- This course introduces fundamental aspects of XML related technologies, web 2.0 mashups and web intelligence approaches. 2ME107 is organized in three content modules as follows: 1) Enabling technologies, 2) Web 2.0 and mashups APIs and 3) Algorithms for web intelligence.
Current advancements in wireless and sensors technologies combined with the rapid adoption of sophisticated mobile multimedia devices and applications have created new social software tools for people to connect and interact; therefore changing the ways we communicate and collaborate. Mobile users are now creating and sharing increasing amounts of media content, thus generating large volumes of rich data sets. This latest fact indicates that social mobile media is about to become an integral component of distributed environments and applications of the mobile web. The aim of this course is to introduce and discuss concepts and applications related to current research efforts in the emerging field of social mobile media.
This PhD course is organized by The Center for Learning and Knowledge Technologies (CeLeKT) at Växjö University, Sweden and The Advanced Multimedia Center (AMC) at Tampere University of Technology, Pori, Finland.- This course will introduce fundamental aspects of XML related languages such applicable in multimedia environments. The following topics will be discussed and covered during this module:
• Introduction XML and XML related technologies
• Well formedness and validation of XML documents
• XSL and XSLT transformations
• RSS and podcasting
• An introduction to SMIL and SVG
• How XML, SMIL and SVG are related
• The SMIL specification modules
• Mobility and XML related technologies
• Application Domains
• Advanced and selected topics within XML based multimedia technologies - Examiner: Marcelo Milrad
- Examiner: Anita Mirijamdotter
One of the main achievements of PhD studies is to be critical and independent thinker in the domain of expertise. This seminar course aims to promote the critical thinking among PhD students. It will be organized as a set of lectures held by invited scholars combined with seminars and presentation by PhD students. Topics to be discussed in this research seminar series will cover different research areas relevant for the PhD students in Informatics and Media Technology. Topics to be discussed in this semester will be in relation, but not limited to the following areas: Technology enhanced learning, Social informatics, System thinking, Action research, Ethnographic studies, Human Computer interaction, Contextual metadata, Human factors and information systems, Design based research