Month: June 2021

What are we without memory? It is possible to face daily challenges by forgetting who we are or the name of the objects that surround us.

Memory is a territory still to be explored for science, but research is well underway. 

The term memory indicates cognitive capacity thanks to which we are able to store data and carry out actions. 

The valuable activity carried out by the faculty of remembering and is divided into

• long-term memory (indefinite duration)
• short-term memory (small amount of information for 20/30 seconds)

Daily activities are characterized by recurring gestures. If we wanted to present an example, we could resort to the procedural memory that we activate when we are driving: we learn a series of actions that, repeated frequently, do not come to consciousness and are performed automatically. It emerges by itself that memory is the control center of our activities, and must be preserved. However, with advancing age it is possible to encounter some problems with the ability to remember, such as Alzheimer’s and dementia. 

These disorders are characterized by the inability to perform simple functions, also compromising the autobiographical memory and the relationship with loved ones.

The difficulties do not only involve the person affected by the disorder, but also extend to the family, which will have to constantly monitor the elderly. 

Memory-related functions don’t just affect the older.

Implementing tools to support “weak” people pursues a double objective: to protect the health of those affected by these diseases and to alleviate the concerns of families.

ESticky acts as a technological link between individuals and families, ensuring the transmission of information on the activities undertaken during the day.

Now that our ELSE project is approaching completion, we would like to disseminate our results and present our Intellectual Outputs to Universities and Schools! Due to the COVID19 pandemic, the ELSE Multiplier Event must necessarily be organized as an online event (on ZOOM). Yet, we will show how one can exploit the technologies we have developed in the past two years and we will present our method. We will also offer a hands on experience regarding our tools!

More information and the agenda can be found here.

Our paper CompLicy: Evaluating the GDPR Alignment of Privacy Policies – A Study on Web Platforms, was accepted for publication at the 15th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2021) and was presented by Evangelia Vanezi on May 11–14, 2021. The conference was, initially to be held in Limassol (Cyprus) was organised online due to COVID-19.

Full Citation: Vanezi, Evangelia, Zampa, George, Mettouris, Christos, Yeratziotis, Alexandros, and Papadopoulos, George A. “CompLicy: Evaluating the GDPR Alignment of Privacy Policies-A Study on Web Platforms.” Research Challenges in Information Science: 15th International Conference, RCIS 2021, Limassol, Cyprus, May 11–14, 2021, Proceedings. Springer Nature.

Our paper DIG-IT: Digital Education Initiatives and Timely Solutions, was accepted for publication at the 15th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2021) and was presented by Evangelia Vanezi on May 11–14, 2021. The conference, initially to be held in Limassol (Cyprus), was organised online due to COVID-19.

Full Citation: Vanezi, Evangelia, Yeratziotis, Alexandros, Mettouris, Christos, Papadopoulos, George A., and Colla J. MacDonald, “DIG-IT: Digital Education Initiatives and Timely Solutions.” Research Challenges in Information Science: 15th International Conference, RCIS 2021, Limassol, Cyprus, May 11–14, 2021, Proceedings. Springer Nature.

Our paper CHATBOT Technologies for Digital Entrepreneurship Education of Adult Learners-CHAT2LEARN, was accepted for publication at the 15th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2021) and was presented by Dr. Thomas Fotiades on May 11–14, 2021. The conference, initially to be held in Limassol (Cyprus) was organised online due to COVID-19.

Full Citation: Fotiades, Thomas, Vanezi, Evangelia, Petrova, Mariana, Vasileva, Vitlena, Papadopoulos, George A., “Technologies for Digital Entrepreneurship Education of Adult Learners–CHAT2LEARN.” Research Challenges in Information Science: 15th International Conference, RCIS 2021, Limassol, Cyprus, May 11–14, 2021, Proceedings. Springer Nature.