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Clearly, it all begins with the way in which the proposition of Minister Smet is being announced in the media: deredactie.be headlines “Smet: Gaming should be allowed in class” on DSO we read: “Minister Smet pleads for games in the class”. Beside the article, there is a hungry-for-spectacle picture with gaming children in a some situation and one must think that the quote regards bloody, addictive playstation games. Not! Read more...

This article is about gaming, pascal smet, ping, serious gaming in the category opinion.

Between 5 July and 26 July 2010 more than 1500 people visited the 'Waalse Krook' exhibition in the Achilles Musschezaal of Ghent’s Public Library. Even more visitors to the library viewed the 3D film about the Library of the Future and the Centre for New Media in the entrance hall of the library. Read more...

This article is about de krook, de waalse krook in the category News.

Just over a year ago, Wim De Waele, our CEO, came up with a new idea: “How would it be if we combined our iMinds conference with another existing European conference so that we can generate some cross-fertilisation between the local and the European level?” The report of the past year by Karen Boers. Read more...

This article is about Call for Papers, Future Internet Conference Week in the category opinion.

Scriptie vzw is a not-for-profit organisation whose aim is to offer greater support to the work of young scientists via, among others, the annual Flemish Dissertation Award. Students taking bachelor and master degrees at Flemish universities and colleges have the opportunity of winning 2,500 euros and also gaining lots of media attention. Read more...

This article is about Future Internet Conference Week in the category News.

Copyright should protect original works and foster creativity, defend the interests of creators and society. However, digital technology and the Internet present significant challenges to copyright, as illegal production, distribution and consumption of copyrighted works is greatly facilitated. Illegal sharing and downloading of books, games, music and films, is cheap and easy, and arguably even becoming a societally acceptable practice. Read more...

This article is about ibbt-smit-vub in the category opinion.

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, warns teenagers about sharing information on social network sites. The interview with Schmidt was published in De Morgen. Schmidt’s statements inspired researcher Jo Pierson (IBBT-SMIT-VUB) to write down his opinion on the subject, published in the opinion’s page of De Morgen (24/08/2010). Read more...

This article is about Google, ibbt-smit-vub in the category News.

We kindly invite you to try out our multi-touch table during the well-known international festival Pukkelpop: you can find the tables in the Pukkelpop museum or the UHasselt booth on the festival meadow. The present assistants of TinkerTouch will give you a full account. Read more...

This article is about MuTable, spin-off, TinkerTouch in the category News.

Chief, a popular Dutch gaming magazine, published an extended rapport about ‘Girl Gaming’ and the research about sociological and educational aspects of computer games. Jan Van Looy, researcher from IBBT-MICT-UGent, was pleased to talk to Chief about these subjects. Read more...

This article is about gaming, IBBT-MICT-UGent in the category News.

The prestigious FWO Excellence Awards are awarded in the five major science fields. Prof. Bart De Moor sees as a laureate, of the Dr. de Leeuw Damry-bourlart 2010 Prize in Applied Science, his research career awarded with this special prize. Read more...

This article is about Award, ibbt-esat-k.u.leuven in the category News.

The organizing committee invites you to submit original, high quality papers addressing the special theme and topics, for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings. The main conference proceedings will be published by ACM. For more information, please visit the conference website. Read more...

This article is about Call for Papers in the category News.