Distance education using the high-resolution video image has become popular according to the expansion of broadband networks. However, conventional distance learning systems lack ...
Abstract. Scheduling staff shift work in a hospital ward is a well-known problem in the operation research field but, as such, it is very often studied from the algorithmic point o...
Carmelo Ardito, Paolo Buono, Maria Francesca Costa...
Retrieving the stylus of a pen-based device takes time and requires a second hand. Especially for short intermittent interactions many users therefore choose to use their bare fin...
This paper presents an educational distributed virtual reality-based environment for children called EVE - Environnement Virtuel pour Enfants. EVE is used in elementary schools fr...
In this paper we present our study on expressive gibberish speech synthesis as a means for affective communication between computing devices, such as a robot or an avatar, and thei...