Introduction
Research objectives and content: The TACIT network proposes to develop a Theory of Continuous Interaction Techniques by addressing its research towards integration and unification concerns and the use of novel technologies, such as gesture, speech, and body expressions recognition. The theory is developed by taking a multidisciplinary approach to the design of a forecasted generation of interactive systems, encompassing different perspectives and disciplines such as computer science, linguistics, cognitive psychology and semiotics. The originality of the research is that it proposes a systematic approach to develop a unifying framework enabling the application of a combination of techniques to a combination of technologies, expected to be required and integrated into the 2010 user interfaces. The theory is applied to a number of selected scenarios and assessed by means of both experimental techniques and formal validation. The scenarios are generated by paying particular attention to the industry's view of potential markets and the likely timeliness of the development of the technologies. This industrial view is made possible reflecting the close links between the participating organisations and industry within joint research projects. The partners of the network show complementary skills in the relevant disciplines addressed in the proposal, each one being a base of European excellence in at least one of the key areas for the project.
Training content: The training program enables young researchers to move towards effective use of modelling within design by developing and optimizing the means of communicating modelling expressions as seen from a particular discipline's perspective to another relevant one in the design process. The training of young researchers in the use of novel interaction techniques and in the study and development of the underlying technology contributes to a wider dissemination of knowledge and to develop skills and competence to be available also to the industrial world. Young researchers are assigned to project tasks based on their skills. By moving amongst the partners' Institutes within a task, they experience different research environments and carry directly the practices used by one site to another. They are offered the capability of visiting industrial sites to understand how the problems are seen and afforded from an industrial perspective. Furthermore, the plenary workshops and the school, organized for the purpose, allow the young researchers to get deep insights into specific aspects and points of view of continuous interaction as well as into the methods for the design of interactive systems based on advanced technologies supporting continuous interaction, and to apply, compare and discuss the different methods and techniques under the guidance of experts.
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