(Somewhat) breaking news! Our team has been notified that our application for ICT 2018 has been accepted. ICT, Imagine Digital - Connect Europe, is a research and innovation event by the European Commission that focuses on the European Union’s priorities in the digital transformation of society and industry.
MARCONI at TVX 2018
From the 26th till the 28th of June, the TVX conference for broadcasters took place in Seoul, Korea. ACM TVX (Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video) is the leading international conference for research into online video, TV interaction and user experience. Researchers Sandy and Rik from VRT were able to present their submitted papers about MARCONI at the conference, and receive valuable feedback for the next steps of the project.
MARCONI at Radiodays Europe
Meet George Ioannidis from IN2
“Our role in the project is to support the indexing and search of social content, helping radio stations to get more out of their interactions on social media, better understand the issues that are discussed on their shows and respond faster to online comments.” Meet George Ioannidis, Director at IN2.
Meet Erich Schweighofer from University of Vienna
“The major point is getting the confidence of the users and being as transparent as possible.” Meet Erich Schweighofer, professor at Vienna University. With more than twenty years of experience of funded research in legal informatics, Erich undertakes measures to safeguard privacy within the MARCONI project.
Meet Cas Adriani from Pluxbox!
Meet Sandy Claes from VRT
“I typically use design thinking as a research approach to understand the design problem in its complexity. Prototypes and mock-ups are designed and developed through ideation, iteration and critiquing solutions with end-users. I believe it is valuable to also design the research experience: end-users are more engaged in the process when they can connect to the problem.” As User Researcher at VRT Innovation, Sandy Claes is an expert in design and co-creation of viable solutions to the real user problems.
Meet Rik Bauwens from VRT
“We’re going full force on interactivity. This means numerous integrations with third party platforms but also with systems currently used by the various radio stations. This also means tools and optimisations for the editorial team, such as conversational management with chatbots and smart analysis for filtering and linking content from various sources.” As Lead Developer at VRT Innovation, Rik Bauwens is experienced in translating ideas into workable prototypes.
