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Ubiquitous Integration and Temporal Synchronisation (UbilTS) framework : a solution for building complex multimodal data capture and interactive systems
Contemporary Data Capture and Interactive Systems (DCIS) systems are tied in with various
technical complexities such as multimodal data types, diverse hardware and software
components, time synchronisation issues and distributed deployment configurations. Building
these systems is inherently difficult and requires addressing of these complexities before the
intended and purposeful functionalities can be attained. The technical issues are often
common and similar among diverse applications.
This thesis presents the Ubiquitous Integration and Temporal Synchronisation (UbiITS)
framework, a generic solution to address the technical complexities in building DCISs. The
proposed solution is an abstract software framework that can be extended and customised to
any application requirements. UbiITS includes all fundamental software components,
techniques, system level layer abstractions and reference architecture as a collection to enable
the systematic construction of complex DCISs.
This work details four case studies to showcase the versatility and extensibility of UbiITS
framework鈥檚 functionalities and demonstrate how it was employed to successfully solve a
range of technical requirements. In each case UbiITS operated as the core element of each
application. Additionally, these case studies are novel systems by themselves in each of their
domains. Longstanding technical issues such as flexibly integrating and interoperating
multimodal tools, precise time synchronisation, etc., were resolved in each application by
employing UbiITS. The framework enabled establishing a functional system infrastructure in
these cases, essentially opening up new lines of research in each discipline where these
research approaches would not have been possible without the infrastructure provided by the
framework. The thesis further presents a sample implementation of the framework on a
device firmware exhibiting its capability to be directly implemented on a hardware platform.
Summary metrics are also produced to establish the complexity, reusability, extendibility,
implementation and maintainability characteristics of the framework.Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grants - EP/F02553X/1, 114433 and 11394
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