Grant: Engage Grants Program
Trinity Western University
$24,961.00
Investigating the development of platform-agnostic software
FY 2012-13
Summary
Most companies deliver mobile software that runs on multiple operating systems are either using an interpreted
framework or a cross compiler. While these solutions enable rapid development, there are a large number of
tradeoffs which may not be suitable for professional commercial products. The alternative solution is to
develop native applications written using the specific framework of each mobile operating system. However,
such an approach requires a significantly larger investment in time and programming expertise, which then
needs to be repeated for each operating system.
This proposal aims to establish collaboration between Atimi Software Inc. and the Applied Research Lab
(ARL) at Trinity Western University that focuses on investigating the development of platform-agnostic
software via implementing new versions of the FruitStand Framework that was designed for the iOS, Android,
Blackberry 10, and Windows Phone 8 operating systems. The FruitStand Framework supports certain time
constrained team sports (soccer, football, hockey, basketball) and this project will involve developing support
for new sports paradigms. Atimi has extensive experience in creating mobile software for many professional
sports teams. ARL has also accumulated expertise in developing applications for the iPad / iPhone platform for
people with accessibility issues. Through this project, these organizations can create a mutually beneficial
collaboration which draws on each other's strengths
Program
Engage Grants Program
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
444983-2012
Name nom
Tsang, HerbertH
Department département
Computing Science
Organization id
6
Institution établissement
Trinity Western University
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2012
Competition year année de concours
2012
Award amount
24961
Program id
EGP
Program name en
Engage Grants Program
Program name fr
Programme de subventions d'engagement partenariat
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1554
Committee name en
Pacific Internal Decision Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de décision interne pour le Pacifique
Area of application code
801
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Computer software
Area of application fr
Logiciel
Research subject code
2700
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Information technology
Research subject fr
Technologie de l'information
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Investigating the development of platform-agnostic software
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Most companies deliver mobile software that runs on multiple operating systems are either using an interpreted
framework or a cross compiler. While these solutions enable rapid development, there are a large number of
tradeoffs which may not be suitable for professional commercial products. The alternative solution is to
develop native applications written using the specific framework of each mobile operating system. However,
such an approach requires a significantly larger investment in time and programming expertise, which then
needs to be repeated for each operating system.
This proposal aims to establish collaboration between Atimi Software Inc. and the Applied Research Lab
(ARL) at Trinity Western University that focuses on investigating the development of platform-agnostic
software via implementing new versions of the FruitStand Framework that was designed for the iOS, Android,
Blackberry 10, and Windows Phone 8 operating systems. The FruitStand Framework supports certain time
constrained team sports (soccer, football, hockey, basketball) and this project will involve developing support
for new sports paradigms. Atimi has extensive experience in creating mobile software for many professional
sports teams. ARL has also accumulated expertise in developing applications for the iPad / iPhone platform for
people with accessibility issues. Through this project, these organizations can create a mutually beneficial
collaboration which draws on each other's strengths
