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= Research Areas =

The NBCC Mobile First Technology initiative (MFTi) is transdisciplinary. It leverages mobile information and communication technologies to solve problems in wide variety of domains.

=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_accessibility | Accessibility]] ===

Leveraging mobile software and hardware technologies to develop novel, assistive and adaptive solutions for people who have physical, language, or cognitive impairments.

<blockquote>''universal design, audio, text-to-speech, automated speech recognition, image processing, gesture recognition''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_authentication_security | Authentication and security]] ===
Monitoring for new vulnerabilities to mobile systems; and leveraging technologies that attempt to prevent unwanted access to mobile software systems and the data they store or exchange with other systems.

<blockquote>''malicious mobile apps, mobile platform vulnerabilities, industrial Internet of Things''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_biometrics | Biometric data capture]] ===

Evaluating and integrating technologies that capture biometric data.

<blockquote>''EDA, EEG, EMG, eye tracking, pulse oximetry, bitAlino, OpenSignals, Mirametrix''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_captology | Captology]] ===

Identifying intentional practices in mobile software systems analysis and design that can encourage and support desired behaviours by users. 

<blockquote>''persuasive design, behavioural models''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_clinical_sim | Clinical simulation]] ===

Designing mobile software systems that improve education and training for nurses and first responders. 

<blockquote>''medical manikins, human-computer interfaces, IoT, AI''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_energy | Home energy]] ===

Designing mobile technologies that help to improve household energy usage and contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.	

<blockquote>''home energy monitoring, time series data collection, Groovy, NRCan, openTSDB, Wink, Z-Wave, Zigbee''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_iue | Interconnected user experience]] ===
Designing mobile software systems that have the ability to facilitate the coordination of information-seeking and problem-solving sub-tasks between multiple 	
devices, including adapting and personalizing user interfaces across multiple channels or devices according to the user's needs.

<blockquote>''unified computing fabrics, usability, interoperability''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_iot | Internet of Things, mechatronics, and robotics]] ===
Designing solutions to a wide variety of problems that employ embedded computing devices that are interconnected via the Internet or technologies that combine mechanical and electronics. 

<blockquote>''m-learning, situation awareness, telepresence robots, Arduino, MASAS, Raspberry Pi, Sphero, UBBO''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_m_health | M-health]] ===

Designing mobile technologies that help to educate people about health and wellness issues and enable them to participate in the management of their own health and safety.

<blockquote>''student health, wellness, mindfulness, mental health, prevention of sexual assault, captology, mobile apps''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_edu | M-learning]] ===

Designing technologies that enable people to engage in educational experiences at any time, from anywhere, leveraging the unique capabilities of mobile	
devices.

<blockquote>''education, training, K-12, postsecondary, professional development, gamification, e-books, smart television apps, geo-spatial apps, Apple TV, EPUB, Unity''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_mr | Mediated reality]] ===

Designing technologies that can replace, enhance, or augment a person’s perception of reality for constructive purposes.

<blockquote>''augmented reality, mixed reality, smart communities, education, training, Microsoft HoloLens''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_seniors | Mobile ICT for seniors]] ===
Designing mobile technologies that enable aging as a positive experience and foster age-friendly communities. 

<blockquote>''home monitoring, homecare, supporting daily activities, fall prevention, biometrics, image processing''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_interop | Mobile interoperability]] ===
Using tools and methods for developing software systems that are able to operate on different mobile platforms. 

<blockquote>''cross platform mobile app development, responsive Web apps, progressive Web apps, Bootstrap, Google Polymer, React, React Native, VizWik, Xamarin''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_smart_communities | Smart communities]] ===
Designing mobile software systems that help communities and residents address life-critical needs.

<blockquote>''situation awareness, open data, community resilience, social innovation, public transit, public works, mediated reality, geospatial systems, 5G''</blockquote>
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=== [[nbcc_ca_mobi_spatial | Spatial and geospatial systems]] ===
Evaluating and designing systems for indoor or outdoor positioning.

<blockquote>''position estimation, geofencing, spatial queries, GPS, GPS Exchange Format''</blockquote>
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