Applied Research Tools to Support the Development of a Cross-platform Mobile-first Platform as a Service (MPaaS) and Cross-Campus Research Collaboration

这项阿尔蒂赠款提案要求支持购买特殊工具，以提高新玩法社区学院（NBCC）与其工业合作伙伴在多平台、移动的应用程序开发领域开展应用研究项目的能力。NBCC的每个合作伙伴都为特定的移动的平台和业务部门开发功能和内容。他们指出，目前的跨平台移动的应用程序开发技术缺乏某些对各自业务线重要的特定领域功能。这包括医疗保健、赌场游戏设备、电子学习、网络电视监控系统和数据分析等领域，以改善消费者体验。NBCC及其合作伙伴在此应用研究项目中为解决这一功能差距而商定的战略包括开发（或调整）跨平台移动优先平台即服务（MPaaS）框架，以及开发与NBCC合作伙伴在最终MPaaS中的需求相一致的通用特定领域服务。NBCC将通过调查研究和工业文献来支持其合作伙伴;并在软件设计，开发和测试活动中进行合作。本提案中要求的部分设备旨在促进NBCC所有校区的教师和学生的合作，以更好地支持该项目。设备的其余部分用于支持在MPaaS中实现的特定于域的功能。研究主席已经召集了来自所有六个校区的NBCC教职员工团队，以管理和合作与此补助金相关的应用研究项目。NBCC将通过学生参与与本提案相关的应用研究项目来培养高素质的人才。该研究项目对NBCC的战略计划和五年战略目标至关重要，其中包括实施应用研究战略。移动的技术已被确定为NBCC应用研究的五个战略领域之一。

This ARTI grant proposal requests support to purchase special tools to enhance the ability of New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) to undertake an applied research project with its industrial partners in the area of multi-platform, mobile app development. Each of NBCC's partners develops functionality and content for specific mobile platforms and business units. They have indicated that current cross-platform mobile app development technologies lack certain domain-specific functionality of importance to their respective business lines. This includes the domains of healthcare, casino gaming devices, e- learning, IPTV monitoring systems, and data analytics to improve consumer experiences. The strategy agreed upon between NBCC and its partners within this applied research project to address this functionality gap includes the development (or adaptation of) a cross-platform mobile-first platform as a service (MPaaS) framework and the development of generic domain-specific services aligned with the needs of NBCC's partners within the resulting MPaaS. NBCC will support its partners by performing surveys of research and industrial literature; and collaborating in software design, development, and testing activities. Part of the equipment requested in this proposal is meant to facilitate collaboration by NBCC faculty and students across all of its campuses to better support this project. The remainder of equipment is meant to support domain-specific functionality to be implemented within the MPaaS. The Research Chair has assembled a team of NBCC faculty members from all six campuses to manage and collaborate on the applied research project associated with this grant. NBCC will train highly-qualified personnel through student participation in the applied research project associated with this proposal. This research project is critically important to NBCC's strategic plan and five year strategic goals, which includes the implementation of an applied research strategy. Mobile technology has been identified as one of five strategic areas of applied research for NBCC.