Andreas Kitsis

A research project coordinated by the Cyprus University of Technology partnering with the University of Cyprus and Harvard University examined the potential of augmented reality in achieving sustainable urban governance. The project Sustainable Urban Governance through Augmented Reality (SUGAR – sugar.cyprusinteractionlab.com) has been successfully completed, responding to the key question: Read more…

Διεξάγουμε έρευνα για την λειτουργία εικονικής αναζήτησης (visual search) και με χρήση εργαλείων eye tracking (κάμερες καταγραφής οφθαλμικών κινήσεων) αναλύεται η ανταπόκριση του χρήστη σε αναζήτηση εικονικού τύπου πληροφορίας σε εικόνες. Έχει αναπτυχθεί μια πρωτότυπη ψηφιακή εφαρμογή η οποία θα χρησιμοποιήσει  ζεύγη εικόνων με έργα τέχνης προκειμένου μελετηθεί πώς ένας χρήστης παρατηρεί Read more…

Stage 1 (Teacher training) of the EIT Climate-KIC Young Innovators programme was successfully completed on Tuesday 30th of June 2020.  The training sessions were designed and delivered by members of the teams of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and the Cyprus Energy Agency (CEA) with the support of CYENS Read more…

Members of the EdMedia Multidisciplinary Research Group (MRG) and the Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL) participated at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2020), held between June 19th and 23rd, 2020 with the following paper presentations:  Ioannou, M, Ioannou, A., Georgiou, Y. & Retalis, S. (In press). Designing and Read more…

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has led to various new ways of perceiving and understanding important public health data. Several exciting new methods for relaying complex information to the public have emerged using a variety of tools and platforms including visualizations (called sims), interactive augmented reality (AR) overlays, and interactive data Read more…

On May 15th, the ERUM consortium met for the second time, but, due to the current public health crisis, the meeting was held on Zoom. It was chaired by Judith, Alessandra and Johanna from the University of Vienna. During this productive day, the project partners discussed about already achieved milestones Read more…

To Cyprus Interaction Lab παρουσίασε το Arduino Webinar for Beginners που θα πραγματοποιήθηκε το Σάββατο 06/06/2020 στις 10:00-11:30 π.μ μέσω της πλατφόρμας Google Meet. Στόχος ήταν η επίδειξη της πλατφόρμας Arduino, δηλαδή μιας απλής πλακέτας ανοικτού κώδικα, η οποία μπορεί να προγραμματιστεί για να χρησιμοποιηθεί σε διαδραστικά έργα. Κρατήστε τη Read more…

We have developed an interactive AR application for visualising and creative imaginaries for the area of Omirou Street and Fytoriou Street at Aglantzia Municipality allowing the public to influence the decision-making processes by creating their own visual material to discuss and comment on as part of our SUGAR project. More information available Read more…

Due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), CIL will not host any internships for Summer 2020. A small number of virtual internships will be hosted i.e., the intern completes a project in distance with some online supervision meetings.  A certificate for a successful internship will be awarded by the Director of the Read more…

The EIT Climate-KIC Young Innovators 2020 Cyprus aims to support secondary and high school students to develop their 21st-century skills and competencies related to climate innovation, under the umbrella of the PBL pedagogy. Among other competencies, the project promotes systems thinking and analysis, critical thinking, creative problem-solving and entrepreneurship. The Read more…

The Cyprus Interaction Lab and RISE CoE are happy to announce its participation in a successful COST Action proposal titled on Promoting Gender Balance in Informatic. Women are underrepresented in Informatics (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computing, ICT) at all levels, while increasing female representation in the field is a grand challenge for academics, policymakers, and society as a whole. Read more…

“Within the next 10 years, many millions of people will be … wearing relatively unobtrusive … devices that offer an immersive and high-resolution view of a visually augmented world” (Perlin 2016: 85). This is the ‘human-machine era’, a time when our senses are not just supplemented by handheld mobile devices, Read more…

Dr. Andri Ioannou (Associate Professor, Director of the Cyprus Interaction Lab & Coordinator of the EdMedia MRG) was invited at the 3rd meeting of the Erasmus+ KA2 project ASKFOOD, which took place on April 14th-16th 2020, at the Cyprus University of Technology.  During the project meeting, Dr. Ioannou delivered a Read more…