Category: Event
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Report from the HEXAnord network meeting in Vilnius
The 13th of January, the IT for Health group at DSV went for a three day HEXAnord network meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania. Apart from Hercules Dalianis, Martin Hassel, Sumithra Velupillai, Elin Carlsson, Helen Allvin and me from DSV, there were participants with a background in medical informatics, language technology and nursing science from Finland, Norway,…
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Book Project – E-Health Communities and Online Self-Help Groups: Applications and Usage
Hi, I am in the process of editing a book entitled “E-Health Communities and Online Self-Help Groups: Applications and Usage” to be published by IGI Global (www.igi-global.com) scheduled for release in 2011. If you have ideas for a book chapter in this area, I would very much like you to contribute to the book. Or,…
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Two Papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology, Dubai
I have participated in a project called “Bygga Villa” with Prof. Anders Östman from Högskolan i Gävle. We have succeeded to produce two research papers from the research part of the project. The authors of the papers are:Mohamed El-Mekawy, Anders Östman, Khurram Shahzad, and the titles are: 1) Geospatial Interoperability for IFC and CityGML: Challenges…
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Göran Goldkuhl guest professor
Göran Goldkuhl is guest professor since 1 Jan 2010. From Görans’s profile: I am guest professor (10%) in information systems since Jan 1 2010. This is actually a comeback to both DSV and SYSLAB. I was employed at DSV 1973-1982. I got my PhD 1980 on information models. Since I left DSV 1982 I have…
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Lunch seminar on e-health communities
Yesterday, on December 3, we had a lunch seminar on “E-health communities” at SYSLAB. I gave my view of the area and related to some of my research findings. The seminar focused on e-health communities for people who suffer from established bad (unhealthy) habits, who try to lose weight or quit smoking. These communities aim…
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NESSI National Platforms Meeting
Today the NESSI National Platforms had a meeting to further develop their cooperation. Europe will in the coming years face a multitude of challenges caused by profound changes in social attitudes, economic conditions, global relationships, and the business environment. The overall goal of the NESSI National Platforms is to promote the development and application of…