Research

Real Phase 1: Resource Adaptive Localization

Ready Phase 1: User oriented Resource Adapting

Verbmobil was a long-term project of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMBF, Projekträger DLR). After the successful evaluation of the research prototype on October 24, 1996, in Munich, the project ontinued into its second phase until the year 2000. Its aim was to give Germany a top international position in language technology and its economical application in the next millenium by cooperation and concentration of as many specialists as possible from industry and science. The long-sighted aim reached, was the development of a mobile translation system for the translation of spontaneous speech in face-to-face situations.

Real Phase 2 : Resource Adaptive Navigation Aids

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Computational Linguistics and Language Technology for Real Life Applications / Mobile and Multi Modal Interaction

UbisWorld is a research project about Web 3.0, extending the initial research about Ubiquitous User Modeling. It is a framework for students (bachelor, master, and php) at the chair of Prof. Wahlster as well as the DFKI. It is run by the UbisGroup, lead by Dominikus Heckmann.

The objective of Peach is that of studying and experimenting with advanced technologies that can enhance cultural heritage appreciation by creating an interactive and personalized guide. The project is funded by the Autonomous Province of Trento under the Fondo Unico program. The two major partners are ITC-irst and DFKI. The DFKI is developing a life-like character technology working on both stationary- and mobile systems in a coherent way.

Real Phase 3: Dialogue Interaction in Instrumented Environments

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The goal of FLUIDUM is to develop common interaction techniques and metaphors for differently scaled ubiquitous computing scenarios. In analogy to a window manager for desktop PCs, an environment manager for ubiquitous computing environments (Fluid Manager) will be developed and tested within the scenarios of an instrumented desk (Fluid Desk), an instrumented room (Fluid Room) and an instrumented building (Fluid Building).

SPECTER: Context- and Affect-Aware Personal Assistance in Instrumented Environments

SPECTER is a personal assistant that keeps track of its user's actions and affective states. It creates a personal journal which, together with a user model learned on the basis of it, supports the generation of context-appropriate recommendations and actions.

Application scenarios for SPECTER include visits of company representatives to other companies, participation in trade fairs, and assistance during shopping trips. In order to demonstrate the project goals a prototype is currently developed, which combines semantic web technologies with an instrumented environment.

Research in the SPECTER project addresses six interrelated topics, focusing primarily on issues that have received relatively little attention in previous research.

Combining REAL and READY: User Adaptation in Instrumented Environments

TB2: Resource-adaptive Navigation

Complete redesign of the website http://w5.cs.uni-sb.de using 'Ruby on Rails'.

Generic Responsive Adaptive Personalized Learning Environment