Dear Colleagues/Students,

I am pleased to invite all to the Seminar “Translation Infrastructure for Assistive Technologies” by Professor Cristiano Bertolini, on 22-23/11/2023 (Tuesday and Wednesday), from 16:00 to 19:00, in room E22-G015.

BIO

Professor Cristiano Bertolini

Department of Information Technology

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil

Professor Cristiano Bertolini holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Passo Fundo (2001), a master’s degree in Computer Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (2005) and a PhD in Computer Science from the Federal University of Pernambuco (2010).

He has experience in the area of Software Engineering, with an emphasis on Software Testing, Formal Methods and Experimental Software Engineering, and currently works with software engineering in the context of assistive technologies.

ABSTRACT

Translation Infrastructure for Assistive Technologies

People with disabilities face numerous obstacles in their daily lives routines.

For this reason, Assistive Technologies are bringing more independence to all disabled people using computers, smartphones, smart devices, sensors, etc. Nonetheless, there are still many challenges that we can address, considering people have different needs, cultures, and languages.

The seminar will address topics in research, design, and development of accessible information and communication technologies (ICT), from a translation infrastructure technologies perspective.

The seminars will cover all aspects of assistive technologies focusing on the translation infrastructure and how those areas are connected.

In Portuguese/English language

All are welcome!

With our best regards