Issue 19 - May 2012

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3ª IEEE workshop UNET 2012

11.06.2012

Co-located to IEEE ICC 2012, Ottawa, Canada

S-BRAIN #28:   The Heart and Minds of Robots

28.06.2012, 14h30-16h

Auditorium Agostinho da Silva

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Software Defined Networking

22.06.2012, Room U.0.8, Building U, Universidade Lusófona

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1. Highlight: YVision Visits SITILabs

 YVision has recently visited SITILabs with the purpose of disseminating its newest software framework and of discussing joint synergies within the context of immersive technology. During the visit, SITILabs has shown work developed within the context of the ArdWorks activity and which relates to the development of low-cost, immersive technology for the purpose of assisting augmented reality scenarios.

The second part of the visit comprised an S-BRAIN presentation about the operation of YVision.

YVision is a recent spin-out of YDreams, company which has been working on Natural Language Interfaces for almost a decade, and whose know-how has been deployed in more than 300 applications.

The development of a joint cooperation and the focus of this visit relates to the core focus of the Social Interactive Media (SIM) Lab of SITILabs.

In this Number:

1. Highlight: YVision Visits SITILabs

2. SITILabs and LabPsiCom Organize UX-Lx Workshop

3. ULOOP in the Future Internet Assembly

2. SITILabs and LabPsiCom Organize UX-Lx Workshop

On May 15th, SITILabs and LabPsiCom - Laboratory of Computing Psychology) jointly organized a UX-Lx workshop entitled "Measuring Emotions - a Usability Approach", workshop which counted with circa 30 registered attendants.

The workshop had as main goal to provide a perspective on the applicability of eye tracking tools together with galvanic skin resistance response (GSR), for the purpose of evaluation within the context of usability studies.

Throughout 4 hours, the organizers Inês Oliveira (SITILabs, Universidade Lusófona) and Pedro Rosa (LabPsiCom, Universidade LUsófona) provided the audience with a mix of theoretical background and an in-loco demo followed by an analysis of the performance evaluation of the mentioned tools, based on specific usability metrics.

Within the context of SITILabs, the workshop is associated to the Social Interactive Media (SIM) Lab that has the mission to promote innovation related to user experience and immersion in interactive media. In SITILabs, SIM exploits and R&D fundamental aspect of user-centric technology, namely, to pursuit the development of immersive information systems and technologies.

LabPsiCom has as prime objective research and developmeng of Information Technology applications in the field of psychology, having as main expression force the application of Virtual Reality. More recently, the laboratory has developed some research using eye-tracking technology, namely, in emotional elicitation and executive function asessment.

3. ULOOP Represented in the Future Internet Assembly

The EU IST FP7 ULOOP (User-centric Wireless Local Loop, 2010-2013) project has been represented in the Future Internet Assembly event which took place in Aalborg, May 10-11th 2012. On behalf of the project consortium, Rute Sofia (ULOOP scientific coordinator) has provided the consortium perspective concerning standardization efforts being developed within the context of the project and towards entities such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), as well as 3GPP.

The ULOOP project brings in a fresh approach to user-centricity by exploring user-provided networking aspects in a way that expands the reach of a multi-access backbone. Currently in its second year, ULOOP expects to release its first software-based demos in October 2012, in ICIN 2012.

The ULOOP consortium holds a total of 12 partners including 3 operators, 2 access vendors, 1 software house, 4 universities, as well as 1 R&D Laboratory. The project is jointly coordinated by Alcatel-Lucent BellLabs France with University Lusófona (SITILabs, Informatics Systems and Technologies R&D Unit).