News 2020

The platform releases one of its most immersive features to all users. Zoom became one of the most used tools during lockdown for video calls. On April 27, the most popular videoconferencing platform during lockdown introduced a new tool to make calls more dynamic and user-friendly

SMOWLTECH prevents fraud in eLearning. Integrity and online academic credibility. CEDIA is pleased to announce to all its member institutions that we have a new on-demand service focused on the academic sector. CEDIArecently offered its institutions the SMOWLTECH service, a platform that works directly to prevent fraud

Cooperativism, Design Thinking, and Intellectual Property were among the main themes. CEDIA as an official partner of the "EnCAJA Tu Proyecto" program of the CAJA Cooperative, which is aimed at supporting entrepreneurs to develop and boost their businesses in early stages, has conducted a series of online mentoring sessions featuring speakers in

MIPYME Innova linked academia with the productive sector. The Azuay Chamber of Small Industry (CAPIA) and CEDIA created and implemented the MIPYME Innova program, which aims to strengthen affiliated companies through teams of university students who, acting as consultants, work with these companies.

A service focused on increasing intellectual property protection registrations. CEDIA through its Innovation and Technology Transfer Coordination, announced the opening of the "Registration Fund" through our channels to inform our members of the opportunity presented by this fund. The Registration Fund seeks to enhance

CEDIA registers around 20 similar cases each week. CEDIA 's Technology area reports at least 20 cases of website defacements on our member higher education institutions' websites weekly. All of these have been cases of exploiting a design feature of the OJS platform, which fortunately is not an actual vulnerability

We provide mentorship for your research projects.CEDIAinforms and extends a warm invitation to researchers from member institutions who wish to embark on the development of R&D&I projects. The application process consists of submitting a brief summary of your project idea for the assignment of a mentor who will guide you

We continue to support international academic networks. CEDIA 's CSIRT reports that it has maintained contact and worked for several months to establish joint actions for the benefit of the region with the Mozambican National Research and Education Network – MoRENet; among the short-term actions are the following:

A refreshed look and engaging content define its portal. The CEDIA CSIRT website had remained unchanged for several years, so, driven by our desire to provide the public with an updated and user-friendly site, a modern portal was developed

CEDIA and the ECHO Project invite the medical schools of member institutions to join the advanced tele-tutoring and distance learning program. "The ECHO Project is an advanced tele-tutoring and distance learning program designed to improve patient care and expand the workforce."