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On Wednesday, February 26th 2019, a seminar took place at the 1st Primary school of Limassol, Cyprus, in the context of the INTELed European project (https://www.inteled.org/). The seminar was co-organized by the Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Cyprus University of Technology  (CIL, https://www.staging.cyprusinteractionlab.com) and the Research center on Interactive media, Smart systems 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

In a packed amphitheatre, Cyprus University of Technology welcomed Saswati Saha Mitra, as the keynote speaker at the annual World Usability Day. Saswati Saha Mitra leads Uber’s Global UX Research team. Spread across 5 continents, her team keeps Uber accountable to its global user base. The event was co-organized by Read more

The third meeting of the INTELed Teacher Professional Development (TPD) program was co-organized by the Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Cyprus University of Technology (CIL, https://www.staging.cyprusinteractionlab.com) and the Research center on Interactive media, Smart systems and Emerging technologies (RISE, http://rise.org.cy). The meeting was delivered successfully by Dr Andri Ioannou, Dr Read more

Research and Administrative Positions: Research Centre on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies – Team Leaders of Multidisciplinary Research Groups More details about the application process: http://www.rise.org.cy/en-gb/vacancies/ Location: Research Centre on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies, Nicosia, Cyprus  

Since 2014, the Cyprus Interaction lab organizes the Learning and Collaboration Technologies Conference, affiliated with the HCI INTERNATIONAL Conference. This year’s conference is at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA in July 2019 See 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION For indicative topics/keywords of the broad spectrum of issues to Read more

The Cyprus Interaction Lab was approached by the Youth Board of Cyprus to organise and facilitate an activity aiming to rethink the online counseling service it currently offers to young people. CIL, having implemented various adaptations of Google Ventures’ inspired Design Sprint in the past, adjusted the method to an Read more

The second meeting of the INTELed Teacher Professional Development (TPD) program was co-organized by the Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Cyprus University of Technology (CIL, https://www.staging.cyprusinteractionlab.com) and the Research center on Interactive media, Smart systems and Emerging technologies (RISE, http://rise.org.cy). The meeting was delivered successfully by Dr Andri Ioannou, Dr Read more

The Cyprus Interaction Lab would like to invite interested candidates to apply for a PhD for January 2019 in the following research topics. Deadline for both positions is 26th of November.  Instructions on how to apply here: https://www.cut.ac.cy/news/article/?languageId=1&fbclid=IwAR3619wjvWjMGvMShoaaUck-YemiEubVJXpYrKrNwYvf6lkmATluPTOl5XY&contentId=140750 Nurturing and stimulating student’s creativity with Educational Robotics in school’s makerspace Description: Read more

On Friday October 19, 2018, the 5th graders of Agia Napa Primary School – Antoni Tsokkou participated at the @CodeWeek EU with the activity “I learn the European capitals via robotics“. The educational activity was organized by Mrs. Stella Timotheou (Primary Education Teacher, Doctoral Student at the Cyprus Interaction Lab) Read more

The Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL – https://www.staging.cyprusinteractionlab.com/)  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. Our current projects are related to: Learning technology Immersive and embodied Read more

The kickoff meeting of the INTELed Teacher Professional Development (TPD) program was co-organized by the Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Cyprus University of Technology (CIL, https://www.staging.cyprusinteractionlab.com) and the Research center on Interactive media, Smart systems and Emerging technologies (RISE, http://rise.org.cy). The meeting was delivered successfully by Dr Andri Ioannou, Dr Read more

The kickoff meeting of the ENGINITE Vocational Education and Training (VET) programme  was co-organized by the Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Cyprus University of Technology (CIL, https://www.cyprusinteractionlab.com) and the Research center on Interactive media, Smart systems and Emerging technologies (RISE, http://rise.org.cy). The meeting was delivered successfully by the ENGINITE CUT research team Read more

The Research center on Interactive media, Smart systems and Emerging technologies (RISE, http://rise.org.cy) and the Cyprus Interaction Lab  (CIL, https://www.cyprusinteractionlab.com) support the organization of the “Open coders fair”: A celebration day for programming & robotics for children 5-99 years old, in the context of the activities  “Learning to code with my child” of Read more

A two-day design sprint workshop took at the Youth Makerspace Larnaka (https://www.facebook.com/makerspacelarnaka/) on Friday and Saturday, 12-13 October. During the workshop, participants discussed, explored, proposed solutions and developed prototypes (applications, systems, etc.) with a goal of providing useful information for responsible gaming, as well as information for the risks posed by Read more

INTERACT 2019 (http://www.interact2019.org/) is the latest of a series of conferences on Human-Computer Interaction organized under the aegis of the Technical Committee 13 of the UNESCO International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). The IFIP TC 13 aims at developing the science and technology of the interaction between humans and computing Read more