Summary of research projects

My research work spans over many domains and disciplines. So I have collaboration with experts of many disciplines, e.g.  Faculté de médecine, Faculté de théologie, éthique et philosophie, Faculté de génie. Here are a few highlights

o       I am one of the co-founder of the DOMUS lab. DOMUS lab is a new research pole on cognitive assistance in smarts homes and mobile computing at the University of Sherbrooke in collaboration with Mrs Hélène Pigot and Mr André Mayers. The University of Sherbrooke has recognized the lab as a group of excellence.

2003    Hélène Pigot, André Mayers, Sylvain Giroux, The intelligent habitat and  everyday life activity support. 5^th International conference on Simulations in Biomedicine, April 2-4, 2003, Slovenia.

o       My research on mobile personalized geo-referenced services brought me to become member of the Centre de recherche en géomatique (Université Laval). I am also working in close collaboration with the CRS4, Italy.

2003    Davide Carboni, Andrea Piras, Stefano Sanna, Gavino Paddeu, Sylvain Giroux, Delivery of services on any device: from Java code to user interface. 10^th International Conference on Human - Computer Interaction 2003, June 22-27, 2003, Crète, Grèce.

2001    Sylvain Giroux, Claude Moulin, Gavino Paddeu, Davide Carboni, Roberto Demontis, Stefano Sanna, and Enrico Stara, Personnalisation, Mobilité et Information Géo-referencée, Journées francophones pour l'intelligence artificielle distribuée et les systèmes multi-agents, JFIADSMA 2001, Nov. 12-14 2001, Montréal, Canada.

o       My research in education addresses mobile lessons and agile and adaptive learning environments. These researches are done inside the research group ASTUS with Mr André Mayers and Mr Froduald Kabanza. I am also a member of the  Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en télé-apprentissage (CIRTA) and of the LICEF. 

2002      Sylvain Giroux, Claude Moulin, Raffaella Sanna, Antonio Pintus, Mobile Lessons : Lessons based on Geo-Referenced Information, E-Learn 2002 -- World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education, October 15-19, 2002, Montreal, Canada.

2000    Sylvain Giroux, Richard Hotte and Kim Dao, “Towards Adaptivity And Agility, A Fractal View On Learning Environments” Special Issue on Intelligent Systems/Tools in Training and  Life-Long Learning, Journal of Interactive Learning Research, AACE, vol. 11, no 3-4, 2000, pp. 333-354.

o       My research on the modelling of clinical processes is performed inside the research group INTELMOL. I am working in close collaboration with the Dr Andrew Grant of the Faculty of medicine, University of Sherbrooke.

2003    Larbi Djaider, Andriy Moshyk, Sylvain Giroux, Philippe Caron, Michel Nguyen, Andrew Grant, Analyse sur la mise en place d’un cadre d’application supportant les médecins dans la modélisation et la resolution de problèmes cliniques, Conférence des Xèmes Journées Francophones d’Informatique Médicale (JFIM 2003), 4-5 septembre 2003, Tunis, Tunisie