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„Some Potential Technologies to Support Neurodivergent Students in Inclusive Higher Education: Learning, Wellbeing and Healthy Aging.<\/strong>„<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Prof. David J. Brown<\/strong>
\nNottingham Trent University, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The number of students in higher education with a known disability continues to increase, with the most common type reported to be \u2018specific learning difficulties\u2019 \u2013 including dyslexia, dyspraxia and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder AD(H)D (Hubble and Boulton, 2021). Recent reports have also identified a range of important developments in Educational Technology for use in Higher Education in the near-, mid- and longer-term future, and these include AI, \u00a0XR, IoT, digital twins, and the Metaverse. In this context I will discuss a range of our current projects utilising AI to predict emotional states related to learning and behaviour in neurodivergent students and those with Autism,\u00a0VR as an exposure therapy for students with Glossophobia, and combining\u00a0VR and EEG to understand the early signs of dementia in young adults with learning disabilities.<\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=”Curriculum Vitae” style=”round” color=”white”]David J. Brown is Professor of Interactive Systems for Social Inclusion and Director of the Computing and Informatics Research Centre, NTU. He has acted as PI on two EU H2020 projects, and co-I on EPSRC and ESRC projects to co-design enabling technologies to support students with learning disabilities and autism. He is the Conference Chair for the International Conference of Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies (ICDVRAT), and Associate Editor for Frontiers \u2013 Virtual Reality and Medicine.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”787″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

„Cutting-Edge Technologies in the World of Performing Arts<\/strong>„<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Dr. Andreas Aristidou<\/strong>
\nUniversity of Cyprus, Cyprus<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\u00a0Andreas Aristidou\u00a0<\/b>is\u00a0an\u00a0Assistant\u00a0Professor\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0Department\u00a0of\u00a0Computer\u00a0Science,\u00a0University\u00a0of\u00a0Cyprus,\u00a0member\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Graphics\u00a0&\u00a0Extended\u00a0Reality\u00a0Lab, and a Research Fellow\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0CYENS\u00a0Centre\u00a0of\u00a0Excellence with special interest in\u00a0computer\u00a0graphics\u00a0and character animation. He completed his PhD as a Cambridge European Trust fellow\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0University\u00a0of\u00a0Cambridge and holds\u00a0an\u00a0MSc in Mobile and Personal Communications from King’s College London, where he graduated with honors. Dr. Aristidou also obtained a BSc in Informatics and Telecommunications from\u00a0the\u00a0National and Kapodistrian\u00a0University\u00a0of\u00a0Athens. He previously worked as a research fellow\u00a0at\u00a0Shandong\u00a0University\u00a0(China), IDC Herzliya (Israel), and\u00a0the\u00a0University\u00a0of\u00a0Cyprus, and participated in a number\u00a0of\u00a0EU funded projects. He\u00a0is\u00a0currently on\u00a0the\u00a0editorial board\u00a0of\u00a0The\u00a0Visual\u00a0Computer\u00a0(TVC) and Heritage journals, and\u00a0is\u00a0a guest editor for\u00a0the\u00a0Frontiers in Virtual\u00a0Reality\u00a0and Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras (AACA) journals. He\u00a0is\u00a0a senior\u00a0member\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Association\u00a0of\u00a0Computing Machinery (ACM, SM from 2020),\u00a0the\u00a0Institute\u00a0of\u00a0Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE, SM from 2019), and Eurographics. He has received numerous fellowships, distinctions, and research grants from highly competitive local, EU, and international agencies. His main research interests lie\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0intersection\u00a0of\u00a0computer\u00a0graphics, virtual\u00a0reality, and vision. He specializes in character animation (analysis, classification, and synthesis) and employs various techniques, including motion capture, inverse kinematics, and machine learning for virtual humans (deep and reinforcement learning). He\u00a0is\u00a0also actively involved in research related to digital heritage (intangible cultural creations), VR\/AR\/XR environments, and applications\u00a0of\u00a0conformal geometric algebra in\u00a0graphics. He collaborates with EU creative industries and AI companies to design innovative algorithms for generative motion synthesis and character retargeting.<\/div>\n
Personal website:\u00a0http:\/\/www.andreasaristidou.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n

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