A lab at the library: triggering innovation in bottom up processes

In a clear example of RRI, the Library Living Lab gives citizens the opportunity to experiment and interact with technology that is normally inaccessible to all publics. A quadruple helix model that is integrating business, public administrations, university and neighbours in a pioneer experience of living labs. The Library Living lab is located at the … Read more

Facial expression classification for deep pain analysis

Pain is a subjective emotion. It is by all understood that pain won’t be suffered or expressed in the same way by people from different backgrounds, professions or nationalities. How to measure pain is still today a question in full discussion among doctors and sanitary professionals. Methods can be invasive, as is brain screening, or … Read more

Soft skills and videogames: love at first sight

Dr. Sergio Escalera, CVC researcher has been involved in the project Xbadges. It is a research Project in ‘reverse gamification’ to validate and certify the development of soft skills with the use of telemetry elements inserted in commercial videogames. Furthermore, it allows us to capture and identify the user’s facial expressions in order to determine the … Read more