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giCentre masterclasses at City University London, 2009

Masterclass themes

Who should attend?

City University London Masterclasses are designed as accessible but practical briefings for those with positions focussed on, or exposed to developments in GIS, information retrieval and LBS, for example, researchers, designers, marketeers, managers and analysts in the private, public and voluntary sectors. These Masterclasses are open to all and will be eligible for continuing professional development credit.

The Future of Location Technologies

details: The Future of Location Technologies

date: 16 June 2009

location: City University London

fee: £295

For further information contact Jonathan Raper.
To book please contact Mark Firman.

A comprehensive vision of mobile information in the next 5 years

This one-day Masterclass will offer participants a comprehensive vision of where location-based services, personal navigation devices and mobile GIS are headed in the 2-5 year time frame. Still expanding rapidly despite the Credit Crunch, the addition of geopositioning hardware and software to many mobile devices has created a mass market platform offering many new opportunities for geo-developers. The change from the era of high data costs, slow GPS and installable applications on mobiles to flat data tariffs, location APIs and 'app' stores for seamless installation will have profound implications for data providers, developers and end users. These changes are already encouraging data providers to release their data as geo-web feeds (eg London Transport), and the arrival of location-enhanced browsers like Firefox on mobile will make it easier and cheaper to bring services using geodata to the market.

This Masterclass will look at the drivers behind this change and the key events on the evolutionary timeline for location technologies. It will cover the devices, operating systems and geo-mobile software developments, especially the impacts on the GIS industry and the traditional map data suppliers. It will also cover the new generation of business models, distribution mechanisms and the impact of open source software and data movements on location technologies. The Masterclass will bring the latest news from industry and research around the world together in one accessible briefing.

Mobile Search

details: Mobile Search

date: 30 June 2009

location: City University London

fee: £295

For further information contact Ayse Goker.
To book please contact Mark Firman.

Mobile market, mobile content, mobile technologies, mobile search.

In this rapidly growing and changing field, we will provide participants with core needs together with the latest developments and concepts in areas of high current interest. These include:

  • Mobile market research: Statistics and surveys relating to the growth in the underpinning technologies, applications, services, and use
  • Search Scope: Understanding the need for mobile search; A framework for understanding past, present, and future trends relevant to mobile search; Categories of mobile search. Usability and evaluation aspects.
  • Mobile content and Media: What are the challenges for media companies? Mass market factors. Revenue generation and content distribution. Sample applications.
  • Mobile social networking: Who uses them? Why? How much? What kinds of search and tasks might arise?
  • Location Based Services (LBS) and search: The latest thinking in LBS, navigation, and search. What have we learnt? Where are we now? What’s around the corner?
  • Mobile payment: The challenges. Trust and authentication. When is it successful? How does it relate to mobile search?
  • Monetising mobile search: The role of advertisements, subscriptions, and content value.
This course is delivered in collaboration between the giCentre and the Centre for Interactive Systems Research. The delivering team have been co-founders of several start-ups in the area. There will be several speakers from industry.

  • Ayse Goker, Centre for Interactive Systems Research and AmbieSense Ltd.
  • Peggy Ann Salz, Msearchgroove.
  • Colin Bates, Mobile Commerce.
  • Mark Challinor, g8wave Ltd.
  • Jeremy Acklam, Venture Innovators.
  • Natasa Milic-Frayling, Microsoft Research Cambridge.
  • Jonathan Raper, giCentre, City University London.
  • David Mountain, Placr and giCentre.
  • Hans Myrhaug, AmbieSense Ltd.

Data Visualization

details: Data Visualization

date: 7 July 2009

location: City University London

fee: £175

includes: presentations, lunch, refreshments, computing facilities, resource pack

programme: full schedule

speakers: list & profiles

to book: please contact Mark Firman with your invoicing details and dietary / accessibility requirements.

contact: mfirman@soi.city.ac.uk | 020 7040 8435

Better graphics, better presentation, better evidence, better decisions.

More data is more accessible than ever before. Visualization provides scope for converting these data sets into knowledge and evidence that can inform decision making. However, knowing where and how to gain the necessary visualization skills can be difficult.

The giCentre at City University London offers world-class expertise in using a variety of easily available technologies and techniques to design and develop effective and innovative graphics.

This one-day Masterclass has been designed for information professionals in the commercial sector and at all levels of government service delivery who are analyzing and presenting data. It will guide them in designing effective graphics by introducing established best practice, novel methods and appropriate visualization technologies through a series of short focused presentations in which techniques and technologies are presented and evaluated.

These will be delivered by giCentre researchers and invited experts and include applications of maps and graphics in the presentation and analysis of data sets relating to customer insight, performance management and a diverse set of applications areas. The day will end with a graphics challenge in which visualization skills will be applied to an example data set by attendees.





Who teaches the courses?

These one-day courses are led by internationally known GIS, information retrieval and LBS researchers at City University London including Professor Jonathan Raper, Dr David Mountain, Dr Jason Dykes, Dr Ayse Göker and Dr Vesna Brujic-Okretic, all of whom are members of one of the UK's largest research groups in this area, the giCentre.

The giCentre is fully equipped with GIS and geovisualisation tools, maintains several strategic datasets and teaches two Masters courses in GI Systems and GI Management. The staff of the giCentre are closely involved in the Willis Research Network and are members of the Dutch-led 3D GIS consortium.

Jonathan Raper and David Mountain are the founders of Location Based Services Research (LBSR) at City University and they also run City's spinoff company that commercialises the technology from projects at LBSR. The LBSR team has a range of mobile devices in its collection and access to a wide range of datasets and services. Jonathan is the Editor of the Journal of Location Based Services.

Each Masterclass will be a mixture of lectures, demonstrations and Q&A sessions and will offer all participants hands-on experience with the technology. Participants will receive copies of the course materials including research papers, case studies and bibliographies on CD and will be introduced to a wide range on online resources.

These Masterclasses are endorsed by the Mobile Data Association.


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