Dr Anup Basu
Multimedia

Dr Basu has received an ICE grant of $100,000 per year cash from Castle Rock Research, alongside iCORE's $100,000 per year cash investment for a period of five years. Related work on acquisition, transmission and visualization of high-resolution medical imaging has received funding of $500,000 cash from Alberta Innovation and Science, along with additional industrial and medical partner funding. In addition to cash, substantial in-kind contributions will be made to the project by various partners and the University of Alberta.

Research Program Overview
Dr Basu is focused on developing perceptually optimized multimedia educational content for delivery over heterogeneous and wireless networks. Developing web based educational support tools and products that are compatible with wireless devices, allows Dr Basu to leverage the ICT community being fostered in Alberta. This merger of ICT and education also creates a niche space in Alberta’s economy and simultaneously enriches future Albertans.

Dr Basu’s work will impact online learning and testing facilities such as multi-user interactions, promoting group and cooperative learning, rather than the traditional single user online educational interfaces, taking on research challenges such as varying delays for different users in a networked environment, because of variations in bandwidth and latency, connecting technology, industry and education for future Albertans. An adaptive multimedia learning and testing environment will allow students to learn and evaluate their progress “anytime and anywhere,” and have some fun in the process too, rather than the stressful fixed time pen-and-paper tests of today


Biographical Information
Dr Basu has worked on various aspects of online multimedia with special emphasis on human perception and has developed leadership in industrial research over the last decade by leading several industry-university projects as well as assisting in the formation of start-up companies. His work has been recognized by Hewlett-Packard, and resulted in awarding of the only funding of a multimedia educational curriculum in Canada, to the University of Alberta.


Research Team
Dr Walter Bischof, Computing Science
Dr Mark Gierl, Education
Dr Paul Major, Orthodontic
Dr Brian Maraj, Physical Education
Dr Carol Boliek, Rehab
Dr Jana Rieger, Rehab
Lihang Ying
Tao Wang
Meghna Singh
Sharmin Nilufar
Gang Wu, RA (part-time)
Manuel Lagravere (Orthodontic)
Eric Frimpong, MS Internetworking, RA
Dr Irene Cheng, Associate
Dr Carlos Flores-Mir, Clinical Associate Professor
Xuefen Chen, Content Developer
Garrett Rieger, Support
Matt Bates, Support
Vivek Sail, BSc, RA


Related Links:
Dr Basu's Homepage