Service Platform for PRD Waterway Logistics Operators
Grant Data
Project Title
Service Platform for PRD Waterway Logistics Operators
Principal Investigator
Mr Wong, Edward Chor-cheung
(Project Coordinator (PC))
Co-Investigator(s)
Mr Li Hui
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Tong Frank
(Co-Investigator)
Mr Tang Wilson Wai Shing
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Hua Honglin
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Luo Zongwei
(Deputy project coordinator / Principal investigator)
Mr Lu David Ronghuan
(Co-Investigator)
Mr Huang Kemin
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
18
Start Date
2009-09-15
Amount
6999992
Conference Title
Service Platform for PRD Waterway Logistics Operators
Presentation Title
Keywords
PRD Waterway Logistics Operators
Discipline
Software
Panel
Engineering (E)
HKU Project Code
ITP/018/09LP
Grant Type
Platform Research Projects - General Award
Funding Year
2009
Status
Completed
Objectives
The technological developments of the project will include: -Development of enabling technologies to support logistics application software provisioning, such that application software can be built from components provided by various software vendors for waterway logistics operators. -Development of enabling technologies to facilitate rapid customization and deployment of software services at flexible charging models suiting the needs and affordability of the waterway logistics operators. -Development of a waterway logistics software provisioning platform (WLSP) prototype to host a variety of software services to facilitate the use of IT functions with business confidentiality. As a result, WLSP will help improve the IT proficiency in the waterway logistics industry as well as create a value chain encompassing software vendors, system integrators, industry users and service Providers.