News provided by UMIC via RSS http://www.english.umic.pt Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:20:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.english.umic.pt/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.english.umic.pt News provided by UMIC via RSS http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3342&Itemid=331 On July 8, 2010, from 9:00 to 17:30, the Forum on the Information Society – Internet Governance will take place at ISCTE-IUL, Edifício II, Auditório B203, Av. das Forças Armadas, Lisboa, (see the Forum program with links to presentations). This Forum is open to all interested participants. The purpose of this forum, organized back-to-back with the public session of the World Internet Project (July 7, also at ISCTE-IUL, Edifício II, Auditório B203) by the Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC) in collaboration with the Foundation for National Scientific Computing (FCCN) and the Lisbon Internet and Networks Institute (LINI), is to discuss some of the main aspects of Internet Governance. Forum for the Information Society - News Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:12:14 +0100 http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3340&Itemid=513 On May 10, 2010, at the Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre, Rua da Junqueira 30, Lisbon, between 9:00 and 17:45, the Forum for the Information Society – Internet of the Future will take place (see Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC) (/index.php?option=com_content task=section id=32 Itemid=360) with the support of Profs. Joao de Barros (Carnegie Mellon – Portugal Program (http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=3335 Itemid=512), IT and FEUP) and Rui Aguiar (IT, U. Aveiro), is to get together expertise in strategic areas for the development of Future Internet (http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=2884 Itemid=518), a subject on which there has been since 2006 a special national support, in particular within the international partnership programs of Portugal with some of the world leading institutions but also within other programs, to discuss the opportunities opening up in Future Internet (http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=2884 Itemid=518) technologies, applications and services. Emerging Technologies - News Mon, 10 May 2010 14:28:17 +0100 http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3330&Itemid=86 As part of the initiatives taken in the 1st e-Skills European Week, the Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC) (/index.php?option=com_content task=section id=32 Itemid=360) signed on 9 March 2010, in the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, two new protocols to pursue the implementation of the ICT Academies (/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=3080 Itemid=87) in Higher Education Institutions initiative launched in 2007. These protocols are designed to foster in institutions of higher education opportunities for professional training in areas of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Education and Training - News Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:23:22 +0100 http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3320&Itemid=513 The Carnegie Mellon – Portugal Program (http://www.cmuportugal.org/) hosts on February 23, 2010, at Forum Telecom, Picoas, Lisbon, the Innovation Forum on Future Internet Technologies and Services (NET-FIT). The goal of this event is to prepare the launching of a Thematic Network on these topics in order to gather the expertise of Portuguese research centers, private companies and government agencies with the objective of placing Portugal at the forefront of innovation in key technologies and services for the Future Internet. Emerging Technologies - News Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:05:53 +0100 http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3319&Itemid=513 The Carnegie Mellon – Portugal Program (http://www.cmuportugal.org/) hosts on February 24, 2010, at Pavilhão do Conhecimento Ciência Viva, Parque das Nações, Lisbon, the Innovation Forum on Services and Technologies for Interactive Media (NET-STIM). The goal of this event is to prepare the launching of a Thematic Network on these topics in order to gather the expertise of Portuguese research centers, private companies and government agencies with the objective of creating in Portugal innovation cluster in advanced services and technologies for interactive media. Emerging Technologies - News Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:51 +0100 http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3318&Itemid=513 The Carnegie Mellon – Portugal Program (http://www.cmuportugal.org/) hosts on February 22, 2010, at the University of Coimbra Auditorium, Coimbra, the Innovation Network on Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection (NET-SCIP). The goal of this event is to prepare the launching of a Thematic Network, joining together the expertise of Portuguese research centers, private companies and government agencies for developing in Portugal comparative advantages technologies and services for network security and critical infrastructures protection. Emerging Technologies - News Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:51:45 +0100 http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3322&Itemid=508 In the 23rd February 2010, at the auditorium of the High School D. Dinis in Lisbon, there will be a meeting to promote the initiative IBERCIVIS – Your Computer Doing Science (http://www.ibercivis.pt/) which was launched in Portugal on the 30th July 2009 (see Initiative IBERCIVIS: Citizens can donate their computer time to science). This Volunteer Computing initiative for scientific purposes conducted in cooperation with Spain welcomes the participation of citizens in a scientific research directly and in real time, offereing the processing time of their computers, in particular when they are not being used, to perform scientific computing. e-Science - News Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:56:17 +0100 http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3309&Itemid=111 Portugal moved up to 1st in the Ranking of Online Sophistication of Basic Public Services (from 4th in 2007) and also to 1st in the Ranking of Full Online Availability of Basic Public Services (from 3rd place in 2007), in the 30 countries EU27 + Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. It should be noted that from 2006 and 2007 Portugal had already registered major jumps in these rankings (http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=2835 Itemid=113), as it had also registered major improvements in these indicators the previous period from the end of 2004 to 2006 (http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=2580 Itemid=113). In fact, in the 5 years between the assessments of 2004 and 2009, Portugal had in each one of the two indicators the extraordinary jump from 16th to 1st place and from 15th to 1st place, respectively in the corresponding rankings of the 30 countries of EU27 + Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, that is, Portugal jumped from the middle of the table to first place in both rankings. Public Services - News Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:23:12 +0100 http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3307&Itemid=36 The Web portal of CGD – Caixa Geral de Depósitos (http://www.cgd.pt (http://www.cgd.pt)) has been completely remodeled and now fully complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG1.0) established by the W3C – World Wide Web Consortium (http://www.w3.org/). The Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC) (/index.php?option=com_content task=section id=32 Itemid=360) helped the CGD services to assure compliance with the accessibility guidelines through its team ACCESS, and CGD used the automatic validation tool of evaluation of the satisfaction of accessibility guidelines developed that UMIC – the eXaminator (text in portuguese) – and adopted the Dynamic Accessibility Certification Logo of UMIC (text in Portuguese) that provides an updated diagnostic of the accessibility of the whole portal. Inclusion and Accessibility - News Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:54:18 +0100 http://www.english.umic.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3292&Itemid=211 On September 4, 2009, in a ceremony held at the University of Algarve chaired by the Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, the President of the Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC) (/index.php?option=com_content task=section id=32 Itemid=360) and the Rector of the University of Algarve signed a protocol regarding the support by UMIC of 1.6 million euros for an initial investment in the medical school whose classes will started on September 8, 2009. The funding now provided is intended for educational content, infrastructure, hardware, and related human resources. Knowledge - News Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:32:10 +0100