History
Although the university was inaugurated in 1974, its history goes back to 1959, when the first thoughts about establishing a centre for higher education in Northern Jutland were aired by the principal of Aalborghus Statsgymnasium (a state upper secondary/high school in Aalborg), Carl Willum Hansen.
In 1974 a number of already existing educational institutions either entirely or partly became integrated into what was to be called Aalborg University Centre (AUC). The institutions that became integrated were: The Business Economics' Department of the Business School of Aalborg; Denmark's Engineering Academy's Aalborg Department; The Engineering College of Aalborg and The School of Social Work of Aalborg.
In 1994 Aalborg University Centre changed its name to Aalborg University (AAU), and in 1995 the cooperation between Aalborg University and the School of Engineering in the town of Esbjerg led to a merger of the two, resulting in what is today Aalborg University Esbjerg, encompassing the fields of Natural Sciences and Engineering. The university continues to develop its physical as well as academic scope in such a way that the university will continue to be a modern and dynamic university at a national as well as international level - to the benefit of all parties.
Involvement with Symbian
Dr. Fitzek on behalf of AAU started the mobile phone activities in 2003 with JAVA and Symbian programming for teaching and research activities motivated by NOKIA courses. We build up knowledge in the area of Python, JAVA, Linux, Windows Mobile and Symbian C++. We have identified the Symbian environment as a fertile platform for research as it gives the highest degree of flexibility. We have more than 40 mobile phones for teaching a research projects. We have multiple research areas such as VoIP, SIP, cooperative networks, and cross layer design.
Course overview
- Fall 2006: Symbian programming (70 participants)
- Spring 2006: Symbian programming (70 participants)
- ELITE (for externals, four modules)
Journals
- M. Stini, M. Mauve, F.H.P. Fitzek, Digital Ownership: From Content Consumers to Owners and Traders, IEEE Multimedia, IEEE Computer Society, oct-dec 2006
- S. Rein and C. Gühmann and F.H.P. Fitzek. Compression of Short Text on Embedded Systems. 2006. Journal of Computers (JCP)
Conferences
F.H.P. Fitzek and S. Rein and M.V. Pedersen and G.. Perrucci and T. Schneider and C. Gühmann. Low Complex and Power Efficient Text Compressor for Cellular and Sensor Networks. 2006. in IST Mobile Summit 2006. Greece.
Master Theses
- Kim Gravesen, Power Saving Stragies for Video Services on Mobile Phones, tbd
- Thorsten Schneider, Implementation and Performance of a novel text Compressor for Mobile Phones, June 2006
- Leonardo Militano, Implementation and Performance Evaluation for Power Saving Strategies in Cooperative Wireless Networking, June 2006
Student projects
Peter Østergaard, Jeppe Jensen, Nallaikkumaran Shanmuganathan, Janne Dahl Rasmussen, and Anders Grauballe - Convergence of Mobile Devices and Sensor Networks - 5th semester student research project, Autumn 2006
University members engaged with Symbian
- Assoc. Prof. Frank H.P. Fitzek
- Morten V. Pedersen
- Gian Paolo Perrucci
