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Human computer interaction

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Automated Semantic Understanding Of Human Emotions In Writing And Speech, Ricardo A. Calix Jan 2011

Automated Semantic Understanding Of Human Emotions In Writing And Speech, Ricardo A. Calix

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Affective Human Computer Interaction (A-HCI) will be critical for the success of new technologies that will prevalent in the 21st century. If cell phones and the internet are any indication, there will be continued rapid development of automated assistive systems that help humans to live better, more productive lives. These will not be just passive systems such as cell phones, but active assistive systems like robot aides in use in hospitals, homes, entertainment room, office, and other work environments. Such systems will need to be able to properly deduce human emotional state before they determine how to best interact with …


Communication Blades: Modular Communications For Tangible And Embedded Interfaces, Karun Kumar Kallakuri Jan 2006

Communication Blades: Modular Communications For Tangible And Embedded Interfaces, Karun Kumar Kallakuri

LSU Master's Theses

Bladed Tiles is a modular hardware toolkit for building tangible and embedded interface devices. It includes “function blades” and “interaction tiles,” which can provide a flexible, inexpensive, open-ended platform for constructing a wide variety of tangible and embedded interfaces. In this paper, we propose Communication Blades. These are a class of electronic modules with varied computational capabilities for interfacing devices built using bladed tiles toolkit and also for interfacing embedded devices as adapters with external communication networks. These blades provide flexibility by offering the ability to select between different communication technologies and connectivity by providing devices with interoperability over different …