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RISE is accepting applications in the Education and Edutainment Group The Interactive Media and Education/Edutainment Group (EdMedia Group) of RISE has research focus on multimodal interaction and learning, emerging technologies for learning and entertainment/ edutainment, and learning theory (see http://www.rise.org.cy/en-gb/vacancies/mrgs/#mrg-2) We are looking for outstanding, recent PhD graduates or early-years postdoctoral Read more…

The 2nd INTELed project meeting was successfully hosted by the University of Piraeus Research Center (UPRC) at Piraeus, Greece, on the 7th and 8th May 2018 at the premises of the University of Piraeus. During the meeting, all project partners were represented and the agenda included the presentation of the Read more…

Πότε: 2 Ιουνίου, Σάββατο, 17:30-21:30 Πού: Πολιτιστικό Κέντρο Λυμπιών Σας περιμένουμε να γιορτάσουμε την Παγκόσμια Μέρα Παιδιού παίζοντας και μαθαίνοντας! Συμμετέχουν με δραστηριότητες: ΑΚΤΗ Cyprus Interaction Lab, Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Αστρονομίας LIFE ΜΗΔΕΙΑ, Ιατρική Σχολή, Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου PlanBe, Plan it Be it Research in Science and Technology Education Read more…

Aφορά στους εκπαιδευτικούς Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης δημόσιων και ιδιωτικών σχολείων Το ευρωπαϊκό έργο INTELed [INovative Training via Embodied Learning and multi- sensory techniques for Inclusive Education] (www.inteled.org/) σας προσκαλεί για την υποβολή δηλώσεων ενδιαφέροντος για συμμετοχή σε επιμορφωτικό πρόγραμμα με θέμα τη χρήση καινοτόμων και διαδραστικών τεχνολογιών, με στόχο την προώθηση Read more…

When: 8-12 June 2018 Where: Platres   The Youth Board of Cyprus organizes the 3rd Youth Leadership Summer School, which aims to empower young people to visualize positive change and progress of society. The program aspires to introduce young people to creative ways of design thinking and to seek out opportunities Read more…

Οι επιστήμονες ερευνούν αυτό που ήδη υπάρχει… οι μηχανικοί δημιουργούν αυτό που δεν υπήρξε ποτέ… (Albert Einstein) Προετοιμάζοντας τους νέους απόφοιτους μηχανικής για την αγορά εργασίας Ξεκινώντας το άρθρο μας με το εμπνευσμένο αυτό απόφθεγμα του Albert Einstein, θα λέγαμε ότι είναι όντως πραγματικότητα: οι μηχανικοί μπορούν να αλλάξουν τον Read more…

Following the ENGINITE kick-off meeting held in Limassol, Cyprus, the second coordination meeting of ENGINITE took place in London, UK in March, followed by a training event on Problem-based Learning (PBL) pedagogy. The coordination meeting and training event were held from Monday the 12th to Thursday the 15th of March Read more…

The Research Centre on Interactive Media, Smart System and Emerging Technologies (RISE) is a newly founded research centre in Cyprus, located at Nicosia. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme H2020-WIDESPREAD- 01-2016- 2017 (Teaming Phase 2) under grant agreement No. 739578, as Read more…

A Workshop on Educational Robotics successfully took place on  24th – 25th February 2018, by the Cyprus Interaction Lab in collaboration with the Forum Private School (Nicosia) and the support of ACM – Women. Women of all ages and girls over 8 years of age participated in the workshops that took place Read more…

Η 1 η συνάντηση της Εθνικής Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής (National Advisory Board) του ευρωπαϊκού έργου ENGINITE πραγματοποιήθηκε επιτυχώς την Παρασκευή 16 Φεβρουαρίου, 2018, στο Ερευνητικό Εργαστήριο Αλληλεπίδρασης Cyprus Interaction Lab, του Τεχνολογικού Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου. Η Εθνική Συμβουλευτική Επιτροπή του ευρωπαϊκού έργου ENGINITE είναι τριμελής και απαρτίζεται από τους: Δρ. Δέσπω Κτωρίδου Read more…

STEM Discovery Week 2018 is a joint international initiative that invites projects, organisations and schools across Europe and around the world, to celebrate careers and studies in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The tagline for this year’s campaign “say yes to STEM” describes the partners’ open-minded Read more…

Through our ongoing collaboration with Harvard University in the field of immersive technologies and participatory urban planning, we will be organising a Special Interest Group at ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction, in Montreal, Canada in April 2018. The team leading Read more…

Τα εργαστήρια θα γίνουν στις 24 και 25 Φεβρουαρίου 2018 και θα περιλαμβάνουν εισαγωγή στην Εκπαιδευτική Ρομποτική και εργαστήρια με διάφορους τύπους ρομπότ. Οι ενδιαφερόμενες μπορούν να δηλώσουν συμμετοχή σε ένα ή σε όλα τα εργαστήρια της εκδήλωσης. Τα εργαστήρια θα είναι δωρεάν για όλες τις συμμετέχουσες. Διοργανωτές Cyprus Interaction Read more…

The Cyprus Interaction Lab is the only research facility in Cyprus specialising in Educational Technology and Human Computer Interaction. We are proud to engage in research that helps unpack the potential of emerging technologies to positively influence our society. We hope you will enjoy reading our newsletter which highlights our major achievements Read more…

The kick-off meeting of the ERASMUS+ project entitled: ENGINITE: “ENGineering and Industry Innovative Training for Engineers” took place at the Cyprus University of Technology in December 7th and 8th 2017. The project’s consortium is comprised of 7 partners in 4 different European countries: Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus), Aalborg Universitet Read more…

Με αφορμή την Ευρωπαϊκή Εβδομάδα Ρομποτικής 2017, το Cyprus Interaction Lab σε συνεργασία με το Β΄Δημοτικό Σχολείο Ορμίδειας  οργάνωσαν με επιτυχία την εκδήλωση “Μαθηματικά και Ρομποτική – Ένα μάθημα με τους γονείς μας!”. Την Δευτέρα, 20 Νοεμβρίου 2017, η διδακτορική φοιτήτρια του Cyprus Interaction Lab, Στέλλα Τιμοθέου χάρισε μια διασκεδαστική μαθησιακή εμπειρία ρομποτικής Read more…

The kickoff meeting of the INTELed project [INnovative Training via Embodied Learning and multi-sensory techniques for inclusive education] took place with great success on November 20-21, at the Cyprus University of Technology. The INTELed project, which is funded by the European Commission, is composed by four partners (Cyprus University of Read more…

CIL members Andri Ioannou and Vaso Constantinou presented two papers at IMCL 2017, held in Thessaloniki, Greece (30 November – 1 December 2017) – one of which won a Best Special Session Paper Award: Augmented reality supporting deaf students in mainstream schools: Two case studies of practical utility of the technology Andri Ioannou, Vaso Constantinou [Best Read more…

5th International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies A Thematic Affiliated Conference of HCI International 2018 Co-chairs: Panayiotis Zaphiris and Andri Ioannou Cyprus Interaction Lab, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus In the today’s knowledge society, learning and collaboration are two fundamental and strictly interrelated aspects of knowledge acquisition and creation. Read more…

The Cyprus Interaction Lab and Harvard University have begun a collaboration in the intersection of Urban Design, Participation and Augmented Reality. Urban Design and Planning worldwide have long been criticised for their lack of meaningful public consultation and participation in the process of the making of our cities. Currently, the Read more…