Siauliai University (LITHUANIA)

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Siauliai University (LITHUANIA)

• Gintautas Daunys
• http//silicis.su.lt
• E-mail g.daunys_at_tf.su.lt

COGAIN Kick-Off 5.-6.9.2004 Tampere, Finland
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The University
Siauliai University (SU)
Faculty ofPhysics and Mathematics
Faculty ofHumanities
Faculty ofEducation
Faculty ofArts
Faculty ofSocial Sciences
Faculty ofSpecial Education
Faculty ofTechnology
In-Service Training Institute

• SU
• over11000 students
• 840 lectures
• Fifth largest in Lithuania
• Center of Science and Culture in
• Nothern Lithuania

Department of Electronics
Department of Information Technology
Biomedical Engineering Research Centre
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Department of Electronics

• Its history started in 1963
• At the end of 2003 it was renamed to Department
  of Electronics
• The department is responsible for studies of
  Electronics Engineering.
• More than 50 new undergraduate students and 15
  master students each year
• Research fields
• Biomedical Engineering
• Human Computer Interaction

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TEACHING

• 17 staff members
• Studies
• Electronic Engineering for the Bachelor's Degree
• Signal Processing for the Master's Degree

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Involvement in European and EC-funded Projects

• PACS Predictive And Adaptive Communication
  System For Physically Disabled People With Speech
  And Language Impairments (Eureka), 2002-2003
• ECOGASYD Environment Control By Gaze System For
  The Disabled (Eureka), 2004-2006
• MICOLE Multimodal environment for inclusion of
  visually impaired children (FP6/STREP), 2004-2007
• COGAIN Communication by Gaze Interaction(FP6/NoE
  ), 2004-2009

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Applications for Users with Disabilities

• Software for typing with one or two on-off keys
  in Lithuanian language
• Home environment control system with one on-off
  key based on EIB network

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Research

• Human eye movement control system
• Gaze tracking
• Eye movement during picture exploration
• Computerized communication systems for the
  disabled
• Biomedical signal processing

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People Involved in COGAIN
Gintautas Daunys
Vincas Laurutis
Vidas Lauruska
Marijus Bernotas
Nerijus Ramanauskas
Donatas Dervinis
Egidijus Paliulis
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Interest and role in COGAIN

• Eye tracking (WP5)
• Model of videooculography (VOG)
• Head tracking
• Eye tracking by VOG hardware
• Eye tracking software
• Eye typing and environmental control (WP4)
• Usability studies (WP3)