Projecten
Akoestische stimulatie met gesloten lus tijdens de slaap om de consolidatie van het motorgeheugen bij veroudering te verbeteren KU Leuven
Research has consistently demonstrated that older adults have difficulties consolidating recently learned movements into robust motor memories. This impairment undoubtedly contributes to the movement deficits emerging with healthy aging and hinders rehabilitative strategies. As consolidation is known to be facilitated by sleep, these movement-related deficits partially result from age-associated degradations in sleep characteristics. ...
Hersenen-connectiviteit voor uitvoerende controle over actie bij veroudering. KU Leuven
One hallmark of ageing is a motor functioning decline that represents a crucial impediment for healthy and active living. This multidisciplinary project combines detailed motor and neuropsychological assessments with multimodal neuroimaging techniques in an exceptionally large sample to pave the way for cognitive training interventions to improve motor functions in older adults.
Its focus is on executive functions, i.e., high-level ...
Behoud van grondrechten bij het gebruik van digitale technologieën voor e-gezondheidsdiensten KU Leuven
REINITIALISE aims to strengthen scientific excellence and innovation capacity at UMCS (PL) in the field of preservation of fundamental rights in the design and use of digital technologies and digital communication for e-health services, with a specific focus on a) health-oriented technologies for active ageing, and b) prevention care in the sectors of nutrition and dietetics. Within this overall objective, REINITIALISE also aims to increase ...
Assisted Living Technologies voor de toeristische sector op gebied van gezondheid. KU Leuven
The ALHTOUR project aims to strengthen and stimulate scientific excellence, and innovation capacity in technologies for independent living, applied to the health tourism at UL (Portugal) , by preparing for the set-up of a “Health Tourism Living Lab”, identified as a key driver for territorial development. The Twinning action will activate a process of knowledge transfer which leverages on academic excellence of KUL (Belgium), UM (Netherlands) ...
Verbetering van de auditieve rehabilitatie van kinderen. KU Leuven
Communication through language is vital to develop and maintain everything around us. By 15 years of age, about 5 out of 1000 children suffer from a moderate, severe or profound hearing impairment that can potentially affect communication, learning, psychosocial development and academic achievement if not appropriately handled.
The EU promotes the active inclusion and full participation of disabled people in society. However, full ...
Versnelde SSL-innovatie voor Europa KU Leuven
The aim of SSL-erate is to accelerate the uptake of high-quality SSL technology in Europe by means of open innovation with and by bringing validated information to all relevant stakeholders. A coordinated European effort is required to address the European societal challenges (in particular health & quality of life in an ageing society, energy consumption and resource efficiency), to resolve the specific challenges of the Lighting ...
VRACE - Virtual Reality Audio voor cyberomgevingen KU Leuven
„Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have the potential to become the next big computing platform, and as we saw with the PC and Smartphone, we expect new markets to be created and existing markets to be disrupted.“ (Understanding the Race for the Next Computing Platform, Goldman Sachs 2016). While its technology is still considered in the early stages of development, it is already mature in the video game area.
VR/AR has the ...
Het bevorderen van het vertrouwen in kunstmatige intelligentie voor mensen met het oog op het optimaliseren van de betrouwbaarheid door middel van grootschalige pilots in kritieke domeinen KU Leuven
The increasing requirement for trustworthy AI systems across diverse application domains has become a pressing need not least due to the critical role that AI plays in the ongoing digital transformation addressing urgent socio-economic needs. Despite the numerous recommendations and standards, most AI practitioners and decision makers, still prioritize system performance as the main metric in their workflows often neglecting to verify and ...
Erasmus+ Key Action2 : IKIGAI55 : Capaciteitsopbouw op het gebied van duurzaam en motiverend trainingsontwerp versterkt door slimme technologieën voor senioren Vrije Universiteit Brussel
hun leven te verrijken met gezonde gewoonten, activiteit en plezier. De 7 partnerlanden (EL, CY, HU, ES, PT, IT, BE) bevinden zich in een vergelijkbare situatie
in termen van vergrijzende samenlevingen en worden geconfronteerd met een tastbare digitale kloof tussen ...