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Date(s) - 26/05/2016
11.00 - 12.00

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Aula T114

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Title:  Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with and for older people: an overview of a decade of research, current & future activities

Sergio Sayago– PhD Cum Laude in Computer Science and Digital Communication by Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2009)

Date: Thursday 26th May  at 11:00h

Place: T114T115

Sergio Sayago holds a PhD Cum Laude in Computer Science and Digital Communication by Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2009). As of September 1, 2014, he is a visiting (tenure-track) lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Industrial Engineering at Universitat de Lleida. Prior to that, he was a post-doc in the Department of Computer Science at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2012-2014, Alliance 4 Universities Fellowship) and in the School of Computing at University of Dundee (Scotland, 2010-2012, Beatriu de Pinós Fellowship). Sergio has been conducting research into Human-Computer Interaction with people aged 60+ (aka older people / adults) for slightly more than a decade. He has conducted ethnographic and participant observational studies in adult educational centres and computer clubhouses in Barcelona & Madrid (Spain) and Dundee (Scotland) over a 5-year period.

Abstract:

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is widely regarded as a multidisciplinary area concerned with the design, evaluation, and implementation of interactive products for human use, and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them. In the first half of this seminar, I will provide a succinct overview of my 12-year research into HCI with older people (60+). This overview will address web accessibility (e.g. WCAG), everyday use of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) tools over extended periods of time (e.g., 3-year of e-mail use), and the conceptualization, design and evaluation of worth playing digital games for older people. In the second half of the seminar, I will summarise my current research activities as well as those in which I plan to work over the next 5-10 years. In this part, I will talk about the (lack of) impact of ICT use on the subjective wellbeing of older people; their emotions and creativity when it comes to digital technologies, and Citizen (cyber) Science, Science Shops, and DIY (Do-It-Yourself), towards fostering a change of paradigm in the research field of HCI & Ageing.