Computer Information Systems at UM

Chris Porter delivered a workshop on the EU's Web Accessibility Directive at the Citadella in Gozo. Aimed at government IT officials, the workshop was organised in collaboration with the Malta Communications Authority, the Malta Digital Innovation Authority, the Foundation for Information Technology Accessibility (FITA), and the Faculty of ICT.

If you'd like to get involved in cutting-edge research in Human-Computing Interaction and Accessibility, Dr Chris Porter is hiring a Research Support Officer I/II/III for the BrainWeb project - a brain-native web browser for people living with highly restrictive motor disabilities. This work is being carried out at the HCI Lab (Faculty of ICT) in collaboration with the Systems and Control Engineering department (Faculty of Engineering) - UM.

This position is available at three levels: graduate (or close to graduating), postgraduate and doctoral researchers. More information here:https://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/523305/FTRSOIorIIorIII-32-BrainWeb-12.03.24.pdf

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Dr Chris Porter was included as one of the plenary session speakers at the first UM Research Expo 2023 held on the 17th of May at the Valletta Campus. Chris presented ongoing work at the HCI Lab within the Faculty of ICT with a presentation titled "Web Accessibility and Severe Motor Impairments – Research at the HCI Lab".

The first University of Malta Research Expo 2023 (UMRE23) aimed to give UM researchers the opportunity to showcase their research activities to the wider UM community and to encourage the sharing and cross-pollination of ideas.

Reminder for ICT students that useful resources may be found here:

Students resources - Department of Computer Information Systems - L-Università ta' Malta Students resources

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