Mobile Devices Laboratory

Description

Mobile Devices Laboratory (MDL) has as major goal to promote research and development in the fields of Computer Networks & Systems (with major focus on Web and Mobile Systems) and Artificial Intelligence. In particular, MDL deals with a wide range of cutting-edge technologies related to web, cloud and mobile computing, smart devices (IoT), gaming, natural interactive devices as well as computational intelligence and multi-objective optimization. The research and development at the 12-seat MDL laboratory is supported by modern technological equipment that includes a cloud of 40+ Smartphones and Tablets, a cabinet/rack-mounted CISCO routers and switches, a structured internal computer network for pilot testbeds, a number of testbed computer workstations, electronic and computing devices as well as web and virtual platforms. Currently, the MDL team is composed of three university academics, two project managers, one post-doctoral researcher, five PhD students as well as four postgraduate-level and two undergraduate-level software developers. The MDL research team has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in international journals and conferences, and participated/is participating in several national and international research projects including Integrated and Innovation projects of the national Research Promotion Foundation, Erasmus+, AAL, EU JUSTICE and EU LIFE with more than 2M euro total funds, in the last three years. The MDL development team successfully developed or participated in the development of several web and cloud applications, smart systems platforms, and published more than 20 multi-platform smartphone applications in various stores (Google Play, Microsoft Apps & Games, Apple store) with more than 220,000 downloads, which most of them incorporate AR/VR and AI innovations as well as tackle Multi-Objective Optimization challenges. The MDL team also boasts several distinctions such as the Education Leaders award for its technological contribution in the society, innovative applications and systems that won two national Microsoft Hackathon competitions and two National Microsoft Imagine cup competitions as well as a smart IoT system that ranked in the top-10 in the World Imagine Cup Finals at Seattle, USA. Additionally, MDL has an extensive profile of national and international technology transfer activities to the industry and established collaborations with several software companies, including Polar Effect (Netherlands), CYTA Telco, NetInfo (Cyprus), Microsoft (Greece-Cyprus-Malta), securing in this way >0.5M funds from various industrial grants and public procurements.

Disciplines, scientific fields, research areas

Engineering Sciences & Technology
- Computer and telecommunications engineering
  - Computational methods in engineering
  - Information and intelligent systems engineering
  - Other