Faculty Projects
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CycleTalk: Dialogue Technology for Supporting Simulation Based Learning
In the CycleTalk project, we are developing a new collaborative learning support approach that makes use of tutorial dialogue technology in th...
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Supporting Virtual Math Teams with Language Technologies
In collaboration with Gerry Stahl and the Math Forum at Drexel University, this project seeks to develop a technological augmentation to avail...
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Digital Bridges: On-Line Education Fostering Partnerships for Research and Teaching
The key idea of the Digital Bridges project is to extend existing resources for technology-based education to create a vibrant environment for...
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Dynamic Support for Computer-Mediated Intercultural Communication
This project seeks to provide a new integration of theories and methods from the fields of CSCW and CSCL that will advance both areas individu...
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ACT-R
The ACT-R project focuses on developing a robust and general cognitive architecture and applying it to the modeling of human interaction with ...
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Design Research in HCI
This project investigates the role of Design and Design Thinking in HCI research and practice. On the research side, the work investigates how...
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Sonic Flashlight
Our objective is to permit in situ visualization of ultrasound images so that direct hand-eye coordination can be employed during invasive pro...
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The Product Ecology Theory
The product ecology is a way to understand and design for different social relationships and experiences that people develop with intelligent ...
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The SenseChair
The SenseChair provides comfort and support for elders who spend long periods of time seated in the same chair, restoring independence and dig...
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Usability and Software Architecture
The usability analyses or user test data are in; the development team is poised to respond. When the usability problems are presented, someone...
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Natural Programming
The goal of the Natural Programming project is to make computer programming more accessible to novice, professional and end-user programmers. ...
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User-Constructed Workflows
This project develops mixed-initiative interfaces designed to allow administrators to construct their own workflows and train agents to perfor...
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DigitalSelf
This project explores product opportunities for scaffolding the social role transition experienced by teens as they shed their high school ide...
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Supporting Trust Decisions
People are increasingly being asked to make trust decisions online: should I open this email? Should I click on this link? Should I enter in m...
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Conversation With the Immaterial Material of Software
Designers creatively investigate many possible solution by engaging in reflective conversations with materials. For example, industrial design...
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Pebbles
The Pebbles project is exploring how Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), such as the Palm Handheld or a device running the Microsoft Windows C...
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Scalable Cognitive Modeling Through Compositional Reuse
Cognitive modeling can scale affordably, and be routinely and efficiently applied to large complex tasks, only if it becomes an exercise of co...
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The Hug
The Hug, a soft, huggable robot that uses sensing technology and wireless telephony, was designed to provide social and emotional support for ...
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Informedia Digital Video Library
Informedia is applying automated video and audio indexing and video portal development in support of oral history collections, based on pionee...