Axis Communications announced a collaborative educational initiative with Boston-based Wentworth Institute of Technology that provides students with a yearly hands-on training program to accelerate IP video surveillance learning and software application development in the physical security industry.
To kick-off this unique educational initiative, Axis provided network video equipment accompanied by hands-on training for professors and students in Wentworth's Department of Computer Science and Networking. The professors then encouraged students to design software applications they believe would solve challenges in the security industry – without any influence from Axis – as well as in other areas where network video technology is prevalent, such as telemedicine, webcasting, distance learning and retail store management.
The ultimate goal of this ongoing collaboration is to advance the future of intelligent analytic development in the video surveillance industry by expanding computer science learning at Wentworth. Specifically, Wentworth students will develop applications using the Axis Camera Application Platform, an open platform that enables software developers to create third party applications that can be downloaded to run inside Axis IP cameras and video encoders.