Call for Papers | Workshop CEDXREdu 2025: Exploring Extended Reality in Education The Research Centre in Digitalization and Intelligent Robotics (CeDRI) invites researchers, academics, and professionals in emerging technologies to submit their work to the 1st Workshop on Cutting-Edge Developments in Extended Reality Applied to Education (CEDXREdu 2025). As part of WorldCist'25 - 13th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, to be held in Florianópolis, at Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, from April 15-17, 2025, this workshop aims to discuss the latest innovations in Extended Reality (XR) technologies – Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) – and highlight its transformative impact in an educational context. XR is driving new ways of learning, enabling immersive and interactive educational experiences. Whether focusing on STEM education, special education, or tackling the ethical challenges of XR, CEDXREdu 2025 is the perfect platform to showcase your cutting-edge research and innovative solutions. Some of the topics of interest include: Gamification in education Immersive learning environments XR for special education Ethics and accessibility in XR Augmented Reality learning materials 🔗 More information: https://worldcist.org/index.php/workshops/cedxredu-2025. Join us as we explore the potential of XR in revolutionizing both in-person and distance learning! 📅 Submit your work today! https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=worldcistworkshops2025

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Call to participate in the collection of voice samples If you are interested in taking part, please go to the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScc8CL5IkajOHg38FbRVhox6YKK03sKCFlILZLHEh850dR7vQ/viewform?usp=pp_url

CeDRI's participation at the European Researchers' Night

On September 26 and 27, Paulo Leitão and Alexandre Júnior participated in the 14th International Workshop on Service-Oriented, Holonic, and Multi-Agent Manufacturing Systems for Industry of the Future (SOHOMA 2024) in Augsburg, Germany.

Congratulations to Paulo Leitão, the CeDRI coordinator, for his excellent work and recognition in the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists list. Furthermore, congratulations to our fellow researchers at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, who have also been recognised for their high performance and who provide us with a multidisciplinary research environment.

🎓 We are proud to announce that researchers Flávia Pires and Luis Piardi participated in the prestigious ETFA (Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation) conference, which took place from September 10th to 13th, 2024, in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹 📚 During the event, they presented two cutting-edge papers on crucial topics in the field of automation and cyber-physical systems: 1. "Cold-start and data sparsity problems in a digital twin based recommendation system" 2. "Evaluation metrics for collaborative fault detection and diagnosis in Cyber-Physical Systems" Congratulations to Flávia and Luis for their outstanding contributions to advancing knowledge! 👏🚀

CeDRI, through the researcher Rui Pedro Lopes, participated in the Education Conference, an event organized by the municipality of Chaves and IPB, which took place in Chaves on September 12. The lecture, titled ‘Demystifying Artificial Intelligence,’ focused on aspects of AI when applied to education, and had over 200 participants.

On September 11th, CeDRI-IPB had the honor of welcoming Professor Ursula Resende from the Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais - Coordination of Research Infrastructure Development. Such visits are vital for the advancement of projects, the promotion of scientific knowledge, and the fostering of potential partnerships.

CeDRI-IPB is proud to announce that, according to the provisional results of the 2024 Call for the PhD Research Scholarships, CeDRI succeeded to get 3 granted students. Congratulations to André Moreira, David Verde and Guido Berger.