<s>
LIA	O
–	O
Advanced	O
Interaction	O
Laboratory	O
(	O
in	O
Portuguese	O
:	O
Laboratório	O
de	O
Interação	O
Avançada	O
)	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2003	O
as	O
a	O
Human-Computer	O
Interaction	O
(	O
HCI	O
)	O
research	O
lab	O
in	O
the	O
Department	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
Science	I-General_Concept
at	O
UFSCar	O
–	O
Federal	O
University	O
of	O
São	O
Carlos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LIA	O
's	O
mission	O
is	O
to	O
research	O
innovative	O
Information	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
Communication	I-General_Concept
Technologies	I-General_Concept
(	O
ICTs	B-General_Concept
)	O
approaches	O
for	O
designing	O
,	O
developing	O
and	O
using	O
ICT	O
aiming	O
contributing	O
to	O
overcome	O
the	O
challenges	O
faced	O
in	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
ICT	O
considering	O
social	O
,	O
professional	O
,	O
economical	O
,	O
political	O
and	O
cultural	O
context	O
of	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
,	O
providing	O
this	O
kind	O
of	O
knowledge	O
for	O
computers	O
is	O
a	O
way	O
of	O
allowing	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
culture-sensitive	O
computer	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LIA	O
researchers	O
objectives	O
are	O
on	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
new	O
concepts	O
and	O
methodologies	O
focused	O
on	O
multidisciplinary	O
issues	O
and	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
tools	O
geared	O
to	O
the	O
promotion	O
,	O
development	O
and	O
sharing	O
of	O
knowledge	O
through	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
ICTs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
