Forum Nokia Champion Personal Introduction Page

Andreas Jakl
Master of Science, Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Hagenberg
Austria

Andreas Jakl is employed as an assistant professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg, Austria. He teaches mobile development on various platforms including Symbian OS, as well as courses dealing with interaction technology and scientific writing. He has created the official Symbian training materials for use in more than 60 universities worldwide and has been giving multiday development training at events organized by Nokia and Symbian. His research focuses on processing sensor information in combination with image processing on mobile phones.

Additionally, Mr. Jakl is the chief executive officer and founder of Mopius, a company that develops entertainment applications and games for mobile phones. Realized projects include unique location-based games such as The Journey and RealReplay, which have been featured on TV and in several international newspapers, and have won prestigious awards. Based on his experience, he also provides consulting services on mobile technology.

Previously, Mr. Jakl worked on unique augmented-reality games at Siemens and BenQ Mobile. He earned his master’s degree at the department of digital media of the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg.

Development Areas of Interest

Mobile platforms

Symbian OS, S60, Qt, Java™ Platform Micro Edition (Java™ ME)

Application categories

Entertainment, games, sensors, location-based applications

Programming languages

C++, Python, Java™ programming language

Integrated development environments (IDEs)

Carbide.c++, NetBeans

Other areas of interest

Optical character recognition (OCR), location-based applications (augmented and mixed reality), sensors.

Personal Competencies

Languages

English, German

Mobile competencies

Several mobile projects published through Mopius as well as symbianresources.com Workshops and courses focused on Symbian OS, Qt, Python, Java™ ME, and Android at the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg, Austria and at external events.

Forum Nokia Community activity areas

Forum Nokia Champion
Forum Nokia Developer Advisory Council
Tutorials and sample projects provided at www.symbianresources.com/ 
Articles in magazines and at the Symbian Developer Network
Some articles at the Forum Nokia Wiki

Forum Nokia Discussion Board user name

mopius

Other competencies

Jogging, biking, reading

Main Achievements

Applications

ShakerRacer: control a real remote-control car with movements of your phone - www.symbianresources.com/projects/shakerracer.php
RealReplay: global positioning system (GPS) racing on a mobile phone - realreplay.mopius.com
The Journey I + II: the world’s first location-based mobile-adventure games - journey.mopius.com/
Other applications: see - www.symbianresources.com

Books and other publications

Several articles and tutorials written for the Symbian Developer Network: developer.symbian.com/
Introductory articles for S60 software development in Software Developer’s Journal
Articles, tutorials, and course materials at www.symbianresources.com

Speaking engagements

Symbian OS developer training, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2008
Museum Quarter Vienna, Austria, Subotron, 2007: Location-based games
E-Day of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, 2007: Best practice
Genius Award Gala, 2006
Mobile Computing Forum 2005: Symbian — Latest Developments

Awards

Forum Nokia Champion 2007, 2008
Symbian Star Developer Award, 2008
Symbian Student Essay Contest, 2008
Forum Nokia Tech Days Budapest, Hungary, Wiki Competition Winner, 2007
Nokia N-Series Developers Competition, 2007
Austrian State Prize for Multimedia and e-Business, 2006
Genius award, 2005
Series 60 Challenge finalist
Mobile Fun Awards, 2004: Most innovative mobile game

Hosted Web pages

Mopius: www.mopius.com/
symbianresources.com: www.symbianresources.com/

Mobile communities

Forum Nokia
Symbian Developer Network
Symbian Academy

Contact Information

Contact Information

andreas.jakl@fh-hagenberg.at

Personal Web pages

www.symbianresources.com/

Department Web pages

www.fh-ooe.at/mc/

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