Objective The objective of this project is to create environments in which computers serve humans who focus on interacting with other humans instead of having to attend to and being preoccupied with the machines themselves. Instead of computers operating in an isolated manner and "humans [thrust] in the loop [of computers]", we will put Computers in the Human Interaction Loop (CHIL). We will design Computer Services that will observe humans and guess the state of their activities and intentions. Using the complete perceptual context, the CHIL computers will be enabled to provide assistance implicitly, requiring a minimum of human attention or interruptions.To achieve this overall vision, a broad set of key scientific issues is proposed:- Multimodal Perceptual User Interfaces that observe, recognize, fuse, and interpret all available cues and clues to explain human-human activities and intentions. Fundamental new algorithms are needed to achieve these capabilities- Quantifiable cognitive and social models of human interaction, productivity and workload. Issues of privacy and control must be explored to understand socially appropriate interaction principles- A suite of Services that instantiate CHIL Computing based on perceptual context awareness and understanding of human activity. These services must balance implicit and explicit computer interaction, and must deliver information in an appropriate manner. Services include better ways of connecting people (without phone-tag), supporting human memory and providing support, e.g. in offices or during lectures.- An infrastructure that supports CHIL Services including "Autonomic Computing", self-healing and self-maintaining software, flexible architecture and a networked infrastructure integrating devices intermittently and dynamically. The resulting shift from HCI only, to increased reliance on human-human interaction is expected to lead to human productivity gains and reduced computer frustration. The objective of this project is to create environments in which computers serve humans who focus on interacting with other humans instead of having to attend to and being preoccupied with the machines themselves. Instead of computers operating in an isolated manner and "humans [thrust] in the loop [of computers]", we will put Computers in the Human Interaction Loop (CHIL). We will design Computer Services that will observe humans and guess the state of their activities and intentions. Using the complete perceptual context, the CHIL computers will be enabled to provide assistance implicitly, requiring a minimum of human attention or interruptions.To achieve this overall vision, a broad set of key scientific issues is proposed:- Multimodal Perceptual User Interfaces that observe, recognize, fuse, and interpret all available cues and clues to explain human-human activities and intentions. Fundamental new algorithms are needed to achieve these capabilities- Quantifiable cognitive and social models of human interaction, productivity and workload. Issues of privacy and control must be explored to understand socially appropriate interaction principles- A suite of Services that instantiate CHIL Computing based on perceptual context awareness and understanding of human activity. These services must balance implicit and explicit computer interaction, and must deliver information in an appropriate manner. Services include better ways of connecting people (without phone-tag), supporting human memory and providing support, e.g. in offices or during lectures.- An infrastructure that supports CHIL Services including "Autonomic Computing", self-healing and self-maintaining software, flexible architecture and a networked infrastructure integrating devices intermittently and dynamically. The resulting shift from HCI only, to increased reliance on human-human interaction is expected to lead to human productivity gains and reduced computer frustration. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2002-2.3.1.6 - Multimodal interfaces Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme IP - Integrated Project Coordinator FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. EU contribution No data Address Fraunhoferstrasse 1 76131 Karlsruhe Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (15) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY United States EU contribution No data Address CMU LTI/ NSH 4502, 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Université de Paris Sud Bâtiment 508 91403 ORSAY See on map Total cost No data DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG Germany EU contribution No data Address Wilhelm-Runge-Strasse 11 89013 Ulm See on map Total cost No data EVALUATIONS AND LANGUAGE RESOURCES DISTRIBUTION AGENCY France EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data IBM CESKA REPUBLIKA, SPOL. S R.O. 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