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 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
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
In November 2017 (6th to 10th) prof. Milan Milosavljevic, prof. Aleksandar Jevremovic and two PhD students, Milos Antonijevic and Filip Lukic, from Singidunum University, Serbia, visited the Cyprus Interaction Lab through the COST scheme, Action IC1303 – Algorithms, Architectures and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments [AAPELE] – to explore collaborations Read more
On November 1st, 2017, the Social Computing Research Centre (socialcomputing.eu), the Cyprus Interaction Lab, the Migrant Information Centre (MIC), and the Climate-KIC project CATER celebrated the World Usability Day with an event focusing on ‘Migration, Environment, and Technology’. Charalampos Theopemptou, MP and former Commissioner for the Environment talked about “Waste Read more
The Cyprus Interaction Lab presented the 3-days seminar ” End-User Development and Creativity Graphic Arts in the Design of Interactive Systems with Technology” by Carmelo Ardito, Assistant Professor at the Computer Science Department of the University of Bari “Aldo Moro” (Bari, Italy). The seminar was funded under the Erasmus+ for Read more
The Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL) of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts at the Cyprus University of Technology is exploring the possibility of hiring Project Managers for full-time or part-time engagement, depending on qualifications and availability. CIL studies the interaction of people with technology in various fields. The lab Read more
We are happy to announce that the Cyprus University of Technology will be participating in the Innovative Training Network POEM (Participatory Memory Practices). EU Horizon 2020 Innovative Training Network POEM Project Leader: Prof. Dr. Gertraud Koch, University of Hamburg Cyprus Coordinator: Dr. Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, Cyprus University of Technology Local supervisors: Read more
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow or Experienced Researcher The Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts at the Cyprus University of Technology is exploring the possibility of hiring a number, of full-time or part-time, post-doctoral research fellows to work on currently funded research projects. The Cyprus Interaction Lab studies Read more