February 12, 2021

SECURHOME

SECURHOME – Monitoring of Domestic Activity of Seniors Through Television

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The SECURHOME project aims to develop and validate a non-invasive device that through the daily behaviour of a person can detect, using artificial intelligence techniques, if there’s a risk or not through their daily activity at home analysing their movement, sound, temperature, use of the television, etc., collecting this data from a non-invasive device and through the use of different artificial intelligence techniques the system will be able to learn the behaviours and the possible variations that may occur. This way it will adapt to the user’s lifestyle and thus prevent any eventuality.

Once the device detects any eventuality, it will send alerts to previously configured family members and to the nearest health care center, in this way an agile and strategic method of attention will be achieved for the affected tenant, thus avoiding having to resort to some type of direct communication for your alert. Also, the system will be highly configurable, allowing for days of absence, presence of pets, type of notification to relatives, health center to be notified, etc. In this way it is considered that for this project the main objective will be to help elderly people, providing them with greater independence and security in their home.

Once the device is developed, two field studies will be carried out to validate the system and evaluate the acceptance of it by users while making a legal analysis of the implications that storage and analysis of personal data by systems may have on artificial intelligence.

The DigiMedia team was involved with major responsibilities in the project related to the mobile application in charge of domestic interaction through the television.

DATES

January 2019 – September 2020

TOTAL FUNDING

90 000 €

DIGIMEDIA FUNDING

21 945 €

FUNDING SOURCE

Programa de Cooperación INTERREG V-A España-Portugal (POCTEP 2014-2020)

MAIN DIGIMEDIA R&D GROUP

Social iTV

DIGIMEDIA COORDINATOR

Jorge Ferraz de Abreu

DIGIMEDIA TEAM

Rita Oliveira; Telmo Silva; Pedro Almeida

PARTNERS

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Universidade de Vigo

Universidade de Lisboa

DigiMedia

CO-FINANCED BY

January 8, 2021

Shapes

SHAPES – Smart and Healthy Ageing through People Engaging in Supportive Systems

SHORT DESCRIPTION

SHAPES is an Innovation Action funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme involving a total of 36 partners from 14 European countries. The project aims at creating an integrated and interoperable platform that will bring together a wide range of digital solutions focused on improving the health, wellbeing, and independence of people as they get older. This platform will offer a network of large-scale interconnected digital services and products, that will empower older persons, families, and caregivers to solve real and meaningful problems. These solutions are intended for older persons facing a temporary or permanent reduction of functionality and capabilities, whether physical or psychological, but also to help those who are healthy to maintain their health and well-being for as long as possible.

DATES

November 2019 – October 2023

TOTAL FUNDING

20.944.318,75 euros

DIGIMEDIA FUNDING

206.784,00 euros

FUNDING SOURCE

International – European Comission, Call H2020 SC1-FA-DTS-2018-2020, Topic: DT-TDS-01-2019

REFERENCE

Grant Agreement-857159-SHAPES

MAIN DIGIMEDIA R&D GROUP

e-health & Wellbeing

DIGIMEDIA COORDINATOR

Telmo Silva

DIGIMEDIA TEAM

Jorge Ferraz de Abreu; Telmo Silva; Ceci Diehl

PARTNERS

AGE Platform Europe
European Union of the Deaf Aisbl
Fakultni Nemocnice Olomouc
Palacky University Olomouc
Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis
5 Ygionomiki Periferia Thessalias & Stereas Elladas
Gnomon Informatics SA
Intracom SA Telecom Solutions
Epistimi Gia Sena Astiki Mi Kerdoskopiki Etairia
Elliniko Mesogeiako Panepistimio
Laurea-Ammattikorkeakoulu Oy
Access Earth Limited
Assisting Living & Learning Institute, Maynooth University
University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork
The World Federation of the Deafblind
Omnitor Ab
Future Intelligence Limited
Erevnitiko Idrima P.L.
Carus Consilium Sachsen Gmbh
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten
Institut Fur Gesundheitswirtschaft
Medicalsyn Gmbh
Clinika de Kay Sl
Asociacion Benefico-Social El Salvador
Pal Robotics Sl
Tree Technology SA
Universidad de Castilla – La Mancha
Fundacion Centro de Tecnologias de Interaccion Visual Y Comunicaciones Vicomtech
Kompai Robotics
Associazione Italiana Per L Assistenza Agli Spastici Provincia Di Bologna
Edgeneering Lda
Universidade do Porto
Agile Ageing Alliance
Northern Health and Social Care Trust
University of Ulster

CO-FINANCED BY

July 1, 2020

eMental

eMental – Evaluation of digital interventions to promote literacy in depression and suicide

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Depression and suicide have epidemic proportions with an increasing incidence in young people. It is fundamental to develop and evaluate mental health literacy programs to support the demystification and prevention of the disease and to raise awareness. The current massive use of digital media by young people is an opportunity that must be explored in the design and evaluation of interventions that make use of the digital format as a powerful communication tool.

The eMental project involves a multidisciplinary team and aims to finalize and evaluate digital interventions, addressed to young people, structured in transmedia digital contents, to promote literacy in depression and suicide. A proposal for a future extended intervention to the young Portuguese population will also be developed.

DATES

september 2019 – december 2021

TOTAL FUNDING

19.968,65€

REFERENCE

45-2019/393

MAIN DIGIMEDIA R&D GROUP

e-health & Wellbeing

DIGIMEDIA COORDINATOR

Ana Margarida Pisco Almeida

DIGIMEDIA TEAM

Lersi Durán (bolseira)

PARTNERS

Facultade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP) – Centro Hospitalar de Entre o Douro e Vouga (CHEDV)

CO-FINANCED BY

Ciência Viva http://www.cienciaviva.pt/concurso/comunicarsaude/

February 4, 2020

CallBob

PROJECT TITLE

CallBob – Construtor de bots de voz para atendimento de chamadas (Voice bots builder for answering calls).

SHORT DESCRIPTION

CallBob – Construtor de bots de voz para atendimento de chamadas (Voice bots builder for answering calls) project with ref. POCI-01-0247-FEDER-03850, is the result of a PT2020 – SI&DT application, notice: 01/SI/2018 from the company GoTelecom, configured as a service provision lasting 24 months.

CallBob is a technological R&D project that aims to develop, and technologically validate, a product concept targeted at small to medium businesses. This product intends to aid customer service in small businesses, ranging from hairdressers’ salons to small medical clinics, through a conversational bot interface which can schedule appointments or enlighten any customer doubts, by automatically answering incoming phone calls. Business owners will be able to easily customize their bot, through a friendly an intuitive user interface.

DigiMedia contributes with UX/Usability Design and Evaluation activities, supported by co-design techniques applied with a representative intentional sample of CallBob’s final users. DigiMedia researchers will develop the initial business support communication narratives, aiming for a friendly and intuitive conversation experience for the final user (the business’ clients). An intuitive interaction model will also be designed and evaluated for the bot customization platform, taking into account a final user with medium to low digital literacy.

As an output, CallBob will deliver the dialogue narratives characterized by Intents and Entities (communication intentions and its characteristics) along with 2 papers in scientific journals and/or international conferences.

DATES

January 2019 – January 2021

TOTAL FUNDING

93,043.00 €

DigiMedia FUNDING

93,043.00 €

FUNDING SOURCE

National – FEDER/Compete 2020/Portugal 2020

REFERENCE

POCI-01-0247-FEDER-038501

MAIN DIGIMEDIA R&D GROUP

Advanced Technologies

DIGIMEDIA COORDINATOR

Óscar Mealha

DIGIMEDIA TEAM

José Nunes (Co-IR), Maria João Antunes, Juliana Camargo (bolseira)

PARTNERS

PROJECT URL

Available at: []

CO-FINANCED BY

May 9, 2019

eHealthResp

PROJECT TITLE

eHealthResp – Development and validation of e-Health tools to support clinical decision and patient empowerment in respiratory infections: randomized controlled cluster trial.

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Antibiotic resistance is one of the major public health problems world-wide. Inappropriate use of antibiotics is currently regarded as the main determinant of such resistance. The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of e-Health tools to support clinical decision and patient empowerment in upper respiratory infections management. We will carry out a cluster randomized controlled trial covering all general practitioners and community pharmacists in Centre Region of Portugal, to prevent cross-contamination between groups, allocation will be performed on the basis of clusters rather than individuals. The centre region it will be divided into eight spatial clusters, accordingly with our previous studies (PTDC/SAU-ESA/105530/2008). It will be designed a reinforcement intervention that will consist of group outreach visits, an online course, a clinical decision support system for the physicians and pharmacists and also an e-Health tools for patients.

DATES

july2018 – july2021

TOTAL FUNDING

239.173,75 € /229.048,75€ (UA)

DigiMedia FUNDING

3.000 €

FUNDING SOURCE

National – FEDER/Compete 2020/Portugal 2020

REFERENCE

POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031678

MAIN DIGIMEDIA R&D GROUP

e-health & Wellbeing

DIGIMEDIA COORDINATOR

Ana Margarida Pisco Almeida

DIGIMEDIA TEAM

João Moura (bolseiro)

PARTNERS

Universidade de Aveiro – iBiMED, Departamento de Ciências Médicas (Mª Teresa Herdeiro); Instituto Politécnico da Guarda (Fátima Roque)

PROJECT URL

Available at: []

CO-FINANCED BY

March 11, 2019

PaGes

PROJECT TITLE

PaGes : Post-Crisis Journalism in Post-Crisis Libya: A Bottom-Up Approach to the Development of a Cross-Media Journalism Master Program

SHORT DESCRIPTION

PAgES aims at contributing to the modernization of the Higher Education (HE) sector in Libya and support the implementation of the Bologna Process through a bottom-up approach for the design and pilot of a Master Course in Cross-Media Journalism.The Master Course will target young people studying communication and young professionals, who wish to specialize in the strategic field of digital journalism. The Master Course will be designed by means of a participatory approach, involving teachers from the EU and Libya, students and journalists. Teachers will be provided with the required skills for the delivery of the Master Course through a set of capacity building initiatives: online Repository for Training Faculty, online Space for discussion and study visits at two EU universities. The length of the Master Course is of 2 years (120 ECTS).

DATES

January 2019 – January 2022

TOTAL FUNDING

890.892 €

DigiMedia FUNDING

27.567 €

FUNDING SOURCE

International Public – Erasmus+, KA2 – Capacity-building in the Field of Higher Education

REFERENCE

598349-EPP-1-2018-1-IT-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

MAIN DIGIMEDIA R&D GROUP

Cyberculture

DIGIMEDIA COORDINATOR

Vânia Baldi

DIGIMEDIA TEAM

PARTNERS

Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione – IULM; UNIMED, Unione delle Università del Mediterraneo; UGR, Universidad de Granada; UNIROMA1 , Sapienza Università di Roma;UOT, University of Tripoli; SU, Sirte University; SBU, Sabratha University; MU, Misurata University;ZU, University of Zawia

PROJECT URL

Available at: [1]

CO-FINANCED BY

This project has been funded with support from the European Union. This website reflects the view only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Name: PAgES- Post-Crisis Journalism in Post-Crisis Libya: A Bottom-up Approach to the Development of a Cross-Media Journalism Master Program

Reference: 598349-EPP-1-2018-1-IT-EPPKA2-CBHE-J

October 26, 2018

SEDUCE 2.0

PROJECT TITLE

SEDUCE 2.0 – Senior Citizen Use of Comunication and Information in miOne online community

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Some studies highlight the benefits of using ICT in later age: social support; decrease in the feeling of loneliness; improvement of the mental state, increase in quality of life and reinforcement of self-concept. However, there are barriers to the use of ICT by seniors, such as the fear of using computer equipment; cost and functional sustainability; biopsychosocial changes related to ageing; complexity of the interfaces. SEDUCE 2.0 project aims to:
(a) assess the impact of psychosocial variables and sociability on older adults through the use of ICT in the context of the online community miOne (www.mione.pt);
(b) contribute to the growing development of the community miOne with the active participation of seniors. The study will be conducted in a context of co-presence, faceto- face, and in the context of the online community miOne. The focus groups will involve.

DATES

June -2018 – may 2021

TOTAL FUNDING

228 124,42 €

DigiMedia FUNDING

221 624,42 €

FUNDING SOURCE

National Public – FEDER/Compete 2020/Portugal 2020

REFERENCE

POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031696

MAIN DIGIMEDIA R&D GROUP

Games and Transmedia

DIGIMEDIA COORDINATOR

Ana Veloso

DIGIMEDIA TEAM

Sónia de Almeida Ferreira; Liliana Filipa Vale Costa; Tânia Cristina Ferreira Ribeiro; Óscar Emanuel Chaves Mealha; Carlos Manuel das Neves Santos; Vania Baldi; Pedro Manuel Reis Amado; Liliana Xavier Marques de Sousa; Maria Fernanda da Silva Martins; Fernando António Dias Zamith Silva

PARTNERS

Instituto Politécnico de Viseu; Universidade do Porto

PROJECT URL

Avaulable at: [1]

CO-FINANCED BY

October 26, 2018

LOCUS

PROJECT TITLE

LOCUS – playfuL cOnneCted rUral territorieS – the Internet of Things in the intergenerational creative production of cultural georeferenced contents

SHORT DESCRIPTION

LOCUS is a multidisciplinary project with the goal of co-design, develop and evaluate an IoT system and understand its potential to support playful intergenerational engagement in creating and exploring cultural contents and learning about Cultural Heritage of rural territories from the Centre Region of Portugal, namely Amiais Village, in Sever do Vouga. By implementing a playful and immersive Cultural Heritage Tourism approach to foster Amiais’ cultural and socioeconomic development, LOCUS will allow visitors to have immersive gamified experiences, by using a wearable device (bracelet) and their smartphones to interact with augmented everyday things around the village and to collaboratively learn about Amiais’ culture and produce and share multimedia georeferenced contents.

DATES

july2018 – july2021

TOTAL FUNDING

231.150,27 €

DigiMedia FUNDING

231.150,27 €

FUNDING SOURCE

National Public – FEDER/Compete 2020/Portugal 2020

REFERENCE

POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029228

MAIN DIGIMEDIA R&D GROUP

Media Convergence & Cyberculture

DIGIMEDIA COORDINATOR

Lídia Oliveira Silva

DIGIMEDIA TEAM

Ana Carla Miguéis Amaro (Co-IR); Vania Baldi; Nelson Troca Zagalo;Rui Pedro Costa Rodrigues; Ana Luísa Rego Melro

PARTNERS

Instituto de Telecomunicações – Aveiro (Shahid Mumtaz); Instituto Politécnico do Porto (Rui Rodrigues)

PROJECT URL

Not available….coming soon

CO-FINANCED BY

October 25, 2018

VoluntAge4Seniors 2.0

PROJECT TITLE

VoluntAge4Seniors2.0 – Service that provides help to older adults from a group of volunteers

SHORT DESCRIPTION

VoluntAge4Seniors 2.0 aims to develop a service that provides help to older adults in specific tasks such as a simple household maintenance or accompany in a visit to the doctor, by offering support of a volunteer. The service combines the development of a TV Application to older adults with voice interaction and a web platform to manage the requests and the volunteers.

DATES

july -2018 – may 2019

TOTAL FUNDING

19791 €

DigiMedia FUNDING

19791 €

FUNDING SOURCE

National Private – AlticeLabs

REFERENCE

Alticelabs@UA

MAIN DIGIMEDIA R&D GROUP

Social ITV; e-Health & Wellbeing

DIGIMEDIA COORDINATOR

Rita Santos

DIGIMEDIA TEAM

Researchers: Ana Isabel Martins; Mário Rodrigues; Ciro Martins; Hilma Caravau
Grantees: Joana Beja; Pedro Miguel

PARTNERS

IEETA; Associação Nacional Gerontólogos

PROJECT URL

Not available….coming soon

CO-FINANCED BY

October 25, 2018

Videobite

PROJECT TITLE

Videobite – Stimulating User Engagement Through Newsworthy Stories Based on Short Online Videos

SHORT DESCRIPTION

This project aims to research and develop news engagement strategies by means of the development of a free on-line platform that allows users to create and share news video remixes on social networks. Users will be able to create their own online videos (U.G.C.) based on audio-visual content made available by the Cofina journalists in the platform.

DATES

may -2018 – june 2019

TOTAL FUNDING

~200.000€ €

DigiMedia FUNDING

45.150€

FUNDING SOURCE

International Private – Digital News Innovation Fund [1]

REFERENCE

VideoBite (Round 3) [2]

MAIN DIGIMEDIA R&D GROUP

Social ITV

DIGIMEDIA COORDINATOR

Pedro Almeida

DIGIMEDIA TEAM

Researchers: Pedro Beça, Jorge Ferraz de Abreu;
Grantees: Carlos Silva, Arthur Pedrozo.

PARTNERS

Cofina, Google, Brightpixel

PROJECT URL

Available at: [3]

CO-FINANCED BY

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SECURHOME

Shapes

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CallBob

eHealthResp

PaGes

SEDUCE 2.0

LOCUS

VoluntAge4Seniors 2.0

Videobite

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