University of Bari
Department of Informatics
Research Group On Intelligent Interfaces
HUMAINE: Human-Machine Interaction Network of Excellence on Emotions
A EC Research Project in the scope of the Information Societies Technology Programme.
Duration: 2004-2006
Objectives:
The general aim of the network is to equip European teams to
develop systems that register, model and/or influence human emotional
and emotion-related states. We call these emotion-oriented
systems.
The network will underpin sound long-term development of these
systems by clarifying the scientific, cultural and ethical underpinnings
of emotion-oriented computing; developing accessible literature and
standards based on that understanding; and establishing enduring
relationships among research groups in the key areas of information
technology and the science of emotion.
MagiCster: Embodied Believable Agents
A EC Research Project in the scope of the Information Societies Technology Programme (IST-1999-29078).
Duration: 2000-2003
Objectives:
- to design a believable conversational interface agent which makes use of gaze, facial expression, gesture and body posture as well as speech in a synchronised fashion;
- to evaluate the use of the conversational agent in laboratory conditions to determine which aspects of the embodied agent are important for what types of human-computer interaction;
- to develop and document the agent architecture and components to enable other research and development teams to prototype and evaluate new versions of the agent interface in new domains and for novel tasks.
OPADE
A EC Project that was funded in 1992 by the Advanced Informatics in Medicine initiative of the EEC. Its objective was to design and to prototype a knowledge- based system to support health care professionals in the prescription of drugs.
Main publications:
- B.Séné, A. Venot, I. De Zegher, C. Milstein, S. Errore, F. de Rosis, G. Strauch, A general model of drug prescription. Methods of Information in Medicine, 34, 1995.
- B. De Carolis, F. de Rosis, S. Errore, An adaptive iconic language for the medical domain. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 43,561-577, 1995
- I.de Zegher, A.Venot, S.Pizzutilo, et al., Opade:Optimization of Drug Prescription Using advanced Informatics. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 1-2, 45,131-136, 1994
EPIAIM
A EC Project that was funded in 1990 by the Advanced Informatics in Medicine initiative of the EEC. Its objective was to design and prototype a knowledge-based system to support health care professionals in epidemiological data analysis.
Main publications:
- F. de Rosis, S. Pizzutilo, A. Russo, D. Berry, F.J.Nicolau Molina. Modeling the user knowledge by belief networks. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 2,4,1992.
- F. de Rosis, D. Berry. Designing an adaptive interface for EPIAIM. In: M Stefanelli, H Hasman, M Fieschi : Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. Springer Verlag, 1991
- F. de Rosis, P. Gissi, S. Pizzutilo. A consultation system constructor for medical data analysis. International Journal of Biomedical Computing. 1,1990