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Topic
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Details
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3rd Jun 2014
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Spoken Dialogue Corpus
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A spoken dialogue corpus
developed at the University of Edinburgh has now been released.
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19th Jun 2013
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MATCH Films Online
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The films made for the MATCH DVD are now available online. See the project outcomes for
more information.
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24th May 2013
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IDH Workshop
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Project member Evan Magill gave an invited talk about MATCH at the Institute of Digital Healthcare.
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19th Apr 2013
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MATCH DVD
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The project has now published a DVD of its research findings. See the project outcomes for
more information.
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23rd Oct 2012
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Wellcome Dementia Conference
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Project member Ken Turner gave an invited talk on Home Care
Technologies for Dementia Care at a conference organised in London
by the Wellcome
Trust.
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19th Oct 2012
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MATCH Brochure
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The project has now published a summary brochure of its research
findings. See the project outcomes
for more information.
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10th Oct 2012
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Project Book
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The project has now published a book on Advances in Home Care
Technologies: Results of The MATCH Project. See the project outcomes for
more information.
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26th Jun 2012
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Colloquium on Home Care Technologies
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The project held a succesful colloquium on Home Care Technologies - A
MATCH Perspective. See the colloquium description for information about the
event.
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23rd Mar 2012
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Care and Repair Workshop
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Project member Ken Turner gave an invited talk on Developing Telecare
in Scotland - a MATCH Project Perspective at the annual Care and
Repair Workshop.
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13th Mar 2012
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Colloquium on Home Care Technologies
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A new colloquium has been announced on Home Care Technologies - A MATCH Perspective.
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9th Nov 2011
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Telehealth and Telecare Event
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Project members Ken Turner and Marilyn McGee-Lennon gave talks at the Telehealth and Telecare Event organised by the Scottish Centre for Telehealth and Telecare.
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23rd May 2011
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Workshop on Technologies Assisting Care at Home
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Supported by MATCH, a successful workshop on Technologies Assisting Care
at Home was run in conjunction with the Pervasive
Health conference. Project members Marilyn McGee-Lennon and Ken
Turner presented papers at the event.
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29th Mar 2011
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Workshop programme announced
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The programme has been announced for the MATCH-supported workshop on Technologies Assisting Care
at Home in conjunection with the Pervasive
Health conference.
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2nd Dec 2010
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Workshop on Technologies Assisting Care at Home
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Supported by MATCH, a workshop on Technologies Assisting Care at Home has been
announced in conjunection with the Pervasive
Health conference.
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7th Sep 2010
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MATCH at International Opportunities for IAL
Workshop
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Supported by other MATCH staff, Kevin Swingler organised a session at a
workshop on International
Opportunities in Independent/Assisted Living
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30th Jun 2010
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International Opportunities for IAL Workshop
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A workshop was announced on International Opportunities in
Independent/Assisted Living. See the workshop description for more
information.
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1st Jun 2010
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Presentation at New Techniques for Distributed Systems
Conference
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Project member Ken Turner gave a talk about device services for the
home at the International Conference on
New Techniques for Distributed Systems in Tozeur.
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1st Feb 2010
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Project Newsletter
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The project has published its fourth newsletter.
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26th Jan 2010
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New MATCH Portal Launched
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Project manager Kevin Swingler created a new web portal for the MATCH
community to share information.
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1st Nov 2009
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MATCH Invites New Members
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MATCH has now entered a new phase in which its work is being extended to
a broader base of participants, as well as strengthening links between
technologies for social and health care. See the information about becoming a member.
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27th Oct 2009
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MATCH at Assisted Living Workshop
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MATCH was well represented at a workshop on Assisted Living
organised by the Scottish Science Advisory Council. Project member
Ken Turner gave a talk at the event about assisted living research.
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1st Oct 2009
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MultiMemoHome Starts
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The MultiMemoHome project has started, and will run for
3.5 years. This project is a direct development from work on MATCH. It
will investigate the design, implementation and evaluation of
multimodal/multisensory reminders in a home context.
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1st Oct 2009
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Presentation at Independent Assisted Living Workshop
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Project members Steve Brewster and Marilyn McGee-Lennon gave an invited
talk at a workshop on Independent Assisted Living about MATCH and
the new MultiMemoHome project.
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3rd Jul 2009
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Presentation at Smart Homes and Health and Telematics
Conference
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Project member Feng Wang gave a talk about an ontology-based actuator
framework at the International Conference on
Smart Homes and Health and Telematics in Tours.
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5th Jun 2009
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Summer School on Home Care Systems
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The MATCH project, with support from SICSA (Scottish Informatics and Computer Science
Alliance) ran a successful summer school. 26 students attended, with
good international participation. Formal lectures were given by MATCH
staff and a range of invited international speakers.
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8th May 2009
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New MultiMemoHome Project
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Steve Brewster and Steve Renals (with other partners) have been awarded
£785k from EPSRC for the new MultiMemoHome project on multimodal reminders within
the home. This will continue and extend the foundational work on
multimodal interfaces for MATCH.
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20th Apr 2009
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Presentation at Healthy Ageing Workshop
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Project member Ken Turner gave a talk about policy-based management of
home care at the workshop on
Client-Centred Technology for Healthy Ageing in
York.
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1st Apr 2009
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Presentation at Pervasive Health Conference
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Project member Marilyn McGee-Lennon presented a paper about MATCH at the
International
Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare in
London.
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20th Mar 2009
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Project Newsletter
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The project has published its third newsletter.
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4th Mar 2009
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MATCH at Glasgow Science Centre
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MATCH now has a long-term exhibit at the Glasgow Science
Centre, focusing on what telecare means for users. The exhibit
features a game developed by Claire Maternaghan to illustrate telecare
(see photo album, and
posters describing the MATCH aims and technologies).
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2nd Mar 2009
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Presentation at ICN'09 Conference
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Project member Ken Turner gave a keynote talk and presented a paper
about MATCH at the International Conference on Networks in Cancun,
Mexico.
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2nd Feb 2009
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Interview with SPARC
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Project member Maria Wolters recently discussed her work with SPARC on
making synthetic speech easier to understand by older people. See Strategic Promotion of
Ageing Research Capacity ('Latest audio files' on the right).
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3rd Nov 2008
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Summer School announced
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Thanks to sponsorship by SICSA and MATCH, the project will be running a
summer school on Home Care Systems in June 2009. See the summer school description for information
about the event.
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17th Jul 2008
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Presentation at DSV-IS Conference
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Project member Tony McBryan presented his work on configuring ubiquitous
systems at the conference on Design,
Specification and Verification of Interactive Systems in Kingston,
Ontario.
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15th Jul 2008
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Presentations at PETRA Conference
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Project members Marilyn McGee-Lennon and Feng Wang presented various
aspects of MATCH research at the conference on Pervasive Technologies
related to Assistive Environments in Athens (see photo album).
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26th Jun 2008
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Theatre Study Emerging Issues
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The project has published an interim report on
outcomes of its User
Requirements Workshop held on 19th and 20th April 2007 (see photo album).
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5th Jun 2008
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Project Newsletter
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The project has published its second newsletter.
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6th May 2008
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MATCH at Dementia Workshop
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At this workshop in Belfast, Julia Clark and Marilyn McGee-Lennon
presented a paper on 'Involving Multiple Stakeholders in The Design of
Home Care Technologies'. Louise Bellin gave demonstrations of a range of
MATCH solutions. See Embracing the Challenge: Citizenship and Dementia
for more details.
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5th Apr 2008
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MATCH at CHI
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MATCH was well represented at the prestigious Computer-Human
Interaction conference in Florence. John Arnott, Steve Brewster,
Julia Clark, Nick Hine, Marilyn McGee-Lennon and Maria Wolters all
contributed to this event (see photo album).
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16th Jan 2008
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MATCH Technology Tutorial
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With contributions from the partner Universities, Marc Esson and Ken
Turner have created a technology tutorial to
explain the work of MATCH.
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8th Nov 2007
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Chancellor refers to MATCH
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt. Hon. Alistair Darling MP,
recently referred to MATCH in a speech at the University of Stirling.
"[You] are translating your academic research into commercial
opportunities and jobs for Stirling and Scotland. For example, the MATCH
partnership with leading companies on the development and application of
assistive technology to help those with disabilities cope with everyday
life." See the
full
speech online.
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23rd Oct 2007
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Stakeholder Workshop
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The project held a very successful colloquium on Including
Stakeholders in The Design of Home Care Systems. Around 40 delegates
registered for the event. See the workshop description for more details
(and also the photo album).
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28th Sep 2007
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Project joins Telecare Programme Board
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Louise Bellin has been appointed to the Telecare Programme Board in Scotland, representing
the work of MATCH.
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21st Sep 2007
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Invited Talk at SIHI Conference
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Marilyn McGee-Lennon gave an invited talk on Evaluation of A
PDA-Based Clinical Handover System at the SIHI
conference in Portsmouth.
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3rd Sep 2007
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Project Photo Album
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The project now has a photo
album for a quick visual overview of work in MATCH.
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3rd Sep 2007
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Presentation at ICFI Conference
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Feng Wang presented work on Policy Conflicts in Home Care Systems
at the ICFI conference in Grenoble.
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1st Sep 2007
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Project Newsletter
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The project has published its first newsletter.
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29th Jun 2007
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Presentation at ICAD Conference
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The work of Marilyn McGee-Lennon, Maria Wolters and Tony McBryan on
Audio Reminders in The Home Environment was presented at the
ICAD
conference in Montreal.
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6th Jun 2007
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Presentation at NOTERE Conference
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Ken Turner presented work on Policies for Sensor Networks and Home
Care Networks at the NOTERE
conference in Marrakech.
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19th Apr 2007
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User Requirements Workshop
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The project made innovative use of drama at a workshop for end users and
care professionals in Dundee. See the flier for more details (and also the
photo
album).
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2nd Apr 2007
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Presentation at INCLUDE Conference
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Marilyn McGee-Lennon presented her work on Including Stakeholders on
the Design of Homecare at the INCLUDE conference in London. This work argues
that more accurate and useful requirements are obtained by involving the
multiple stakeholders.
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21st Mar 2007
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MATCH Colloquium
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The project held a very successful colloquium on Integrated Home Care
Systems for Scotland - A Focus on Technologies. Around 80 delegates
registered for the event. See the colloquium description for more
details (and also the
photo
album).
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21st Feb 2007
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MATCH reaches Users
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Marilyn McGee-Lennon and others have developed a questionnaire
to collect user views on home care technology. Over 200 questionnaires
have been distributed, with results to be published via these web pages.
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9th Dec 2006
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MATCH User Guide
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Julia Clark and others have created a MATCH user guide to
help explain what the project can do for end users and how they can
become involved.
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29th Nov 2006
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MATCH at Pervasive Health Conference
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At the conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare,
project members Liam Docherty and Feng Wang presented their work on
Services and Policies for Care at Home.
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13th Oct 2006
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MATCH Information Sheet
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Chris Martin and others have created a MATCH information
sheet to explain what the project is working on.
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3rd Oct 2006
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First Project Colloquium
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The first project colloquium has
been announced on Integrated Home Care Systems for Scotland - A Focus
on Technologies. This will take place on 21st March 2007 in Glasgow.
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28th Sep 2006
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BCS Commendation
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At an event organised by the British Computer Society, project member Nubia Gil
was given a special commendation for her ideas about using grid
computing in MATCH.
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8th Aug 2006
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Suggested Web Links
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A list of suggested web links
has been added to help users find out about related activities.
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7th Jul 2006
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New MATCH Web Site
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A new MATCH web site has been launched, created by the
Web Design and Development Service, University of
Dundee.
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13th Jun 2006
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MATCH at BioDevice Partnering Event
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The MATCH project was represented at the BioDevice Partnering event in
Edinburgh. This is a forum to promote interdisciplinary collaboration in
the medical device industry.
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1st Jun 2006
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MATCH addresses Software Engineering Challenges
Workshop
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Project members Marilyn McGee-Lennon and Phil Gray (University of
Glasgow) presented a paper on Addressing Challenges of Stakeholder
Conflict in the Development of Homecare Systems at the workhop on
Software Engineering Challenges for Ubiquitous Computing. The
theme was how to develop software systems for the increasingly pervasive
applications of computing.
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4th May 2006
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MATCH at Innovation in Health and Social Care Delivery
Conference
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Project members recently contributed to a conference on Innovation in Health and Social Care Delivery. The work of the project was exhibited
through a poster that gives a high-level overview of MATCH: view
as image, or view as PDF.
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10th Apr 2006
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Hexawrite System Demonstrated at CeBIT
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The work of project members was recently exhibited at CeBIT, a leading
trade show in Germany. A demonstration was also given on Channel 5's
Gadget Show. The Hexawrite prototype was developed in a collaboration
between the Fraunhofer FIRST Research institute and MATCH members at the
University of Glasgow (John Williamson and Roderick Murray-Smith) in a
project funded by the PASCAL European research network.
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29th Aug 2005
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New Technologies for Care at Home
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The project issued its first press release
on the subject of New Technologies for Care at Home to announce
the launch of this four-year project from 1st November 2005.
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