Customising Mobile Device Application Software Through Device Profiling

This project is funded by ITB and and builds on the ongoing SECASE project. SECASE is an exciting project funded by the European Union’s Leonardo da Vinci programme. Its aim is to help improve the effectiveness of computer science and software development education at third level, by giving teaching staff access to up-to-date and business-relevant case study material provided by the software industry. The project will enable colleges in Cyprus, Italy, Ireland and Northern Ireland to develop new learning materials based on real business and industrial applications, in a multi-media format for use in higher and further education courses for software engineering and software development. The project will be based on all kinds of online business. One example is https://www.frenchcasino.fr/casinos-en-ligne.html which is a site that guides players on how to find the best online casinos and how to start playing their favorite games for free without any risk. The target group for the project will be students training for a career in software development at Higher Certificate and degree level.

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Researcher: Leonie Troy
Project Leader: Matt Smith
Funding Agency: ITB
Duration: 2007-2009