobile technology field

Possesses thorough knowledge of professional and scientific theory and methodologies related to mobile technologies

Have developed a deep understanding of one area of advanced mobile technology

Skills

Be able to describe and present the use of mobile technologies

Be able to analyze existing theories, methods, and interpretations and to challenge established knowledge and practices

Be able to discuss the ethical and social impacts of new mobile technologies

General competence

Have a improved ability to discuss technology and defend an opinion

Be able to communicate academic issues, analysis, and conclusions, with specialists in the field, in oral and written forms

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Utfyllende informasjon:

Various advanced topics will be presented and discussed in this course. Students will investigate in-depth one of the research topics. Students will also read and present journal and conference papers on advanced mobile technologies.