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GIHP4C Researcher PhD Omar G. Bravo-Quezada Mentors Internationally Selected Student Paper at LACCEI 2026

PhD Omar Gustavo Bravo-Quezada, member of GIHP4C and Professor of Multimedia Design at Universidad Politécnica Salesiana – Cuenca, served as Faculty Mentor of the student research paper:

“Vitalia: Development and Preliminary Validation of a Scalable Gamified Educational Model for Pediatric Oncology Support.”

The project, developed by Multimedia Design students María Mercedes Álvarez Acosta, Vicente Josué Peláez Yadaicela, Jonathan Sebastián Guerrero Solano and Mercy Nicolle Fajardo Sandoval, has been selected among the Top 20 International Student Research Papers at LACCEI 2026, an event supported by the Organization of American States (OEA).

This achievement strengthens GIHP4C’s research impact in gamification, applied innovation, and health-oriented educational design.

🔬✨ AI + Science at High Altitude

A newly published study analyzes the consensual pupillary reflex under blue light stimulation (465 nm) in young adults living at 3,400 meters above sea level, using low-cost hardware and lightweight AI-based image segmentation.

📊 Key finding:
Fixed binary thresholding proved to be the most stable and computationally efficient method, consistently capturing the contraction–plateau–recovery pattern across participants.

🤝 This work was developed through collaboration between researchers from the Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco (UNSAAC) and GIHP4C—showing that scientific progress accelerates when institutions and borders are crossed.

🌎 Innovation does not always require complex systems; sometimes, well-applied simple methods deliver robust and scalable results.

💡 Science grows faster when we collaborate beyond borders.

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🎄✨ Season’s Greetings from our Research Group ✨🎄

As we close another year of challenges and achievements, we extend our warmest Christmas wishes to our colleagues, collaborators, and partners.

May this festive season bring joy, peace, and renewed inspiration, and may the coming year be filled with research, innovation, and shared achievements.

Thank you for being part of our journey.

🎅🎁 Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!