Welcome to EDM, the Expertise centre for Digital Media

The Expertise centre for Digital Media (EDM) is a research institute of Hasselt University (UHasselt) and has been active in Information & Communication Technology (ICT) since 1987. EDM employs a team of about 70 ICT specialists in fundamental, basic & applied research as well as contract R&D. Our research focuses on three competence areas: Computer Graphics, Human-Computer Interaction and Multimedia & Communication Technology.

EDM's key objective is to be a leading research institute in multimedia, human-computer interaction, computer graphics and virtual environments.

Partner in IBBT, Flemish strategic ICT research centre

EDM participates in the Interdisciplinary institute for BroadBand Technology (IBBT). IBBT is a strategic research institute founded by the Flemish Government, focusing on Information & Communication Technology (ICT) in general and applications of broadband technology in particular.

Research valorization through spin-off companies

EDM is related to 5 spin-off companies:

Today, 2010-03-11

ACM EICS 2010

EDM co-organizes two workshops at the 2010 ACM Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems. Both workshops, 'Engineering Patterns for Multi-Touch Interfaces' and 'Design and Engineering of Game-Like Virtual and Multimodal Environments' welcome your submission until March 15.

Activity Report 2008

The Activity Report 2008 is now available on-line. In this colorful edition you will find an overview of our research activities in 2008. For more information on our research, feel free to contact the group leaders of our three research domains.
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