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"Activ" Team Wins Silver in the 2013 UX Awards!

One of this year’s teams at Virginia Tech was awarded a Silver for “Best Accessibility Innovation” in the UX Awards 2013.  Winners were honored as part of NY Internet Week on May 21.  Now in its third year, the UX Awards are the first awards created specifically to celebrate exceptional design in digital user experience.   http://userexperienceawards.com/ux-awards-2013-winners/#activ

July 2013 — The 2014 International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN) announced a call for papers.  Currently, CSUN is accepting paper proposals for the Scientific/Research Track to be considered for inclusion in the Journal of Technology and Persons with Disabilities. Suggested paper topics include

The Wireless RERC is pleased to announce that users can now personalize their news experience by creating an account at www.wirelessrerc.org. Subscribers are able to choose from a variety of topics including legislation, universal design, emergency communications, employment, assistive technology, broadband, aging, and community living. Preferences can be adjusted at any time, and news notifications can be received on an as-it-happens, daily, or weekly basis.

June 2013 — Wireless RERC principal investigator, Dr. Helena Mitchell, presented 9-1-1 & Alert Trends for People with Disabilities at the National Emergency Number Associations’ (NENA) annual conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. NENA’s educational tracks, among other things, addressed NG911, accessibility, text-to-911, public outreach, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).

04.01.12 – Google Research has issued a notice inviting proposals for the Faculty Research Awards Program.  They are one year awards up to $150,000 for cutting edge research in computer science, engineering and related fields. Google has also asked applicants to categorize their research into one of many research interests including education innovation, human-computer interaction, policy and standards, privacy, security, social networks, and machine learning and data mining.