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Topic
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Details
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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.
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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. 
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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