Research Trends: Smart Phone Applications Development: My session for the Workshop on Smart Phone Applications: Technologies and Research Trends at Islamic University of Technology(IUT).

1. Research Trends:
Smart Phone Applications
Venue: IUT, Dhaka
Dr. Moniruzzaman Bhuiyan
PhD (UK), BSc (Hons), MSc(UK), MBCS, MCP
Institute of Information Technology
University of Dhaka
mb@du.ac.bd
www.mb.banglaworld.org

2. TOC
• Research Trends
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Image Processing
Usability
Multimodality
Inclusive Solutions
• App Develop
– Prototype
– Evaluation
• Demo
– MuMIES
– OpenGesture
• Lab
– Write a Research idea
– MuMIES Code
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3. Research Trends
Smart Phone Vs device
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4. Research Trends
Image Processing
Usability
Multimodality
Inclusive Solutions
……….. more
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5. Image Processing
• What? Modifying, classifying or
somehow interpreting images
– crop an image
– analyzing and modifying an image’s color
histogram
– Blur in Google Street view
– Augmented Reality
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6. Challenges: Image Processing
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7. Challenges: Image Processing
• Classification
• Extraction
• Recognition
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8. Research examples
• Face Recognition
– Identifying a Live Face from a Large Pool of
Images
– Human face detection
• Mobile Product Recognition
• Recognizing video at a glance
• Auto Grading Of Answer sheets
http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee368/Proj
ect_Autumn_1314/index.html
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9. Mobile UI/UX
• Is it Usable?
– Interface
– Characteristics
• User experience
• Design process
– Prototype
• Can we evaluate?
– Usability evaluation
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10. Challenges: Mobile UI/UX
• Mobile User Context
– Cognition
– Perception
• Interface Design
• Device Proliferation
• Field Vs Lab Testing
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11. Research examples
• Virtual Museum Guide
• Pedestrian
• Application Usability Testing
– Emulator
– Field
– Lab
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12. Multi-modality
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13. Challenges: Multi-modality
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Mono/ Stereo power of Human Being
Ubiquitous
Platform Support
Wearable? Social?
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14. Research examples
• MuMIES• Gesture Recognition
– OpenGesture
• Visual Input
– Visual Search Using Image
• Google Glass
• Sixth Sense!
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15. Inclusive Applications
• Is it Accessible?
• Assistive Technology or Solutions
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16. Challenges: Inclusivity
• Ordinary People-Extra Ordinary
Environment
• Extraordinary People –Ordinary
Environment
• Mobility, Special needs
• Smart Technologies For Aging, Disability,
And Independence
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17. Time and age factor study
• Time (Fitt’s Law ) and Age factors
• Timing of tasks by different users
• Overall success rate of different users
• Incorporating ability factors into the equation
• Comparing with another interaction

18. Research examples
• Helping Vision Impaired Person
• Personalized Contents:
– EigenNews: A Personalized News Video
Delivery Platform
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19. Research examples
• Helping Vision Impaired Person
• Personalized Contents:
– EigenNews: A Personalized News Video
Delivery Platform
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20. Research examples
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21. App Develop
• Prototype
– Pencils
– Visio
– IDE
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22. App Develop: Evaluation
• Evaluation: An important part of any research
– Prototype
– Usability Evaluation
– Lab &
– Field Testing
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23. Demo
• https://code.google.com/p/mumies/
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24. Lab
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Research idea
Sample Coding
Test coding
MULAD
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25. Thanks
Questions
Dr. Moniruzzaman Bhuiyan
IIT University of Dhaka,
mb@du.ac.bd, monirb@live.com