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Usability Cafe

First Thursday of each month we organize an informal public meeting to talk about usability.

Next meeting: Oct. 9, 2008 (19:00 Hours) at San Gregorio coffe shop; Valdes Salas street, Oviedo (see map)

Cup of coffe.

On the Radio

A special report about our Vodafone's Award Winning technology code-named Vadinia has been radio broadcasted by the Asturian Radio TV Broadcasting Corporation (RTPA).

Radio Antenna.

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Vodafone Award

Our research program on ambient intelligence (code-named Vadinia) has received the Vodafone Award 2008 to the Best Research Project on Mobile Technologies!

Vodafone Logo.

eMinds Journal

International Journal on Human-Computer Interaction at: www.eminds.hci-rg.com.

eMinds: International Journal on Human Computer Interaction.

Madrid March 11, 2004. We will never forget!.

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SpearHead begins its Fourth Edition

[Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:15:42 UT]

Spearhead logo

Our Spearhead program is about to begin its fourth edition. This learning research program has as one of its main goals the introduction of classes of Computer Science in English language at the University of Oviedo.

The success of this program in previous editions encouraged the authorities of our University to allow in 2007 the use of English language in any academic subject.

Graduation in our Group

[Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:22:07 UT]

José R. Bobes-Bascarán.

Our research mate José R. Bobes-Bascarán got his Master on Research in Science in Engineering last week obtaining the maximum possible evaluation rank.

His thesis dissertation was about user interface adaptation targeted to users suffering dementia. The research was done in the scope of our award winning reseach program -code-named- Gadea.

Congratulations!

Graduation mortarboard.

Marta's new Job at CERN

[Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:21:15 UT]

Marta Ruíz-García.

Our research mate Marta Ruíz García has been selected as a candidate to work as a Computer Scientist in the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

Although she will join their crew next October, she still will be member of our group as the project manager of the TIRSVS research program.

CERN logo.

Project SIAM started

[Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:55:12 UT]

Blue print.

Our group has signed and agreement with the Mirada TV company for the development of the code-named project SIAM.

The main goal of this project is the development of interactive hardware and software devices to give support to ambient intellegence technologies at home, based on state of the art video game consoles, such as Nintendo's Wii and Sony Playstation 3.

Please visit the Projects section to obtain more information about this and other technologies currently under development by our group.

New Course on Ruby

[Tue, 9 Sep 2008 23:15:14 UT]

Ruby on Rails.

Our proposal for a Course on Ruby on Rails for the next Autum has been approved by the authorities of the University of Oviedo as a 4,5 credits University Extension Course.

The seminar will take place at the EUITIO in Oviedo from November 17 to 21, 2008. Its official name is Introducción al Desarrollo de Aplicaciones Web usando Ruby on Rails. More information about this and other seminars can be obtainted in the courses section of this site.

Photos of our visit to England

[Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:21:48 UT]

Big Ben.

Our Photo Album has been updated with pictures of our last visit to the University of York last Autum.

Our group visited York and London to participate in a series of conferences and technology transference events, as well as meetings about the challenges of a European Higher Education Space in British universities.