Ongoing Projects and Applications

• Cross-Media Information Management for Next Generation Scholarly Workflows, CSC PhD Scholarship (Qi Xu)
• Real-Time Cross-Media Data Exploration and Analysis for Next Generation Knowledge Workers, Strategic Research Programme Growth Funding (SRP 92)
• Strategic International Partnership University of the Western Cape, South Africa, VUB SIP Funding
• A Design Toolkit for Knowledge Physicalisation and Augmentation, VLAIO Baekeland Mandate (Isaac Valadez)
• May AI Help You? Human-AI Interaction in End-User User Interface Development, FWO Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship (Dr. Audrey Sanctorum)
• Dynamic Data Physicalisation, Conceptual as well as software framework for the rapid prototyping and experimentation with dynamic data physicalisation solutions
• Tangible Holograms (TangHo), Augmentation of holograms (virtual objects) in a mixed reality environment with physical variables such as shape, texture or temperature for big data exploration
• Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures (CISA), Conceptual models and architectures for the representation and integration of information across media boundaries
• OpenHPS, Generic hybrid positioning system improving tracking by fusing different sensory data based on different algorithms
• Personalised Technology-enhanced Learning Environments, supporting learners via knowledge graphs and learning paths
• Context-aware Computing, context modelling and management framework for context-aware applications
• MindXpres, Towards an extensible content-driven cross-media presentation platform
• Multimodal and Multi-Touch Interaction, Declarative approach for multimodal and multi-touch human-computer interaction
• Personal Cross-Media Information Management, PIM across the digital and physical boundaries
• iServer, Cross-media Information Platform supporting the integration of physical and digital content
• Interactive Paper and iPaper, Interactive Paper framework for integrating paper and digital services and information
• PaperPoint, A paper-based presentation and lecture recording tool for PowerPoint
• iGesture, General gesture recognition framework

Past Projects and Applications

• TICKLE: Adaptive Persuasive ICT Tools to Tackle School Burnout Among Youngsters in Brussel, ICITY-RDI.BRU (European Regional Development Funds programme 2014-2020)
• Francqui Chair VUB 2019/2020, chair holder: Prof. Dr. Jean Vanderdonckt, Francqui Foundation
• Towards User-defined Cross-Device and Cross-Media Interaction, FWO PhD Scholarship (Dr. Audrey Sanctorum)
• A Unified Perspective on Personal Cross-Media Information Management, IWT PhD Scholarship (Dr. Sandra Trullemans)
• AR-FOR-EU: Augmented Reality in Formal European University Education (associated partner)
• A Dynamically Extensible Cross-Document Link Service, VUB PhD Scholarship (Dr. Ahmed A.O. Tayeh)
• New Possibilities for Print Media and Packaging - Combining Print with Digital, FPS COST Action FP1104
• A Declarative Approach for Engineering Multimodal Interaction, IWT PhD Scholarship (Dr. Lode Hoste)
• SpeeG, Speech- and gesture-based controller-free text entry
• ArtVis, Tangible interface for the exploration, analysis and browsing of digital artwork collections
• Mudra, A unified multimodal interaction framework
• Midas, A declarative multi-touch interaction framework
• Toward Cognitive Adaptive Edu-games, Horizontal Activity (HOA)
• iRead, Initiative to improve teaching aids (e.g. interactive paper) for rural areas of India in collaboration with the bj institute
• Augmented Live Performances, An augmented reality-based live performance application for Mental Nomad
• MobiCraNT: Second Generation Mobile Cross-Media Applications - Scalability, Heterogeneity and Legacy, IWOIB Strategic Platform Project
• Towards Context-aware Implicit Multimodal Human-Computer Interaction, IWT PhD Scholarship (Brecht De Rooms)
• iTable, An Anoto-based interactive tabletop
• Query by Sketching (QbS), A paper-based query interface for image retrieval
• Print-n-Link, Enhanced reading of scientific publications
• PaperProof, A paper-digital proof-editing system
• PaperWorks: Interweaving Paper and Digital Documents (EU STREP FP6-516895), European research project investigating how paper can be interweaved with digital information
• DELOS, Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries
• Paper++ (IST-2000-26130), European research project investigating the integration of paper and digital media (part of the Disappearing Computer Initiative)
• EdFest, Mobile information system for visitors to the Edinburgh festivals based on an interactive, digitally augmented paper guide
• The Lost Cosmonaut, Interactive Narrative based on interactive paper (part of the Artists in Labs programme by the HGKZ Zurich)
• Scientific Annotations, Supporting researchers in their annotations, recommendations and cross-referencing of articles
• Generosa Enterprise, Interactive installation for the 150 Years ETH Jubilee based on interactive paper
• Interactive Worksheet, A paper-digital interactive worksheet with embedded games for the Natural History Museum in London
• DiDA, Digitally augmented educational book directly linking to application logic (e.g. Microsoft Access)
• Mammography Screening, A prototype supporting the mammography screening process
• Zurich City Guide, A digitally augmented paper-based city guide
• Nature Encyclopaedia, An augmented version of Dorling Kindersley's Nature Encyclopaedia that has been developed as part of the European Paper++ project
• geco (Gesture Controller), An application for mapping mouse or pen-based gestures to short key presses and system commands
• XIMA, eXtensible Information Management Architecture enabling Universal Client Access to information based on XML and XSLT technologies