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Grupo de Informática Gráfica AvanzadaUniversidad de Zaragoza

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Prof. Pedro M. Latorre, Ph.D.Prof. Pedro M. Latorre, Ph.D.

The University

• Founded in 16th Century• More than 450 years of History• 40,000 students• Broad offer of studies• Three levels: intermediate (3 years),

higher (5 years) and PhD• Agreements with companies via OTRI

(Office for research results transfer)• Participates in R&D projects with

regional, national and EU funding

Grupo de Informática Gráfica AvanzadaUniversidad de Zaragoza

The Higher Polytechnic (CPS)

Grupo de Informática Gráfica Avanzada

• Founded in 1974• 3500 students• 4 branches of Engineering:

– Industrial– Telecommunications– Informatics– Chemical

• Only higher (5 years) level and PhD

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The Advanced Computer Graphics Group (GIGA)

Grupo de Informática Gráfica Avanzada

• Teach– Computer Graphics– Human-Computer Interaction

• Research and Development– Precise simulation of illumination– Highest quality synthetic images and

animations for companies and institutions. Scientific and technical visualization.

– Virtual Archaeology– Innovative educational tools and

methodologies

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Personal experiences: Educational projects with EU funding

Grupo de Informática Gráfica Avanzada

• Qualification towards Informatics and Communication Application Know-How (QUICK)

• QUICK MultiplierLEONARDO DA VINCI, 1997-1999, 1999-2001

• Teletrabajo: formación de teletrabajadores en las pequeñas y medianas empresas.LEONARDO DA VINCI, 1997-1998

• Acting Competences for Information Society (ACIS).SOCRATES CDI 1998-2000

• Título: Teaching computer GrAphics and MultimEdia (T-GAME) ALFA EC 2001-2003

• Coordination of staff and students mobility

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Personal experiences: Other innovative educational projects

Grupo de Informática Gráfica Avanzada

• Integrating traditional teaching with interactive techniques and ODLearning: The MEIIGA project

New Challenges in ICT Education. Conference proceedings. Seinajoki (Finland), 2001.

• ODL: Human-Computer Interaction. Subject told on Digital Educational Ring (ADD), UZ

• Net-Invited lecturers program (PIR), UZ

• Dr. Serón is now University´s Rector Delegate for new educational technologies.

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More information?

Grupo de Informática Gráfica Avanzada

• General info (mainly in spanish)– http://www.unizar.es

• CPS– http://www.cps.unizar.es

• GIGA– http://giga.cps.unizar.es

• Prof. Pedro Latorre– platorre@posta.unizar.es

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