CNS and SCYP Join Forces

The office of Central Network Services (CNS) at the University of Toronto has agreed to collaborate with the SCYP team for the creation of a WiFi-Based Indoor Positioning System that would work in a way similar to the primarily outdoors Global Positioning System (GPS). This indoor system will allow students to design applications and services that provide members of the University of Toronto community with information relevant to their particular location. For example, a staff member may be able to retrieve the necessary information to determine the location of the nearest accessible washrooms while an ESL student streams real-time captioning data in a given class.

We look forward to working with the CNS and other members of our community in order to create services that respond to the needs of students staff and faculty with and without disabilities at the University of Toronto!