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The Life 2.0 pilot

Valeria Righi — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:14:55 +0000

The Life 2.0 project is about 1 year in the full pilot phase. Over 110 people, in the four pilot location (Aalborg, Barcelona, Joensuu and Milano), are now using the Life 2.0 platform to share helps and information and get to know the events in their local area. The platform has been designed following a participatory approach which saw older people, local associations and small businesses been involved in several co-design activities.

In Barcelona, the pilot is taking place in La Verneda, a neighborhood in Sant Martì district, and involved over 70 older people and 14 local 3^rd sector organizations. Currently 34 older people and 2 local associations have registered in and tried out the platform.

The evaluation process is following an ethnographical approach, by holding weekly meetings with a group of 18 pilot participants with the aim to observe them while using the Life2.0 platform and other similar community technologies. The data collected intend to inform the iterative development process and allow evaluating the system in real-life contexts.

The Life 2.0 project is now entering in a new phase, in which the issue of the sustainability of the platform is being addressed. Older people and local associations are being invited to identify possible actors and strategies that best fit in their local context. Further activities will take place in the next months to evaluate the feasibility of the business scenarios proposed in each pilot location.

Noa & Max on Spanish National Television TVE

Marco Romeo — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:15:19 +0000

Today the Spanish National Television (TVE) broadcasted a report on Noa & Max, the animated TV series in production at the GTI.

The report includes interesting interviews to the creators of the series.

Following the report, an interesting debate about how to encourage teen-agers in studying science and technology and how it would decrease the unemployment rate.

Something that Noa & Max will be able to do soon!

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Para Todos La 2 – Debate: Estudiar ciencias

Some interview excerpts:

>> Marco Romeo (director and technical director)

Studying science and technology could be a funny process of discovery.

We want to communicate that if you have passion for something, and your approach is joyful, all the knowledge is easy to obtain and understand.

>> Sergio Marco Del Fresno (head of educative programmes, Everis)

It’s necessary to apply different learning strategies to bring science contents closer to a real-life context and make kids feel that it’s something that exists in their lives and that they are able to work with.

>> Lorena Díaz Arrondo (creative director and animator)

Using computer animation for this project is not just a vehicle but also a representation of the idea that the technology is everywhere, even in creativity that nowadays would be impossible without it.

Digital Inclusion

Andrea Rosales — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:49:26 +0000

Digital inclusion research line aimed at understanding the relationship of groups in risk of digital exclusion with technologies.

The Life 2.0 pilot

WorthPlay @ Obra Social de la Caixa

The WorthPlay project has developed an online platform which enables both older people and members of their social circles to develop and play meaningful games. During the last months, a number of games have been created and played by older people in several settings, including Àgora,...Read More »

Worth Playing for Ageing project to GTI

La Fundación General CSIC, and La Obra Social “la Caixa” have granted funding for 5 Proyectos Cero on Ageing. The research projects are aimed at improving the quality of life of older people. The call for projects was very competitive: 47 proposals were submitted...Read More »

GTI @ the human rights festival organized in La Verneda

A group of researchers from the GTI participated in the “Festa Drets Humans”, which took place in the Sant Martí Civic Centre, (Barcelona) on the 14th of December. Several activities were organized, all of which with the emphasis placed on human rights and multiculturalism. The GTI participated with the current...Read More »

Paper presentation at Mobile HCI 2012

Title: Paper presentation at Mobile HCI 2012
Location: San Francisco
Link out: Click here
Description: JP Carrascal will be presenting his PhD research in Mobile HCI 2012. His work about “Understanding Annotations of Mobile Phone Calls“, have been conducted during his fellowship with Telefonica.
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Ethnographic techniques with older people at intermediate stages of product development

Authors:
Andrea Rosales, Valeria Righi, Sergio Sayago, Josep
Information and Communication Technologies Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Presented in:
NordiCHI 2012 , Workshop How to Design Touch Interfaces for and with Older Adults: Identification of Challenges and Opportunities(to be presented).

Abstract:
In this paper, we argue that ethnographic techniques...Read More »

GTI researcher wins the best paper award of the ICCHP Young Researcher Consortium

Susan Möller Ferreira, a PhD researcher in the Interactive Technologies Group (GTI), wins the best paper and presentation award of the 2012 ICCHP (International Conference on Computers Helping People with special needs) Young Researcher Consortium, which aims to encourage and promote young researchers in the field...Read More »

ICCHP 2012

Title: ICCHP 2012
Location: Linz, Austria
Link out: Click here
Description: GTI PhD student participates on the ICCHP 2012 – Young Researchers Consortium (13th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs). Tittle of the work: Towards understanding the interactions of older people with iTV: a...Read More »

GTI student is a Google Anita Borg Scholarship Finalist 2012

Susan Möller Ferreira is a Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Finalist 2012: Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Google Anita Borg Scholarship was founded to honor the work of Dr. Anita Borg, a computer scientist who dedicated her professional career to increasing the participation of women and other under-represented...Read More »

Older people becoming successful ICT learners over time: challenges and strategies through an ethnographical lens

Authors:
Sergio Sayago (1), Paula Forbes (2), Josep Blat (3).
(1) School of Computing, University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
(2) Department of Computer Science, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
(3) Interactive Technologies Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Published in:
Educational Gerontology (JCR=0.348, Q4). This well-respected journal offers up-to-date original research in the fields of gerontology,...Read More »

WorthPlay: juegos digitales para un envejecimiento activo y saludable

Authors.
Josep Blat (1), Josep Lluis Arcos (2), Sergio Sayago (3)
(1) Information and Communication Technologies Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
(2) Instituto de Investigación en Inteligencia Artificial (CSIC)
(3) University of Dundee

Published in:
Revista Lychnos, Number 8

Abstract:
El objetivo del proyecto WorthPlay es investigar en...Read More »

Towards understanding e-government with older people and designing an inclusive platform with them

The paper by Valeria Righi, Sergio Sayago and Josep Blat, Towards understanding e-government with older people and designing an inclusive platform with them – preliminary results of a rapid ethnographical study, has been accepted for publication at the International Journal of Public Information Systems. The paper describes the results of...Read More »

Towards understanding e-government with older people and designing an inclusive platform with them - preliminary results of a rapid ethnographical study

Authors:
Valeria Righi , Sergio Sayago, Josep Blat
Information and Communication Technologies Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Published in:
IJPIS, International Journal of Public Information Systems

Abstract:
The ageing population and the growing importance of e-government reinforce the need for further e-government research with older people. We have conducted...Read More »

Life 2.0

The LIFE 2.0 project aims at generating new opportunities for local interaction by creating new services for elderly people, based on the use of tracking systems. The objective of the project is to build product-service solutions that increase the opportunities for a) Social contacts between elderly people in their local area
b) Acquiring...Read More »

Cross-cultural aspects of ICT use by older people: preliminary results of a four-country ethnographical study

Authors.
Josep Blat (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Sergio Sayago (University of Dundee), Nicola Morelli (Aalborg University), Mirja Kälviäinen (North Karelia University of Applied Sciences), Francesca Rizzo (Politecnico di Milano)

Published in:
iHCI – Irish Human Computer Interaction Conference

Abstract:
Culture is crucial in understanding how people use technologies and designing...Read More »

Two papers on Life2.0 about services for older people

Participation of the GTI in Irish HCI and INTERACT 2011 with two papers related to the work being conducted in Life 2.0

ConferencePaper at iHCI – Irish Human Computer Interaction Conference

Title: Cross-cultural aspects of ICT use by older people: preliminary results of a four-country ethnographical study by Josep Blat...Read More »

Worthplay

Andrea Rosales — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:35:56 +0000

The WorthPlay project has studied the relationship between digital games and elederly. As result of it has developed an online platform which enables both older people and members of their social circles to develop and play meaningful games. Worthplay games aim at supporting their interest to share memories, evoke topics of interest, and learn new things, while improving ICT skills.

WorthPlay @ Obra Social de la Caixa

The WorthPlay project has developed an online platform which enables both older people and members of their social circles to develop and play meaningful games. During the last months, a number of games have been created and played by older people in several settings, including Àgora,...Read More »
Worth Playing for Ageing project to GTI
La Fundación General CSIC, and La Obra Social “la Caixa” have granted funding for 5 Proyectos Cero on Ageing. The research projects are aimed at improving the quality of life of older people. The call for projects was very competitive: 47 proposals were submitted...Read More »
GTI @ the human rights festival organized in La Verneda

A group of researchers from the GTI participated in the “Festa Drets Humans”, which took place in the Sant Martí Civic Centre, (Barcelona) on the 14th of December. Several activities were organized, all of which with the emphasis placed on human rights and multiculturalism. The GTI participated with the current...Read More »
GTI will be participating in NORDICHI 2012
Valeria Righi and Andrea Rosales will be participating in NordiCHI 2012 with two position papers in two different workshops.

“Older people’s strategies for building trust in online communities through an ethnographical lens” will...Read More »
GTI in Lychnos Notebook
Issue 8 of Lychnos, Notebooks of the Fundación General CSIC, published in March 2012, presents the results of the survey on R+D & ageing conducted by Fundación General CSIC, and features a description of the 5 projects awarded with funding in Proyectos Cero 2011 en Envejecimiento, promoted by Fundación General CSIC,...Read More »
WorthPlay: juegos digitales para un envejecimiento activo y saludable
Authors.
Josep Blat (1), Josep Lluis Arcos (2), Sergio Sayago (3)
(1) Information and Communication Technologies Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
(2) Instituto de Investigación en Inteligencia Artificial (CSIC)
(3) University of Dundee

Published in:
Revista Lychnos, Number 8

Abstract:
El objetivo del proyecto WorthPlay es investigar en...Read More »

Life 2.0

Andrea Rosales — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:12:59 +0000

The LIFE 2.0 project aims at fostering the involvement of older people in local communities through the development of location-based services. The LIFE2.0 consortium project have developed a community platform, accessible through a web page and an iPad application, which offer 3 main services: i) the Mutual Help service which enable sharing practices among older people and their neighbors, ii) the Event service which offers an updated list of events and activities organized by local associations and iii) the Market Place service which enables links among older people and local businesses and service providers. Within the framework of LIFE 2.0 we have explored the design and use of online communities and community networks with older people and other relevant actors of their local community.

The Life 2.0 pilot
The Life 2.0 project is about 1 year in the full pilot phase. Over 110 people, in the four pilot location (Aalborg, Barcelona, Joensuu and Milano), are now using the Life 2.0 platform to share helps and information and get to know the events in their local area. The platform...Read More »
Best Paper in the Community Informatics Research Network Conference
The paper “Older people’s use of Social Network Sites while participating in local online communities from an ethnographical perspective” by Valeria Righi, Sergio Sayago and Josep Blat received the Best Conference Paper Award in the Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN12) Conference in Prato, Italy.

Despite the widely adoption...Read More »
GTI will be participating in NORDICHI 2012
Valeria Righi and Andrea Rosales will be participating in NordiCHI 2012 with two position papers in two different workshops.

“Older people’s strategies for building trust in online communities through an ethnographical lens” will...Read More »
Life 2.0
The LIFE 2.0 project aims at generating new opportunities for local interaction by creating new services for elderly people, based on the use of tracking systems. The objective of the project is to build product-service solutions that increase the opportunities for a) Social contacts between elderly people in their local area
b) Acquiring...Read More »
Life 2.0 General Assembly at GTI

The last 17^th of October, the GTI hosted the General Assembly and technical meeting of Life 2.0 project.

During this event, the consortium partners discussed the future development of the pilot phase, which will take place in four EU cities, Aalborg (DK), Joensuu (FI), Milan (IT) and Barcelona (ES). Three different...Read More »
Two papers on Life2.0 about services for older people

Participation of the GTI in Irish HCI and INTERACT 2011 with two papers related to the work being conducted in Life 2.0

ConferencePaper at iHCI – Irish Human Computer Interaction Conference

Title: Cross-cultural aspects of ICT use by older people: preliminary results of a four-country ethnographical study by Josep Blat...Read More »

Your Browsing Behavior for a Big Mac: Economics of Personal Information Online

JP Carrascal — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:22:03 +0000

This paper presents the results of a large-scale study aimed to understand monetary valuation that Internet users assign to different pieces of their Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Monetary valuation was obtained by means of a custom implementation of the Refined Experience Sampling Methodology (rESM).

The main results of the paper include:
- Users valuated their browsing behavior information at around 7€.
- Valuation of Offline PII was found to be significantly higher than Online PII
- Valuation of PII related to Social Networking and Finance websites was significantly higher than Search and News related websites.
- Even though users do not like the monetization of their PII, they would accept certain goods in exchange.

The paper was presented during the 22nd International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2013) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was also published in the Proceedings of the conference.

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WorthPlay @ Obra Social de la Caixa

Andrea Rosales — Tue, 14 May 2013 07:59:50 +0000

The WorthPlay project has developed an online platform which enables both older people and members of their social circles to develop and play meaningful games. During the last months, a number of games have been created and played by older people in several settings, including Àgora, in Barcelona, and EspacioCaixa Madrid – one of the centres managed by Obra Social de la Caixa in Spain. These, and other results of the WorthPlay project, were presented at the headquarters of the Obra Social de la Caixa (Av. Diagonal, Barcelona) on May-3, 2013, by Sergio Sayago, who is conducting research activities related to WorthPlay in EspacioCaixa Madrid, thanks to a research agreement between Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Fundació La Caixa.

TecnioSpring

Andrea Rosales — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:46:28 +0000

TECNIOSPRING is an international mobility fellowship programme that gives experienced researchers the possibility to develop their research career in a TECNIO centre around the world.

A talk focused on LdShake at TELGalicia network

Davinia Hernandez-Leo — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:22:46 +0000

On Monday, May 6th, Davinia Hernández-Leo gave an invited talk and a workshop at the IV conference of the TELGalicia network. The talk and workshop (link to the slides, in Spanish) were mainly focused on LdShake, a social network platform where teachers can co-edit and share learning designs. In her talk, Davinia also explained the role of LdShake in the recently started METIS and IJIE projects, and mentioned the research addressed by the GTI (SOS, QuesTInSitu-Game) in the EEE project.

Video of LdShake at http://youtu.be/hj5dsrbIRGU?t=31s

A webbased tool for Digital Cinema

Marco Romeo — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:55 +0000

In the frame of the European IMPART project (http://impart.upf.edu/) the GTI is developing a webbased tool that will allow filmmakers to deal with the amount of shooting data generated every day in production.

Digital cinema has broadened the creative possibilities but now production crews have to deal with huge amount of data related to a single shot. Laser scans of the set and multiple views (witness cameras) of the same shot are generated and have to be reviewed daily to take decisions on the production.

Any critical decision should be taken rapidly as it may require to extend the contract of an actor or filming gears. Furthermore, it may happen that the director or other important crew members are not on set to judge the filming, making the review process even harder.

With the WebBased, 3DAssisted Editing of Production Dailies (to be presented at the 2013 ACM Web3D Conference) under development at the GTI, filmmakers will be able to access all the data, wherever they are, through a web tool that shows a 3D reconstruction of the set, camera positions and a quick editing and annotation interface to guide further production (retakes and editing).

WebBased, 3DAssisted Editing of Production Dailies

GTI

The Life 2.0 pilot

Noa & Max on Spanish National Television TVE

Digital Inclusion

Worthplay

Life 2.0

Your Browsing Behavior for a Big Mac: Economics of Personal Information Online

WorthPlay @ Obra Social de la Caixa

TecnioSpring

A talk focused on LdShake at TELGalicia network

A web­based tool for Digital Cinema

A webbased tool for Digital Cinema