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Politecnico di Torino

Politecnico di Torino. Fulvio Corno, Laura Farinetti, Alessandro Garbo, Isabella Signorile http://elite.polito.it. Kick-Off meeting 05-06/09/2004 Tampere, Finland. The University. Politecnico di Torino. Teaching. Research. Architecture (2 faculties).

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Politecnico di Torino

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  1. Politecnico di Torino Fulvio Corno, Laura Farinetti, Alessandro Garbo, Isabella Signorile http://elite.polito.it Kick-Off meeting 05-06/09/2004 Tampere, Finland

  2. The University Politecnico di Torino Teaching Research Architecture (2 faculties) Research Departments(18 departments) Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica (Computer science) Engineering (4 faculties) e-lite research group Facoltà di Ingegneria dell’Informazione (ICT) Service Centers (12 centers) • Est. 1859 (Royal Military School), re-est. 1906 (Public University) • 25.000 students, 115 degrees • 860 teaching staff • 800 technical/administrative staff • 7 locations Centro per i Servizi Teledidattici e Multimediali (CeTeM) LISAD laboratory

  3. The Department • Computer Science and Control Engineering • 58 Faculty, 40 PhD, 15 technical staff • In computer science: VLSI design and test, electronic design automation, data bases, computer networks, computer security, software engineering, web and distributed applications • 2nd most active Department in European projects • Faculty involved in BS, MS, PhD degrees in Computer Engineering and post-grad Masters

  4. The e-lite research group • Established in 2000 • 2 Faculty, 4 PhD students, 2 graduate engineers • Mission: e-learning, e-intelligence, e-interaction • Open to collaborations with other research groups and external entities • Previous experience • E-learning • Accessibility, assistive devices

  5. LISAD LISAD • Laboratorio per l’informatica, il supporto e l’accessibilità ai disabili (Laboratory for computers, support and accessibility to disabled students) • Availability of a range of assistive devices • Accessible to disabled student, enrolled in regular or e-learning courses • Accessibility for e-learning portal (courseware and student administration) and for didactical multimedia material • Service to other Centers of the Politecnico

  6. pr@ise pr@ise pr@ise pr@ise INTEGRA Integrando las Nuevas Tecnologías en la Escuela eLearning System for Water and Environmental Studies Current research projects PiemonteVirtuale

  7. Current research projects • CABLE: Case-Based Learning for Educators (Socrates-Minerva, coord.), 2003-2005 • PRAISE: Peer Review Network Applying Intelligence to Social Work Education (eLearning), 2004-2005 • Olympia: e-Learning environment in sports training (Leonardo), 2003-2004 • INTEGRA: Integrando las Nuevas Tecnologías en la Escuela (@LIS – Alliance for the Information Society), 2003-2006 • COGAIN: Communication by Gaze Interaction (FP6/NoE), 2004-2009 • eSWES: e-Learning System for Water and Environments Studies (Tempus), 2004-2005 • Passepartout: Information service for disabled in City of Torino • PiemonteVirtuale: Virtual environment encompassing all the region Piemonte for information, services, entertainment • Telecom Italia Lab: Semantically enabled automatic composition of web services

  8. Research topics

  9. Research – Eye tracking

  10. Research – Digital TV and Domotics

  11. Research – Semantic Web • User modeling • Action prediction • Context-aware applications • Intelligent “transparent” search • Easy-to-integrate platform • Multilingual

  12. User groups involvement LISAD Istituto Superiore Mario Boella Politecnico di Torino • Public-private foundation • ICT development for existing and new SME • Social impact of ICT • Research laboratories • Services applications • Usability e-lite LISAD • Disabled students • Distance students Co-located - Existing research collaborations CETAD Fondazione Don Gnocchi • Center of information and exhibition of technologies for elderly and disabled • Domotics • Nation-wide charity foundation • Rehabilitation and consultancy center

  13. People involved in COGAIN Fulvio Corno (project responsible, e-lite) Laura Farinetti (assistant professor, e-lite) Isabella Signorile (graduate technical, LISAD) • Partial involvement of other PhD students • Focused collaboration with other research groups Alessandro Garbo (PhD, e-lite)

  14. Main role in COGAIN • WP1: Participation in community building • WP3: User involvement • WP4: Gaze communication systems • Versatile and adaptive platform • Web usability • WP5: Eye tracker development • Eye-tracking (multiple low-cost cameras) • Head- and eye-tracking

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