The HMI group has build up a strong network of regional, national and international collaborations both on an educational and research level. We are actively striving to work with relevant local stakeholders on real-world problems and can offer different types of low and high level collaboration like student projects, student internships, PhD projects, or research projects. Below you can see some of the initiatives we are engaged in.
Collaboration
Research Initiatives
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aslerd
The Association for Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development (ASLERD) is an interdisciplinary scientific-professional Association that recognizes the relevance of 'Smart' learning ecosystems, and more in general of Learning, for the regional development and the social innovation, included the education of present and future participatory “smart” citizens.
ASLERD is a cutting edge interdisciplinary think-tank, joined by individuals and Institutions, owning different and complementary backgrounds. The Association promotes debates, researches and concrete actions needed to rise awareness about, and foster the development of, smart learning ecosystems (schools, campuses, working places and virtual environments) considered as potential drivers of social innovation, territorial development and of the education of smart citizens.
ASLERD supports a social, participatory and co-evolutive approach to the transformations of all components of the learning processes induced by the digital revolution: places, contents, processes, competences, monitoring approaches.Contact: Matthias Rehm
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COST Action CA16226: SHELDON
Smart Habitat for the Elderly (SHELDON)
Sheld-on is a multidisciplinary network supported by the COST Association to support the development of solutions that allow older persons to live safely, comfortably, and healthily at home through integrating design, ICT, ergonomics and health knowledge into furniture and building design. The action is needed to address a rapidly growing population of older adults. By 2050, the number of people in the EU aged 65 and above is expected to grow by 70% and the number of people aged over 80, by 170%, which will increase demand and costs for healthcare. Improving accessibility, functionality, and safety at home, at work and in society in general requires combining many disciplines together to develop solutions that integrate ICT, ergonomics, healthcare (psychological and physical), building and community design. Integrating ICT solutions into habitats, along with improved building design, will allow us to live at home and stay active and productive for longer despite cognitive or physical impediments. Sheld-on includes relevant actors from academic, research and industry sectors that may utilise networking tools and activities to address the ageing population challenges facing Europe. The network will reduce redundancy in RDI efforts, ensure solutions are developed with a broader set of expertise, and help refine the efforts of diverse group of researchers.
Contact: Kasper Rodil
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COST Action CA17107: Context
European Network to connect research and innovation efforts on advanced Smart Textiles.
CONTEXT brings together European researchers, manufacturers and main relevant stakeholders in order to develop joint ideas and initiatives which can be turned into advanced smart textile products.
Contact: Markus Löchtefeld
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COST action CA 18118: IRENE
Implementation Research Network in Stroke Care Quality (IRENE)
The focus of the COST action is a) Networking which will facilitate understanding of contextual factors, in between-country differences in innovation-values fit and implementation climate, b) a quality registry that will provide a cohesive picture of the implementation of stroke treatments; followed by c) the dissemination of results to the main stakeholders (e.g. hospitals and Ministries of Health) to implement new mechanisms to improve the outcome of stroke.
Contact: Hendrik Knoche
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COST action CA 19132: ENABLE
European Network to Advance Best practices & technoLogy on medication adherencE
Medication non-adherence affects however up to half of the chronic medication users, poses considerable challenges in managing chronic diseases, and is associated with almost 200,000 deaths and €80-125 billion of potentially preventable direct and indirect costs in Europe. Technological advances (e.g. smart pillboxes, digital inhalers, tracking devices, e-injection pens, e-Health, big data), have significant potential to support healthcare professionals and empower patients in detecting and managing non-adherence.
To address these challenges, the European Network to Advance Best practices & technoLogy on medication adherencE (ENABLE) aims to (1) raise awareness of adherence enhancing technological solutions, (2) foster and extend multidisciplinary knowledge on medication adherence at patient, treatment and system levels, (3) accelerate translation of this knowledge to useful clinical application and (4) work collaboratively towards economically viable implementation of adherence enhancing technology across European healthcare systems.
Contact: Hendrik Knoche
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COST action CA 19136: NET4AGE-FRIENDLY
International Interdisciplinary Network on Smart Healthy Age-friendly Environments
To promote social inclusion, independent living and active and healthy ageing in society, the NET4AGE-FRIENDLY COST Action will establish an international and interdisciplinary network of researchers and stakeholders from all sectors. Its aim is to foster awareness, and to support the creation and implementation of smart, healthy indoor and outdoor environments for present and future generations. NET4AGE-FRIENDLY further aims to overcome fragmentation and critical gaps at both conceptual and pragmatic innovation level on responsive, age-friendly and sustainable environments to address European research and policy challenges.
NET4AGE-FRIENDLY will be used as a connector for involving and hosting regular themed sessions with local and regional stakeholders and users’ representatives from various countries and backgrounds, as well as for fostering the knowledge creation and sharing among researchers. Particular attention will be devoted to promoting the involvement of Early Career Investigators, entrepreneurs and participants from COST Inclusiveness Target Countries.
Contact: Matthias Rehm
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COST action CA 19141: Neandertal Legacy
Integrating Neandertal Legacy: From Past to Present
Neandertals are the first human population that can be truly recognized as pan-European phenomenon. Traces of their cultural and/or skeletal remains can be found in most European countries and cover a period of more than 250 000 years. A lot of scientific work has been done on various aspects of their heritage and there is a vast collection of archaeological and anthropological data available. However, there is still a discrepancy in available and updated datasets from various countries. In addition, communication between scientists from various fields and from various countries is still based on personal connections between individual scientists, mostly related to specific projects. This Action is a long overdue attempt to bridge the geographic, language, disciplinary-and-data specific gap, as well as a gap created by traditions of different disciplines in different European countries. Through a combined, scientifically-based and geographically inclusive approach, creation of a growing inclusive database, and promoting dialogue among scientists and creating guidelines for research, a solid base for better understanding of Neandertals can be reached. Further, this will allow a base for inclusion of Neandertal legacy into the present, through scientifically based guidelines for public presentation and further actions for promoting their heritage via inclusion of non-scientific stakeholders, such as administrators, museum and cultural workers, touristic sector, small and medium enterprises and other interested parties.
Contact: Kasper Rodil
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Developing Socially Acceptable Robots (DSAR)
Developing Socially Acceptable Robots (DSAR): In the future, robots are envisioned to work side by side with humans in dynamic environments both in production contexts but also more and more in societal context like health care, education, or commerce. This will require robots to become socially accepted, to become able to analyze human intentions in meaningful ways, and to become proactive.
In the future, robots are envisioned to work side by side with humans in dynamic environments both in production contexts but also more and more in societal context like health care, education, or commerce. This will require robots to become socially accepted, to become able to analyze human intentions in meaningful ways, and to become proactive. Three major scientific focus areas have been identified that will serve as the basis for discussions with the foreign partners in this network activity:
- Design for social acceptance: While robot development is usually driven by technical constraints, to ensure social acceptance a new approach is necessary to take the user perspective into account during the design and development phase.
- Long-term interaction: In societal context, robots will build up relations to users and need to be equipped with methods for open ended, long term, emerging interactions (e.g. applying methods of interactive storytelling and emergent narratives; modeling personality and affective interactions; developing methods for intention recognition and learning).
- Human robot collaboration: When robots and humans work side by side, a particular challenge is the complex multimodal interplay of asymmetric communication capabilities. This creates a need for multilevel coordination for successful interactions on several levels like communicative, physical, social, and task level.
The purpose of this network is to establish contacts to relevant South Korean research institutions and to define further collaboration strategies, both in research and education.
We will be part of the euRobotics week 2019. Find the program here: https://hri.tech.aau.dk/events
Contact: Matthias Rehm
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Socially Intelligent Robotics Consortium (SIRC)
The consortium aims at a holistic and interdisciplinary approach for developing socially intelligent robots.
The consortium brings together an international community, leveraging insights from Design, Technology, and Interaction research, to develop robots that not only fit into, but benefit the social contexts they are used in. The main goals of the consortium are to advance social robotics by: (1) building a global network of social robotics experts, enthusiasts, and policymakers, (2) providing common social robotics platforms to researchers, (3) creating standardized data sets and protocols to support reproducible studies, and (4) developing research and outreach programs to improve geographic, cultural, and social diversity in robotics.
As partner in SIRC we focus on Human Robot Trust in interactions with social robots.
Contact: Matthias Rehm
Collaboration Agreements
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Erasmus+ Dementia Lab at LUCA School of Arts (Belgium)
Erasmus+ (2017-2021): A teaching and networking action orbiting design and research methodologies for technical design projects towards marginalised people together with staff at LUCA.
Contact: Kasper Rodil
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Erasmus+ KA107 Namibia University of Science and Technology
3-year bidirectional staff and student mobility scheme with Comp.Science at Namibia University of Science and Technology promoting collaboration on larger projects, higher education curricula development, first and second cycle inter-institutional supervision and co-publishing activities.
Contact: Kasper Rodil
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MoU Kyoto University
Memorandum of Understanding between CREATE and Kyoto University.
Contact: Matthias Rehm
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MoU Namibia University of Science and Technology
Memorandum of Understanding between CREATE and NUST.
