Multimodal Intelligent Information Presentation

by Stock, Oliviero; Zancanaro, Massimo

• ISBN13: 9781402030499
• ISBN10: 1402030495
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Intelligent Multimodal Information Presentation relates to the ability of a computer system to automatically produce interactive information presentations, taking into account the specifics about the user, such as needs, interests and knowledge, and engaging in a collaborative interaction that helps the retrieval of relevant information and its understanding on the part of the user.The volume includes descriptions of some of the most representative recent works on Intelligent Information Presentation and a view of the challenges ahead.Audience: practitioners of the field of human - computer interfaces; larger audience interested in the issues related to the effectiveness of information presentation in different scenarios, including educational entertainment and electronic commerce.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	vii
Part I: LIFE LIKE CHARACTERS
I. POGGI, C. PELACHAUD, F. DE ROSIS, V. CAROFIGLIO AND B. DE CAROLIS
Greta. A Believable Embodied Conversational Agent	3	(24)
P. PAGGIO AND B. JONGEJAN
Multimodal Communication in Virtual Environments	27	(20)
M. THEUNE, D. HEYLEN AND A. NIJHOLT
Generating Embodied Information Presentations	47	(24)
Part II: MOBILE PRESENTATIONS
J. BAUS, A. KRÜGER AND C. STAHL
Resource-Adaptive Personal Navigation	71	(24)
O. STOCK, M. ZANCANARO AND E. NOT
Intelligent Interactive Information Presentation for Cultural Tourism	95	(18)
T. RIST
Supporting Mobile Users Through Adaptive Information Presentation	113	(30)
Part III: NATURAL LANGUAGE GENERATION
E. ANDRÉ, K. CONCEPCION, I. MANI AND L. VAN GUILDER
AutoBriefer: A System for Authoring Narrated Briefings	143	(16)
G. CARENINI AND C. CONATI
Generating Tailored Worked-Out Problem Solutions to Help Students Learn from Examples	159	(18)
J. CALDER, A.C. MELENGOGLOU, C. CALLAWAY, E. NOT, F. PIANESI, I. ANDROUTSOPOULOS, C.D. SPYROPOULOS, G. XYDAS, G. KOUROUPETROGLOU AND M. ROUSSOU
Multilingual Personalized Information Objects	177	(26)
P. PIWEK, R. POWER, D. SCOTT AND K. VAN DEEMTER
Generating Multimedia Presentations from Plain Text to Screen Play	203	(24)
C. ZINN, J.D. MOORE AND M.G. CORE
Intelligent Information Presentation for Tutoring Systems	227	(28)
Part IV: VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY
B. BELL, S. FEINER AND T. HÖLLERER
Maintaining Visibility Constraints for View Management in 3D User Interfaces	255	(24)
W. SWARTOUT, J. GRATCH, R. HILL, E. HOVY, R. LINDHEIM, S. MARSELLA, J. RICKEL AND D. TRAUM
Simulation Meets Hollywood	279	(26)
P.L. WEISS
Presentation Technologies for People With Disabilities	305	(20)
Part V: FUTURE DIRECTIONS
H. BUNT, M. KIPP, M. MAYBURY AND W. WAHLSTER
Fusion and Coordination for Multimodal Interactive Information Presentation	325	(16)
INDEX	341