Mobile Phone Programming Curriculum
Exclusively teaching PC-centric programming is increasingly misplaced in both the developed and developing world. We are introducing a set of courses to enable students to develop applications for the world's 2.4 billion mobile phone users.
A.I. on Mobile Phones
Using a variant of a Hidden Markov Model (HMM), a phone can trained to predict what its user is going to do next by continually learning about its location, communication, and context.
SMS Boot Camp
We will be offering "SMS Boot Camp" at the University of Nairobi. This is a project-based course enabling teams of students to launch and market their own SMS services to the millions of mobile phone users in Kenya.
What is EPROM?
EPROM, part of the Program for Developmental Entrepreneurship within the MIT Design Laboratory, aims to foster mobile phone-related research and entrepreneurship. Key activities include:
- the development of new applications for mobile phone users worldwide
- academic research using mobile phones
- the creation of a widely applicable mobile phone programming curriculum
Today’s mobile phones are designed to meet Western needs. Subscribers in developing countries, however, now represent the majority of mobile phone users worldwide. We believe the adoption of new technologies and services within this vast, emerging market will drive innovation and help shape the future of the mobile phone.
Why Africa?
Africa is currently the fastest growing mobile phone market in the world. Over the past five years the continent's mobile phone usage has increased at an annual rate of 65% - twice the rate of Asia.
Acknowledgments
EPROM is supported by our sponsors and collaborators at…
