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ICT work programme 2014-2015 ICT 22 Multimodal and natural computer interaction Aleksandra Wesolowska ( Unit G.3 - Data Value Chain) Juan Pelegrin (Unit G.4 - Inclusion, skills & youth) Philippe Gelin (Unit G.2 – Creativity).
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ICT work programme 2014-2015 ICT 22 Multimodal and naturalcomputer interactionAleksandra Wesolowska (Unit G.3 - Data Value Chain) Juan Pelegrin(Unit G.4 - Inclusion, skills & youth) Philippe Gelin (Unit G.2 – Creativity)
Multimodal & Natural human-computer interaction ICT 22 – 2014 – Call 1 • Rationale • systems and devices are becoming more and more powerful • the human-computer interface is lagging behind • bottleneck for efficient and seamless use • Objective • achieve transparency and invisibility of technology • effortless, effective human-machine dialogue • easy use of complex and powerful systems, easy access to information • Multidisciplinary research: communication technologies, language/speech processing, cognitive & behavioural analysis, creative industries… • Various uses: search, information retrieval, elderly, people with special needs, designers/artists...
Multimodal & Natural human-computer interaction ICT 22 – R&I action (a) • Several research projects (budget: 7,5 MEUR) on advanced human machine interaction • interactive, intuitive,multimodal systems: natural ways of delivering answers to user queries • human-like social agents: communicative, conversational, affective and social capabilities • autonomous: able to learn and react proactively to new situations • conversational/spoken interaction: able to cope with spontaneous dialogue, in multiple languages • knowledge-based agents: able to find, retrieve, combine/integrate information from many sources • multiple delivery platforms for developed technologies • research based on and/or producing freely available & reusable resources
Multimodal & Natural ICT 22 – R&I action (a)human-computer interaction Expected impact • Improve multilingual speech processing and bridge the gap between recognition and synthesis, exploiting metadata and other contextual data • Increase the automatic inferences capacities on rich context thanks to improved language understanding, sensed environments/objects, use of social media and agent’s experience ICT 22 – R&I action (a)
Multimodal & Natural ICT 22 – R&I action (b)human-computer interaction Expected impact • R&I projects on Multimodal and Natural interaction • (Budget: 16 MEUR) • Develop multi modal & adaptive interfaces (inc. BNCI) to assist people with disabilities • Research: • User interaction with intelligent systems • user modelling • How to detect behaviours • Interoperability standards • Interaction and cooperation between machine and human intelligence • Advance human machine interaction to enable disabled/ elderly to participate fully in society
Multimodal & Natural ICT 22 – Innovation action (c) human-computer interaction • Several Innovation projects on multimodal interfaces (7,5 MEUR) • Whatisexected • more efficient and natural ways of interacting with computers • improve users' experience. • How • Create non-intrusive interaction with humans where real and virtual content are blended. • StartingFrom • one or multiple smart devices and sensors • (scene analysis, voice recognition, human position, gestures and body language detection,…) • Thanks to • Built with a user centric approach • Result: • cost effective; • address clear market needs • be validated (in domains such as those of the creative industries fields.)
Multimodal & Natural ICT 22 – Innovation action (c)human-computer interaction Expected impact • Enable better uses of ICT technologies within the creative industries by providing directly usable solutions addressing their specific needs. • Provide a largespill over of the knowledge acquired to a maximum of European industries. • Improve the competitive position of the European industries through the provision of cost effective, innovative and high-value products and services. ICT 22 – R&I action (a)
Thank you!ICT 22 action (a)Aleksandra.Wesolowska@ec.europa.euICT 22 action (b)Juan.Pelegrin@ec.europa.eu ICT 22 action (c)Philippe.Gelin@ec.europa.eu