Research
End-User Development and Meta-Design
Methods for designing and evaluating interactive systems with domain experts
End-user development in specific application domains (e.g., e-government, industrial design, ambient intelligence)
Decision Support Systems
Collaboration support systems for emergency management
Support systems for clinical discussion documentation and analysis
Collaborative Robotics
End-user oriented interfaces for robot programming
Conversational interfaces
Web Accessibility and Quality of Web Sites
Design patterns for accessible rich internet applications
Quality models and evaluation techniques for web site quality
Interfaces for Smart Environments
End-user oriented interfaces for smart home configuration
Advanced models for human-home interaction
Universal Design and Social Inclusion
Mobile applications for indoor and outdoor accessible navigation
Advanced and accessible interaction with culturage heritage
In the past (from 1994 to 2000) I was involved in the following research activities:
- Logic programming and declarative languages for process coordination
- Agents and multi-agent systems with applications to control of autonomous mobile robots in simulated environments
- Knowledge engineering techniques for expert opinions on safety studies in nuclear installations
- Evaluation of safety-critical applications/software