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A human-mobile manipulator cooperation module is designed to support a target task consisting of the transportation of a rigid object between a mobile manipulator and a master human worker. Our approach introduces an intention recognition capability in the robot, based on the search for ,spectral patterns in the force signal measured at the arm gripper. The mobile manipulator takes advantage of this capability by generating its own motion plans in order to collaborate in the execution of the task. This has been designated as active cooper at ion.

Paper presented at the Sixth Water Information Summit: Breaking The Barriers Let Water Information Flow! Waterweb Consortium and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre September 9-12 Delft, The Netherlands 2003. Describes the aims, development and functions of the Integrated Information System of the FREPLATA Project and the creation of the Rio de la Plata and its Maritime Front Portal, a cooperative Internet gateway to environmental and spatial information on the Rio de Plata region. The FREPLATA project is a cooperative activity of 18 institutions in Argentina and Uruguay. The Project and institutions with suitably trained personnel designed, developed and implemented databases, applications and standards which enable the systematization of information and constitute tools for management and decision-making.

The increasing need for both automated and privacy-respecting CCTV systems adds many challenges to the tasks of Video Analytics. The growing capabilities of automated surveillance systems lead to the automatic extraction and processing of complex and potentially personal data related to individuals who may not even be aware of it. This paper discusses the issues related to the processing of potentially sensitive information extracted from various computer vision algorithms and techniques such as person tracking, soft biometrics, behaviour analysis or multi-modal person identification, and delivers insights regarding technical solutions and guidelines for achieving a higher level of privacy compliance.

This article is based in a large-scale comparative study on Spanish Media digitalization funded by the Open Society Media Program.1 It shows how digital technology impacts on media newsrooms; on journalist ethics and on how investigative journalism have shaped Spanish media and how it is mixed with media economic crisis. It details trends in news websites' and their audiences; how online media outlets have proliferated, how consolidated media groups lead internet news audience rankings, and how newly created digital online outlets suffer from a lack of resources and branding. Internet's role as the space for public expression and it's importance of Spanish digital mobilizations is as well analyzed. Our analysis suggests that social media in Spain do have the potential to achieve significant mobilization, but developing this potential will depend on the prior existence of 'offline' reasons for mobilization, on simple and visible public appeals, on viral reproduction, and on the amplification of protests by legacy media. Keywords: Media, Digital Media, Journalism, Digital Mobilizations and Social Networks Resumen. XxxxxxxxxxxxxEste artículo se basa en un estudio comparativo a gran escala sobre la digitalización de los medios de comunicación españoles, financiado por el Programa de Medios de la Open Society. Muestra cómo la tecnología digital impacta en las redacciones de los medios de comunicación y en la ética de los periodistas y de qué forma el periodismo de investigación ha dado forma a los medios de comunicación españoles y cómo se mezclan con la crisis económica los medios de comunicación. En él se detallan las tendencias en los sitios web de noticias y sus audiencias, cómo los medios de comunicación en línea han proliferado, cómo los grupos de medios de comunicación consolidados lideran el ranking de internet de noticias de la audiencia y cómo los puntos de venta digitales en línea de nueva creación sufren de una falta de recursos y de la marca. También se analiza el papel de internet como espacio de expresión pública y la importancia de las movilizaciones digitales españoles. Nuestro análisis sugiere que los medios sociales en España tienen el potencial de lograr una importante movilización, pero el desarrollo de este 1. The complete study is avaliable at: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/ mapping-digital-media-spain Carles Llorens, Virginia Luzón, Helena P. Grau potencial dependerá de la previa existencia de razones offline para la movilización, en llamamientos públicos simples y visibles, en la reproducción viral, y en la amplificación de las protestas de los medios tradicionales de comunicación.