Multimodal Integration for Advanced Multimedia Interfaces

Obiettivo

The project aims at developing approaches for building intergrated representations of multimedia data by modelling certain basic properties of the Human Information Processing system (HIP). In MIAMI, we want to study full multimodality aspects in accessing, representing and producing multimedia information by visual, acoustical and tactile/gestural systems. The main aspect studied is how to build intergrated representations of different modalities as they occur at many levels of processing. This integration is useful, both in the disambiguation of the human input to the system and in the disambiguation of the system output.

APPROACH AND METHODS

MIAMI aims to follow the human information processing by providing and analyzing data on selected aspects of human multimodal data processing, and by devising an architecture for revealing and exploiting its integrative capabilities. To avoid bottlenecks, a systematic, bottom-up approach combining accumulated knowledge, psychophysical experiments and deductive thinking is applied to developing new algorithms, their experimental verification and practical applications. The application side is stressed by developing two typical scenarios for multimedia information acquisition, representation, and use. The first scenario is related to symbolic information retrieval and develops an "Information City" metaphor. The second scenario is related to the interaction and manipulation in information space as exemplified by teleoperation. The scenarios cover fundamental aspects of multimedia data handling and are close to practical applications.

POTENTIAL

Multimedia is the technology of the future and this project is of primary importance for next generation information processing systems. These systems will be evolving from the present "computers" to integrated information assistants, managers and communicators. This project is focused on a central issue of the integrated handling of information acquired by different modalities and presented in a multimedia context. The ideas, models, and algorithms produced in this project are most likely to exert a profound influence on a whole range of future information technology products.

Campo scientifico

• scienze umanistiche › arte › arte moderna e contemporanea › radio e televisione
• scienze naturali › informatica e scienze dell'informazione › scienza dei dati › trattamento dei dati

Programma(i)

• FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994

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Coordinatore

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT NIJMEGEN

Indirizzo

Montessorilaan, 39104
6500 HE Nijmegen
Paesi Bassi

Partecipanti (5)

ICP UNIVERSITY STENDHAL

Francia

Indirizzo

38040 Grenoble

RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Finlandia

Indirizzo

Kanslerinkatu, 12c, 553
33101 Tampere

RUHR-UNIVERSITY BOCHUM

Germania

Indirizzo

Universitätsstraße 150
44780 Bochum

Università degli Studi di Genova

Italia

Indirizzo

Via Opera Pia 11/a
16145 Genova

Universität Fridericana Karlsruhe (Technische Hochschule)

Germania

Indirizzo

Kaiserstraße 12
76128 Karlsruhe