Womenpower (WE-ME)is the winning concept of Mahallae (funded by UNDP) under the “Women and Dialogue” challenge. The project is funded with $30,000 for a period of ten months (June 2014-May 2015). Aim of the project: the project intends to link women mentors and mentees together through an online community platform Read more…
The 1st International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies was completed with great success. The conference was part of 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2014), which was held at the Convention Center of Creta Maris hotel, Hersonissos, Heraklion, Crete, from June 22nd to 27th, 2014. The HCI Read more…
On May 28, 2014, a total of 21, 4-graders from the Lanitio Primary School in Limassol visited the Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL) of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts at the Cyprus University of Technology. During their visit at CIL, students had the opportunity to discover the learning possibilities Read more…
On March 27, 2014, a total of 15 undergraduate students from the School of Sciences (program of Computing) of UClan Cyprus visited the Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL) of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts at the Cyprus University of Technology. At CIL, students interacted with three multi-touch, interactive tabletops Read more…
Research methods in HCI Degree course | July 25 – July 31, 2014 The overarching aim of this summer school course is to improve participants’ understanding of significant research methods commonly or increasingly used in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Visit the course webpage >
The Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL) of the Cyprus University of Technology is happy to discuss your project idea and act as the Hosting Lab for proposals you might plan to submit to the HORIZON 2020 funding program. The Research Hosting program allows researchers and practitioners in the area of Human Read more…
The Cyprus Interaction Lab is a supporter of two conferences on mobile computing: iPads in Higher Education (ihe 2014) is the world’s 1st international research conference about iPad use in Higher Education (HE). You are invited to join scholars, learning technologists and practitioners from across the globe to share insights Read more…
The Visiting Fellowship program allows researchers and practitioners in the area of Human Computer Interaction and Instructional Technology to be hosted at the CIL Lab and access its facilities and equipment for the purpose of completing a research project. CIL Visiting Fellowships are unpaid fellowships. Visit the Fellowships section for Read more…
The Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL) offers 3-5 internships for 2014 (Spring, Summer, or Fall) in the areas of Human Computer Interaction and Instructional Technology. The CIL internship program allows undergraduate and graduate students as well as recent graduates to work on projects in the fields of Human Computer Interaction and Read more…
The Cyprus Interaction Lab is now a member of the GALA (Games and Learning Alliance) Network of Excellence. GALA aims to shape the scientific community and build a European Virtual Research Centre aimed at gathering, integrating, harmonizing and coordinating research on Serious Games and disseminating knowledge, best practices and tools Read more…
Call for Participation HCI International 2014 – 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction LCT 2014 1st International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies 22-27 June 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Creta Maris Beach Resort Chairs: Panayiotis Zaphiris Andri Ioannou Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Download ‘call for participation ‘ leaflet [PDF]
The Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Cyprus University of Technology is organizing a seminar for the annual World Usability Day, in cooperation with the Pedagogical Institute of Cyprus and the Cyprus Computer Society. The theme of the seminar will be the Technology Enhanced Learning. As part of the Read more…
The Cyprus Interaction Lab successfully participated to the event “Researchers’ Night 2013″ organized annually by the Research Promotion Foundation . The event was held on Friday, September 27, 2013 at Evagoras Lanitis Cultural Centre in Limassol. The research activities demonstrated entitled “Interactive Multimedia Applications – Learning and Fun for All Read more…
Associate Professor Panayiotis Zaphiris (Dean of School of Fine and Applied Arts) is the editor of a new book titled “Online Communities and Social Computing” published by Springer. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, OCSC 2013, held as part Read more…
The Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology, in collaboration with the European Association of Technology Enhanced Learning successfully organized the 9th Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning in Limassol, Cyprus. The summer school welcomed 60 doctoral students, Read more…
The Cyprus Interaction Lab (https://www.cyprusinteractionlab.com/) in the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts announces 5 Summer Internships. General Topics: Collaboratiion technology and learning: Ιnteractive surfaces and multitouch tabletops. Multimedia Applications: Design and development of educational applications for multitouch interactive tabletops. Use of technology for peace and conflict management. Problem-based leaning in Read more…
The Cyprus Interaction Lab hosts the 9th Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning, to take place from Monday, May 27th to Friday, May 31st, 2013 in Limassol, Cyprus. The summer school aims to encourage participants to adopt a critical stance in thinking about the role of technologies in Read more…
The lab owns a humanoid robot – NAO from Aldebaran Robotics. NAO is currently being used in a couple of research projects. We use NAO as a social mediator during music therapy sessions with high-functioning autistic children and we examine changes in their attitudes and behaviors over time. We further examine pre-schoolers’ caring attitudes and social Read more…