@Science Workshop @ICCHP '08

The @Science Workshop at the International Conference on Computer Helping People (ICCHP '08) took place on July 8th, 2008.

Program

13:00 Introduction - C. Bernareggi, Università degli Studi di Milano - Biblioteca di Informatica, Italy; B. Stoeger, K. Miesenberger, Johannes Kepler Universitaet - Institute Integriert Studieren, Austria

13:30 Manipulative Mathematics - A. Karshmer, San Francisco University, USA

14:00 Measures Necessary to Improve the Situation of Blind and Visually Impaired Students in Math and Science - D. in 't Veld, Bartimeus Education, A. van Leendert, Freudenthal Institute for Mathematics in the Netherlands, the Netherlands

14:30 Mathematics and DAISY - E. Persoon, Dedicon in the Netherlands, the Netherlands

15:00 Localizing Scientific Software for Slovak Language - E. Mendelova, P. Lecky, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia

15:30 Access to Physics Journals - J. Gardner, ViewPlus Technologies Inc., USA

16:00 Coffee break

16:30 Optical Recognition of Mathematical Formulae in Scientific Books - M. Suzuki, Kyushu University, Japan

17:00 MathPlayer: Localizing Math Speech and Braille Reading for European Countries - N. Soiffer, Design Science Inc., USA

17:30 Evolution of Braille Notations - W. Schweikhardt, University of Stuttgart, Germany

18:00 A New Tactile Refreshable Display for Geometry - T. Voelkel, Dresedn University of Technology, Germany

18:30 Hands-on session and final conclusions

To receive the free CD with workshop proceedings, please send a request to: ascience-info@ascience.eu