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The issue of the 'practices', i.e., how Information and Communication
technologies are integrated into human activities, has become
a research object per se that conditions harmonious development.
The relevant research at the Caen University focuses on the
following issues:
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Social disadvantage assistance: electronic
media and networked technologies for fighting against social exclusion
and illiteracy |
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Studies, and psychological assistance: virtual
reality methods for therapies to improve a subject's relationship
with his/her environment; the study of psychomotor development |
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IT and regions: the study of changing regions
and social practices, of the policies pertaining to information
and communication technologies - This focus is valuable for 'public'
decision-makers and private companies with facilities and customers
scattered throughout the country or beyond |
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| The
Teams |
| The team includes a staff of roughly
10 full-time and 10 doctoral candidates working in the different
fields of computer science, the humanities, and social science
(psychology, neuropsychology, sociology, physical education, and
geography). The Modélisation en Sciences Cognitives et
Sociales (MODESCOS, cognitive and social science modelling) hub
at the Maison de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines (MRSH) is organisational
backbone co-ordinating the various fields and teams. |
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| Equipments |
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Virtual reality work kit |
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The geographic Anté-Serveur (ante-server)
designed by the Caen team for connecting geographic information
and multisource-information databases |
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| Methods |
| They involve tests with humans in a
computer environment appropriate for modelling human (individuals
and groups) behaviours. |
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| Achievements |
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Studies of cortex activity during simple movements |
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Study of the use of 'mobile' devices (telephones
and the Internet) for job search |
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Study of the impact of mobile work in forging social
ties |
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Working groups involving academics and the local
authorities are studying the impact of Information and Communication
Technologies on social differentiation and their risks, urban
polarisation, the actual opportunities of telework, and affordable
broadband access for Europe and France |
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Design of annotated geographic maps with informative
contents (copy, image and sound) |
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| Commited Companies |
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Comptoir des Signaux (studies on European
telecommunications) |
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MOST (Paris) (data mining) |
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MACSY (Montpellier) (advisory consultants
on IT techniques and new uses, for the public, banking, and finance
industry) |
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Association pour la Recherche et l'Etude sur la
Caraîbe (AREC). |
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The French Ministry for the Economy, Finance
and Industry - www.minefi.gouv.fr |
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Various local authorities |
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| Contacts |
| For general technological
or scientific information |
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Mr. Jean VIVIER
MRSH - Université de Caen
14032 CAEN CEDEX FRANCE
Tél : 33 (0)2 31 56 62 63 - Fax : 33 (0)2 31 56 53 81
vivier@mrsh.unicaen.fr |
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Mr. Pascal BULEON
MRSH - Université de Caen
14032 CAEN CEDEX FRANCE
Tél : 33 (0)2 31 56 62 95
buleon@mrsh.unicaen.fr |
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| For economic or industrial
information |
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Normandie Développement
57 avenue de Bretagne - BP 1083
76173 Rouen Cedex 1 - France
Tel : 33 (0)2 35 03 06 04 - Fax : 33 (0)2 35 03 07 86
ndrouen@normandydev.com |
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