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VSR at World Developer Congress 2024
Our team member Tobias Münch visited last week the World Developer Congress 2024 in Berlin and presented 'Is the Web Ready for Voice User Interfaces?' at this vibrant event. The conference, a dynamic blend of the old CeBIT with booths and talks, feels more like a developer's party, providing a fantastic opportunity to connect with 15,000 attendees and tech leaders from companies like Google and id Software.Tobias's talk focused on the transformative potential of voice user interfaces (VUIs) for people with disabilities, health issues, or working in jobs requiring hand-free interaction. He introduced the Web Speech API with a small 'voice assistant' demonstration, showcasing its practical applications and highlighted research projects like: the Conversational Web from Milano University, led by Maristella Matera's group, and the ReactGenie Project from Stanford University, spearheaded by Yang and his PhD project.
The audience's engagement was incredible, sparking many exciting questions and discussions. It's clear that VUIs are generating significant interest and enthusiasm, promising a more accessible and intuitive web experience for all. read more
VSR at ICWE 2024 Conference
Our Team presented multiple publications at the International Conference of Web Engineering 2024 (ICWE 2024) which took place in Finland from the 17th to the 20th of June. As a PC Co-Chair, our team member Dr. Sebastian Heil organized the scientific programme together with Prof. Maristella Matera. Additionally, Prof. Martin Gaedke held a coaching session for PhD Candidates and provided invaluable guidance on their journey to obtain a PhD. The International Conference of Web Engineering is the most important conferences on Web Engineering where researchers and experts from industry alike come together and give essential insights into the design, implementation, application and maintenance of Web-based systems and services. This year's topic "Ethical and Human-Centric Web Engineering: Balancing Innovation and Responsibility" focused on Web Engineering in the age of rapidly and disruptively evolving human environments. In that context, participants from more than 30 countries presented their research results.
Guest lectures from Prof. Radka Nacheva
We are happy to have Professor Radka Nacheva with us this week on her Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility. In the context of our module Cloud and Web Applications she shared her insights on Emotions in Human-Computer-Interaction with the students. We thank her specifically for offering highly interactive, engaging and fun lessons.
Best Paper Award at the DBKDA 2024 conference
We are very happy and proud to announce, that our joint research on "Web Components for Database Developers" received special recognition through a Best Paper award at the Sixteenth International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications. Congratulations to Andreas Schmidt and Tobias Münch!
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