World Braille Day

World Braille Day, celebrated since 2019, by the United Nations (UN), is observed to raise awareness of the importance of Braille, a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and number, and even musical,...

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Theory of Computing Seminars: Ian Mertz

Title: The Structure of Catalytic Space: Capturing Randomness and Time via Compression Speaker: Ian Mertz (Charles University, Prague) Invited by: Bruno Loff (LASIGE, DM/FCUL) When: January 15, 2025, 10:30-13:00 Where: FCUL, C6.2.33 Abstract: In the catalytic logspace...

LASIGE Researcher Joins International Digital Inclusion Initiative

We are pleased to announce that Carlos Duarte, leader of the Inclusive Human-Computer Interaction at LASIGE, has been appointed as an expert to the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Digital Inclusion and Accessibility track for virtual worlds and the...

LASIGE FCT Exploratory Project Proposal – Pitch to Peers Session

LASIGE FCT Exploratory Project Proposal – Pitch to Peers Session When: January 24, 15:30 Who: PIs, team members, other researchers Where: C6.3.27 Agenda 15:30: Welcome 15:40: Vânia Mendonça 16:00: Luís Pinto 16:20: Coffee break and match-making session 16:50:...

LASIGE TALKS: Sérgio Alves & Samaneh Shafee

LASIGE Talks are fortnightly/monthly events to publicize recently distinguished publications or ongoing cutting-edge work by researchers from the research centre, consolidating the scientific culture of the LASIGE community. Speakers: Sérgio Alves (LASIGE-DI) and...