MORElab members Diego López-de-Ipiña and Oihane Gómez-Carmona participated in the 16th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient ‪Intelligence UCAmI 2024, held in Belfast, United Kingdom, from November 27th to December 29sd 2022.

The focus of the UCAmI Conference is Ambient Intelligence (AmI) which represents a new generation of user-centered computing environments and systems to find new ways to obtain a better integration of the information technology in everyday life devices and activities.

Diego López-de-Ipiña presented the work “Towards the Democratization of Citizen Science Campaigns for Air Quality Assessment”, that explores the SOCIO-BEE initiative, which aims to empower citizens through democratized air quality monitoring, employing a multi-role co-creation methodology involving diverse community roles and tools to encourage engagement, data collection, and behavioral change.

Oihane Gómez-Carmona presented “Tailoring Digital Middleware for Rural Needs: Insights from User Feedback Analysis” that emphasizes user feedback and user-centered design to overcome barriers and enhance usability in middleware technologies like the one proposed by the AURORAL project for digitalizing rural areas.