Research activity at Media Lab Europe was organized into groups, each
headed by a principal investigator. These groups combined a wide range
of skills, disciplines, and interests, and they collaborated internally
and with other universities and research institutes across Europe.
Each group had a theme that related to Intimate Interfaces, and
researchers had substantial freedom to work together in identifying
and pursuing their ideas around these themes with passion and
enthusiasm.
Adaptive Speech Interfaces
Fred Cummins | bringing language and gesture together to help humans interact with complex systems |
Common Sense
Kenneth Haase | systems that learn from experience, draw on deep backgrounds of understanding, and understand the world in multiple divergent but mutually supporting ways |
Everyday Learning
Carol Strohecker | creative tools and environments for learning through life and lifetime |
Human Connectedness
Stefan Agamanolis | the future of human relationships as mediated by technology |
Liminal Devices
Rebecca Allen | the merge of virtual and physical reality, to reveal new arena for creative expression and to enhance our understanding of the world around us and the world within us |
MindGames
Gary McDarby | the use of affective feedback - defined as a combination of intelligent biofeedback and sensory immersive environments - to constructively affect a persons state of mind |
Palpable Machines
Sile O'Modhrain | the inter-dependent nature of sensory perception as a potentially powerful means of enhancing interaction with computer-based tools and devices |
Story Networks
Glorianna Davenport | customisable, personalisable storyteller systems which dynamically serve and adapt to a widely dispersed society of audience |
Trusting Technologies
Piotr Cofta | exploration into building, maintaining and restoring trust so that people can trust trustworthy technology and technology can trust trustworthy people |
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