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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 as a reference point at an international level. The other key focuses of the project are: the support of the deployment of Serious Games in the actual educational and training settings; the fostering of innovation and knowledge transfer through research-business dialogue; the development high-quality didactics on Serious Games by promoting and supporting courses at Master and PhD level.

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 seminar will present the results of the transnational research project Multimodal Information Spaces for Problem Based Learning, funded by the Cyprus Promotion Foundation. The project is the result of the cooperation of two European research institutes – Cyprus Interaction Lab (Cyprus) and Laboratory for Open Systems and Networks at the Jozef Stefan Institute (Slovenia) *All presentations will be in English. Download the presentation [PDF]   View Larger Map

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 . ” As part of this research activity, visitors had the opportunity to participate in cooperative games around a multitouch interactive table, interact with a humanoid robot as well as other forms of human computer interaction (eg. Brain-computer Interface).

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 of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2013, held in Las Vegas, USA in July 2013, jointly with 12 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 49 contributions was carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the OCSC proceedings. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: user behavior and experience in online social communities; learning and gaming communities; society, business and health; designing and developing novel online social experiences. Details about the book can be found at: http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/book/978-3-642-39370-9 Other books by Dr. Zaphiris can be found at: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Panayiotis%20Zaphiris&search-alias=books&sort=relevancerank

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, as well as 20 young and experienced researchers, from internationally recognized European and American universities. The Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology studies the interaction of people with technology in various fields (including education). The lab aims at understanding user needs, enhancing their experience and interaction with technology, and at providing systems that follow international standards and practices The Summer School provided a stimulating learning environment in which participants had the opportunity to develop research skills in Technology Enhanced Learning, broaden their knowledge, and develop collaborations with other researchers …

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 creative information and communication spaces. Robotics in education. Use of eye tracking for evaluating/determining cognitive loads in the use of interactive multimedia or computer games Web 2.0 and Dyslexia Social Dimensions of Computer Games Creation of design guidelines for the creation of accessible multimedia content Cultural differences in the design of interactive systems Combining learning theories to usability practises in the area of interactive multimedia Your occupation will be on a voluntary basis, for 3 days a week, for the period June 1, 2013 to July 31, 2013 and there will be no payment. Applicants should: be in a Masters …

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 providing opportunities for learners and the potential of these opportunities in terms of learning. The summer school provides a stimulating learning environment where participants get opportunities to: develop research skills; increase their knowledge base; collaborate with others in their own and complementary research areas; engage in debate; have access to experts in the field; and discuss their own work. For this summer school the overarching theme is ‘interdisciplinarity’ and the focus will be on the challenges and opportunities that arise from working at the boundaries of different disciplines. The programme covers topics from a broad range of domains which contribute …

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 behavior around NAO when he becomes part of their everyday play.