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PROJECT TITLE

Mathematics Learning Environment for Autistic

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The project aims at the development of a set of training activities with both families and health and educational professionals in order to empower theses groups to better understand the Autism Spectrum Disorders, namely in what concerns math skills and considering he role of digital media in its promotion.

DATES

September 2016 – July 2017

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant :Private National – Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Funding Value: 9600 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

KMCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Ana Breda, Departamento Matemática, Universidade Aveiro (Project Coordinator)

Ana Margarida Almeida (Team Member)

PARTNERS

PROJECT TITLE

CeNTER-Community-led Networks for Regional Innovation

SHORT DESCRIPTION

This project aims at identifying the policy tools, which best allow for the valorization of territorial resources in order to promote employment and quality of life in Centro Region. The main outcome of the project will be a proposal of a territorial innovation model led by community and powered by digital media, as well as an impact assessment framework that will foster the foundation of an Observatory for Human Capital and regional innovation performance in the University of Aveiro.

DATES

April 2017 – March 2021

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant:  Public National: Portugal 2020 – PO-centro

Funding Value: 1.200.000€

DigiMedia funding: 300.000€

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

KMCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Fernando Ramos (DigiMedia Team leader and WP3 Coordinator)

Luís Pedro (Team Member)

Margarida Almeida (Team Member)

Maria João Antunes (Team Member)

PROJECT TITLE

Distance Education Quality Assurance Framework at the University Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The aim of this project is to provide technical support to the Distance Education Center of the University Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique in the development of the Quality Assurance (QA) framework for Distance Education. The project includes the development of the conceptual aspects (QA indicators and standards) and of the QA procedures and instruments.

DATES

June 2016-December 2017

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant:  Private: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Funding Value: 17.900€

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

KMCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Fernando Ramos (Project Coordinator)

PARTNERS

Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

PROJECT TITLE

Money Museum

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The goal of the project was to specify multimedia solutions to be integrated in the Money Museum project, to validate its technical implementation and to analyze the impact of its interaction solutions in the visitors’ user experience.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://www.museudodinheiro.pt/destaques

DATES

2016

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant : Private: Francisco Providência Design;

Funding Value:  6.000 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

NMDE

RESEARCH TEAM

Mário Vairinhos (Project coordinator);

Pedro Almeida (Main Researchers);

PARTNERS

 

PROJECT TITLE

Interactive television as a support to push information about social services to the elderly

SHORT DESCRIPTION

This project, targeted to Portuguese senior population, aims to develop an interactive television (iTV) platform which allows automatically the enrichment of television experience with the integration of contents about public and social services

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://socialitv.web.ua.pt/index.php/projects/sponsored-projects/tv4e/

DATES

2016 – 2018

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant – Public National – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) Compete 2020

Funding Value:  110.700 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

NMDE

RESEARCH TEAM

Telmo Silva (Project coordinator)

Jorge Ferraz(Main Researcher)

Pedro Almeida(Main Researcher)

Maria João Antunes (Main Researcher)

Gonçalo Santinha (Main Researcher)

Valter Silva (Main Researcher)

Hilma Carapau (Team member)

Carlos Silva (Team member)

Dadiv Campelo (Team member)

Liliana Reis (Team member)

Paulo Neves (Team member)

PARTNERS

 

PROJECT TITLE

imprint+

SHORT DESCRIPTION

IMPRINT+ is an international project that aims to highlight the amount of natural resources we use in our daily lives. Through education, action and entrepreneurship it empowers young European citizens and communities to restore and conserve their local natural resources.

The motto of the project is that people have the ability to lower their environmental footprint, which will contribute to the restoration of ecological, social and economic balance. IMPRINT+ is a project that guides you in offsetting your environmental footprint through local action.

DATES

2016-2017

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant – Public International – Erasmus +;

Funding Value:  410.000 € (global funding), 5.000€ (Digimedia)

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

NMDE

RESEARCH TEAM

Carlos Fonseca (Project coordinator – Biology department);

Pedro Beça (Main Researcher),

Pedro Amado (Team Member)

Maria João Antunes (Team Member)

PARTNERS

https://imprintplus.org/partners
 

PROJECT TITLE

Augmented Reality Guided Surgery

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The objective of this research is to develop a navigation system for CGI that combines the visual field of the surgeon using augmented reality technology, real elements and virtual representations of organs, tissues, instruments and meta-information that will allow the surgeon to perform the surgical procedure more quickly and easily.

DATES

2016 – 2017

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Private – EC Medica, Southport;

Funding Value:  10.000 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

NMDE

RESEARCH TEAM

Mário Vairinhos (Project coordinator);

Silvino Martins (Team Member)

Sérgio Eliseu (Team Member – University of Aveiro ID+ – Research Institute for Design, Media and culture)

Augusto Silva (Team member – University of Aveiro – IEETA (Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering)

Rui Costa (Team member – University of Aveiro – ESSUA – School of Health)

PARTNERS

E C MEDICA, Southport,UK

PROJECT TITLE

UltraHD TV Application Ecosystem

SHORT DESCRIPTION

This project aims to develop an iTV applications ecosystem, based on open technologies, that allows the creation of an advanced set-top box based TV service that may become the future generation of MEO.

DATES

2016 – 2018

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Public National – Portugal 2020 – Projectos em  Co-promoção;

Funding Value:  1.557.000 € (Global Funding);  234.000 € (DigiMedia)

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

NMDE

RESEARCH TEAM

Team Altice: Bernardo Cardoso (Project coordinator),

João Nogueira (Team Member),

Hugo Dias (Team Member).

Team UA: Jorge Ferraz (Partner Main Researcher),

Pedro Almeida (Team Member),

Telmo Silva (Team Member),

Pedro Amado (Team Member)

Ana Velhinho (Team Member)

Enrickson Varsoni (Team Member)

Eliza Oliveira (Team Member)

Diogo Oliveira (Team Member)

Rafael Guedes (Team Member)

Sílvia Fernandes (Team Member)

Team IT: Susana Sargento (Partner Main Researcher),

Lucas Guardalben (Team Member)

PARTNERS

 

PROJECT TITLE

Mind Safety – Safety Matters (MS-SM)

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The Mind Safety – Safety Matters (MS-SM) project aims to improve and innovate methods of teaching safety and health issues in the classroom, motivating and preparing young people to work in safe conditions and to live and learn to be responsible citizens after leaving school.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://mindsafety.web.ua.pt/

DATES

September 2015 – August 2018

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Public International: Erasmus+ – Key Action 2: Cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices

Project Code: 2015-1-PT01-KA201-012921

Funding Value: 434.181,00€

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

KMCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Luís Pedro (Team Member)

Margarida Almeida (Team Member)

PARTNERS

     

GPS

PROJECT TITLE

Global Portuguese Scientists

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The GPS project pretends to map the paths of Portuguese scientists around the world and to foster collaboration between Portuguese scientists working in different countries, bringing the scientific diaspora closer to Portuguese society, in order to increase its visibility and recognition in Portugal.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://gps.pt

DATES

September 2015 – April 2016

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Private National: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos

Funding Value: €30.000, 00 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

KMCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Carlos Santos (Project coordinator)

Luís Pedro (Team Member)

PARTNERS

  

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