MOBILE LIFE VINN Excellence Centre
The Mobile Life Centre at Stockholm University in Kista, Sweden, does research in mobile services and ubiquitous computing. The topic of the Centre includes research on consumer-oriented mobile and ubiquitous services spanning all areas from entertainment and socialization to work and society. The Centre joins forces with local research organization such as SICS and Interactive Institute. It has major partners from the IT and telecom industry, including Ericsson Research, TeliaSonera, Sony Ericsson and Microsoft Research Ltd. Partnerships in the public sector, including City of Stockholm Municipality and Kista Science City secure societal relevance, and collaboration with Stockholm Innovation and Growth ensures that results are integrated in the innovation system. In the Centre, this academic, industrial and public partnership will be able to jointly work on strategically important projects that can provide a sustainable growth for Sweden. The Centre is funded by VINNOVA on a 10 year grant, 2007 - 2017.The Centre adopts a fundamentally user-oriented perspective on services for the future mobile life. It provides a neutral arena where researchers and industrial partners together develop:
- New interaction models and platforms that provide a unified interface across different applications and terminals
- Efficient and user-oriented methods for developing mobile services
- A deepened understanding of the unique properties of the future mobile life
- A future mobile service eco-system where we explore alternative universes for infrastructure, business models and the industry's new roles
- New mobile and ubiquitous services in areas such as pervasive games, social, emotional and bodily communication and new mobile media.
Mobile Life VINN Excellence Centre started in April 2007 and will continue until March 2017. After slightly more than a year of work, we are now proud to present the results from the Centre for the time period April 2007 – August 2008.
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