:: CLUE Lab ::

Human-Computer Interaction

Human–computer interaction is the study of interaction between people (users) and computers. It is often regarded as the intersection of computer science, behavioral sciences, design and several other fields of study.The following definition is given by the Association for Computing Machinery:

"Human-computer interaction is a discipline concerned with the design, evaluation and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them."

Current Projects

Recent research projects include:

• Text Entry on touchscreen devices;
• Visualization of user behaviour on the Web
• Visualization of students' behaviour during on-line tests

Past Research 

The main topics of our past research have been 3D metaphores for the remote control of so called Smart Home systems, Ambient Intelligence for cultural heritage, empyrical methods for the definition of menu clustering and interfaces for automotive systems. In particular, in the latter topic, the activity has focused on the definition of a multimodal interface, capable of improving the exploitation of sensorial channels alternative to sight to minimize the visual workload of the driver. The fulcrum of the proposal is an innovative interactive device which allows the driver to manage most of the functionalities of the data transmission system.

Publications

Our recent Publications in Human-Computer Interaction research:

2011

• Gennaro Costagliola; Vittorio Fuccella; Michele Di Capua. A Comparison of Gesture Interpretation TEchniques for KeyScretch Text Entry Method Proceedings of Sketch Recognition Workshop. Pp. 47-51
• Costagliola, Gennaro; Fuccella, Vittorio; Michele Di, Capua. Text Entry with KeyScretch Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces. Pp. 277-286

2010

• G. COSTAGLIOLA; HAMMOND T; PLIMMER B. Editorial of the JVLC Special Issue on Sketch Computation JOURNAL OF VISUAL LANGUAGES AND COMPUTING Vol. 21-2. Pp. 67-68
• G. COSTAGLIOLA; DI CAPUA M; FUCCELLA V. Improving Accuracy of Gestural Text Entry Through Sketch Recognition Techniques SkCHI: Designing Sketch Recognition Interfaces. A CHI 2010 Workshop. Pp. 1-6
• Costagliola, Gennaro; Fuccella, Vittorio; Michele Di, Capua. Interpreting Gestures for Text Entry on Touch Screen Devices Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems. Pp. 315-320 (download draft)

2009

• Costagliola, Gennaro; DI CAPUA, M; Fuccella, Vittorio; Guardi, G.. Performances of Multiple-Selection Enabled Menus in Soft Keyboards DMS'09. Pp. 359-364 (download draft)
• Costagliola, Gennaro; Fuccella, Vittorio. A Visual System for Analyzing User Behaviour in Web Tasks VL/HCC'09. Pp. 101-104 (download draft)
• Costagliola, Gennaro; Fuccella, Vittorio. Fine-Grained Analysis of Web Tasks through Data Visualization Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Web Engineering Vol. 5648. Pp. 1-15 (download draft)

2007

• COSTAGLIOLA G.; DI MARTINO S; FERRUCCI F; CAPONE P. AI@GM: an Ambient Intelligent application for Cultural Heritage Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems, DMS 2007. Pp. 93-98

2006

• Costagliola, Gennaro; DI MARTINO, S.; Ferrucci, Filomena. A Simulation Environment to Evaluate Driver Performances while Interacting with Telematics Systems Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems Vol. 5. Pp. 3-10
• C. Coppola; G. Costagliola; S. Di Martino; F. Ferrucci; T. Pacelli. A FUZZY-BASED DISTANCE TO IMPROVE EMPIRICAL METHODS FOR MENU CLUSTERING Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2006). Pp. 59-64
• COSTAGLIOLA G.; S. DI MARTINO; F. FERRUCCI. Vehicular Telematics Systems Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, E-Government and Mobile Commerce. Pp. 1146-1151

2005

• G. COSTAGLIOLA; S. DI MARTINO; F. FERRUCCI; TORTORA G.. A 3D Interaction Metaphor for Remote Control of Smart Home Systems Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS’05). Pp. 172-177
• COSTAGLIOLA G.; DI MARTINO S; FERRUCCI F. A Framework for the Evaluation of Automotive Telematics Systems ICEIS 2005, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. Pp. 3-11
• G. COSTAGLIOLA; S. DI MARTINO; FERRUCCI F.; G. OLIVIERO; U. MONTEMURRO; A. PALIOTTI. A Multimodal Interface for Automotive Information Systems Proceedings of the 4th Italian Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction (HCItaly 2005). Pp. 50-55