Typical undergraduate and masters projects in FIT Lab

The Future Interaction Technology Lab (www.fitlab.eu) has a series of ongoing projects relating to mobile and ubiquitous computing. Example project ideas listed below and we are especially interested in supervising anyone who has programming skills, and a desire to work through interesting human-centred issues relating to visions of the future.

Harold's (HT) projects. Matt's (MJ) projects. George's (GB) projects. Parisa's (PE) projects.

MJ1 StoryBank

This project is for someone interested in systems for developing world contexts (places like India). You'll work on a project related to our global digital divide work (see: http://www.cs.swan.ac.uk/storybank). For example, you might research and implement a novel way of browsing and searching story content; or, consider how to combine paper based versions of stories with the digital content.

MJ2 Running

This project is for someone interested in sport. I'll provide you with a device that can monitor heart rate and running speed and your job is to consider the ways in which such real-time data can be used to adapt/select music to help someone improve their running performances. There's been work done in this area already and some commercial implementations but let us see if we can do something novel.

MJ3 Large scale gestures

This one is for someone who wants to explore the how people might interact with the physical world in a digital way. The question we will consider is: can we use GPS technology to leave meaningful digital trails in the environment? So, what might 'circling' a location mean? How about rapidly moving towards and away from a location? I'm only just beginning to think about this topic but there should be plenty of scope for fun and intrigue.

MJ4. Mobile search

This is for someone who is interested in defining approaches that will challenge Google in the mobile information seeking context! On mobile phones and other handhelds, what are the most effective ways for people to search and be presented with 'results'. We've some starting ideas but there is lots of scope for imaginative innovation.

Future Interaction Technology Lab
Swansea University
SWANSEA
Wales, SA2 8PP

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