Posted on 23 February 2010 Location: Massachusetts United States

Iphone conference app

The goal is to develop a general iphone framework for use with academic conferences. This code will be coupled with an sql database containing the conference schedule and an image of the conference map, and will compile to an app that allows conference-goers to view the schedule (by time, by author, by topic, by room) and to mark off and save a list of presentations they are interested in to create their own custom schedule. The goal is to create a framework for making conference-scheduling apps for the iphone. Thus, the final deliverable should be ready to run when coupled with a conference schedule database. A conference schedule will be an sql relational database with 5 separate tables: Authors - Containing the author ID, and the author name. Locations - Containing the location ID, the location name, and a location code that references the map image. Themes - Containing the theme ID and the theme name Sessions - Containing the session ID, the session name, a location ID, a session type (oral or poster), the session start time and end time, and the session Theme ID Presentations - Containing the presentation ID, the presentation type (oral or poster), the corresponding session ID, the corresponding theme ID, the location ID, a set of author IDs (for a variable number of authors), the presentation title, the presentation abstract, presentation notes, presentation start time, and presentation end time. MySchedule - Containing all the marked presentation IDs that the user wants to see. The app will interface with this database and provide several views: My Schedule: Sort presentations by time, display only those that have been marked off (in MySchedule); default view is in the middle of the list corresponding to the current time. Full Schedule: Show full schedule, by default sorted by time. Provide options for filtering (filter by room, by author, by theme, or by time), and different sorting options (sort by time, by first author, by theme). Default view: show all presentations listed by time, with the current display set to the current time. Individual Presentation: After clicking on a presentation, or a session show the title, authors, abstract, and a link to view a map that highlights the relevant room on the conference map image.