2 December 2005 Cross-Media Technologies, Information Science and Human-Information Interaction Prof. Dr. Beat Signerbeatsigner.com Prof. Dr. Beat Signer beatsigner.com Web Information Systems Engineering Lab Department of Computer Science Vrije Universiteit Brussel Web & Information Systems Engineering Lab Department of Computer Science Vrije Universiteit Brussel logo.wmf WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING WEB & INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 

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Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 3 May 21, 2025 Courses 

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Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 5 May 21, 2025 Information Systems & Management Information Visualisation & Navigation Information Visualisation nd Navigation Human-Machine & Human-Information Interaction CISA RSL [4] MindXpres [8] OC2 [5] associative file system [2] associative file system [2] data-driven storytelling [11] XIMA [13] cross-device interaction [9] iServer/iPaper [3] ViDaX [16] data physicalisation [32] OpenHPS [18] non-linear storytelling [27] PaperProof [29] iGesture [23] PaperSketch [30] TangHo [31] Context Modelling Toolkit [10] Midas [21] SpeeG2 [24] PaperPoint [26] Print-n-Link [17] digital libraries [12] Mudra [22] mixed reality [28] ArtVis [15] open cross-media linking [1] PimVis [14] DocTr [6] EdFest [25] source code visualisation [19] INFEX [7] technology-enhanced learning [20] Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 6 May 21, 2025 Prof. Dr. Beat Signer Cross-Media Technology, Interac- tive Paper, Data Physicalisation Dr. Audrey Sanctorum User-defined XDI and IoT Inter- action, Human-AI Interaction CISA Human-Machine & Human-Information Interaction Information Systems & Management Information Visualisation & Navigation logo.wmf WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING WEB & INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Maxim Van de Wynckel Interoperable Positioning Systems, Implicit HCI Ingela Rossing Dynamic Data Physicalisation Framework and Guidelines CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) A close-up of a person smiling Description automatically generated 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 7 May 21, 2025 logo.wmf WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING WEB & INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CISA Human-Machine & Human-Information Interaction Information Systems & Management Information Visualisation & Navigation CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) Bingyan Lee Next Generation User Interfaces for Human-Information Interaction Isaac Valadez Knowledge Physicalisation and Augmentation, Tangible UIs Yoshi Malaise Technology-enhanced Learning, Content-driven Presentations Qi Xu Next Generation Scholarly Workflows, Cross-Media PIM A person with glasses and a white background Description automatically generated A person with long hair Description automatically generated with low confidence 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 8 May 21, 2025 logo.wmf WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING WEB & INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CISA Human-Machine & Human-Information Interaction Information Systems & Management Information Visualisation & Navigation CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) Piet Van Der Paelt Julia-based Framework for Simulation and Optimisation Ekene Attoh IoT Middleware, Context-aware Computing, Implicit HCI Xuyao Zhang Extensible Platform for Dynamic Data Physicalisation Patrick Sello Digital Twin for Healthcare, Federated Learning 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 9 May 21, 2025 logo.wmf WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING WEB & INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CISA Human-Machine & Human-Information Interaction Information Systems & Management Information Visualisation & Navigation CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) Arun Sojan Physicalisation for Digital Twins Evan Cole Technology-enhanced Learning, Study Lenses A person wearing glasses Description automatically generated with medium confidence 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 10 May 21, 2025 RSL Hypermedia Metamodel iwebfirefox movieplugin ipaper Global Information Systems Group, ETH Zurich 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 11 May 21, 2025 Personal Information Management (PIM) ▪ Keeping, organising and re-finding information ▪ digital and physical ▪ Study of human- information interaction ▪ files, piles, mixtures, … ▪ Cross-Media PIM system ▪ explicit as well as implicit associations between entities ▪ Next generation scholarly workflows 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 12 May 21, 2025 PimVis Setup 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 13 May 21, 2025 Mixed Reality in IoT Environments ▪ eSPACE IoT platform ▪ end-user authoring ▪ mashup tool for digital and physical (IoT) components ▪ Context Modelling Toolkit (CMT) ▪ OpenHPS hybrid positioning system ▪ stream-based processing ▪ interoperability ▪ discoverability Elena Zambon 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 14 May 21, 2025 Dynamic Data Physicalisation ▪ Physical objects used for input as well as output ▪ Dynamic data physicali- sation ▪ experimental tangible holo- grams (TangHo) platform ▪ use physical variables such as temperature or texture ▪ exploration of big data sets ▪ dynamic data physicalisation framework - data physicalisation grammar 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 15 May 21, 2025 Real-Time Cross-Media Data Exploration 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 16 May 21, 2025 MindXpres Presentation Platform ▪ Extensible prototyping platform for novel presen- tation concepts ▪ content-based approach - separation of content and presen- tation (automatic visualisation) ▪ cross-media content reuse ▪ non-linear navigation via zoomable user interface ▪ connectivity and interactivity ▪ Rich-media plug-ins ▪ e.g.source code or interactive data visualisation Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 17 May 21, 2025 Interactive Source Code Plug-in Paul Mestereaga 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 18 May 21, 2025 Personalised Learning Environments ▪ Diagnostic assessments to detect knowledge gaps ▪ Suggestion of learning content ▪ domain knowledge graph ▪ user knowledge graph ▪ learning paths ▪ Automatic content adap- tation ▪ based on user preferences and constraints Enhanced Curriculum Assessments Tagged Learning Content Knowledge Graphs Adaptive Learning Content Learning Paths Knowledge Representation Framework Assessment Module Assessment Analyser Knowledge Gap Analyser Adaptive Learning Environment Suggestion Module User Knowledge Graph Personalised Presentation Module Learner Constraints Groups Module 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 19 May 21, 2025 Next-Gen Human-Information Interaction 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 20 May 21, 2025 Are You Interested in a Thesis? ▪ Possibilities for MA and PhD theses ▪ Dynamic Data Physicalisation ▪ Personal Information Management (PIM) - next generation scholarly workflows ▪ Technology-enhanced Learning ▪ Innovative Mixed Reality Interfaces - paper-digital interaction - AR-based human-information interaction, … ▪ Next Generation Presentation Solutions (e.g. MindXpres) ▪ Human-AI Interaction and Digital Twin Solutions ▪ Hybrid Positioning and Implicit Human-Computer Interaction ▪ Smart Environments and Cross-Domain Internet of Things (IoT) ▪ ... ▪ Do you have your own ideas? Come along to discuss them ... 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 21 May 21, 2025 References ▪ B. Signer, Fundamental Concepts for Interactive Paper and Cross-Media Information Spaces, Second Edition, ISBN 978-3-8370-2713-6, August 2017 cover2.jpg B. Signer, Pen-based Interaction, Handbook of Human Computer Interaction, Major Reference Work, Springer Nature, 2025  https://beatsigner.com/publications/pen-based-interaction.pdf 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 22 May 21, 2025 References … ▪ B. Signer, Towards Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures, Proceedings of RCIS 2019, Brussels, Belgium, May 2019 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_RCIS2019.pdf ▪ B. Signer and M.C. Norrie, As We May Link: A General Metamodel for Hypermedia Systems, Proceedings of ER 2007, 26th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2007 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_ER2007.pdf 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 23 May 21, 2025 References … ▪ B. Signer, What is Wrong with Digital Documents? A Conceptual Model for Structural Cross-Media Content Composition and Reuse, Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2010), Vancouver, Canada, November 2010 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_ER2010.pdf ▪ R. Roels and B. Signer, A Conceptual Framework and Content Model for Next Generation Presentation Solutions, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI), 3(Issue EICS), June 2019 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/roels_PACMHCI2019.pdf 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 24 May 21, 2025 References … ▪ B. Signer, P. Ebrahimi, T.J. Curtin and A. K.A. Abdullah, Towards a Framework for Dynamic Data Physicalisation, International Workshop Toward a Design Language for Data Physicalization, Berlin, Germany, October 2018 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_DataPhys2018.pdf ▪ B. Signer and T.J. Curtin, Tangible Holograms Towards Mobile Physical Augmentation of Virtual Objects, Technical Report WISE Lab, WISE-2017-01, March 2017 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_arXiv2017.pdf 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 25 May 21, 2025 References … ▪ A. Sanctorum and B. Signer, A Unifying Reference Framework and Model for Adaptive Distributed Hybrid User Interfaces, Proceedings of RCIS 2019, 13th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, Brussels, Belgium, May 2019 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/sanctorum_RCIS2019.pdf ▪ M. Van de Wynckel and B. Signer, OpenHPS: An Open Source Hybrid Positioning System, Technical Report WISE Lab, WISE-2020-01, December 2020 ▪ https://beatsigner.com//publications/vanDeWynckel_CoRR2020.pdf 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 26 May 21, 2025 References … ▪ R. Roels and B. Signer, MindXpres: An Extensible Content-driven Cross-Media Presentation Platform, Proceedings of WISE 2014, 15th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, October, 2014 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/roels_WISE2014.pdf ▪ R. Roels, P. Mestereaga and B. Signer, An Interactive Source Code Visualisation Plug-in for the MindXpres Presentation Platform, Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS), 583, 2016 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/roels_CCIS2016.pdf 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 27 May 21, 2025 References … ▪ Y. Malaise and B. Signer, Personalised Learning Environments Based on Knowledge Graphs and the Zone of Proximal Development, Proceedings of CSEDU 2022, 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, April 2022 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/malaise_CSEDU2022.pdf ▪ S. Trullemans, A. Sanctorum and B. Signer, PimVis: Exploring and Re-finding Documents in Cross- Media Information Spaces, Proceedings of AVI 2016, International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, Bari, Italy, June 2016 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/trullemans_AVI2016.pdf 

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 28 May 21, 2025 References … ▪ WISE Website ▪ https://wise.vub.ac.be ▪ research: https://wise.vub.ac.be/research-topics ▪ courses: https://wise.vub.ac.be/courses ▪ past theses: https://wise.vub.ac.be/past-theses ▪ MindXpres ▪ https://mindxpres.com ▪ OpenHPS ▪ https://openhps.org