Research domains
The interactive computing laboratory carries out research on key fundamental issues in the design, engineering and production of critical interactive systems such as those encountered in aeronautics.
We work in the following domains:
Interaction and collaboration design patterns
Two decades ago, air traffic control was one of the first domains concerned with the migration of critical activities from pen and paper to digital systems. Now that touch screens, pen computing, animated feedback and gesture recognition are commonplace, researchers in aeronautics progressively focus on the next questions: Read more
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Information visualisation
The proverbial "man in the loop" is still part of the global aeronautical system because in some situations algorithms are not trusted to respond appropriately to the available information. Consequently, the information channel from computers to humans plays a major role in the overall system safety. Read more
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Interactive software models and architectures
Aeronautics was one of the earliest, and still is one of the foremost, consumers of critical and complex interactive software. Beyond pure design issues, the production of safe and highly usable software for pilots and air traffic controllers raises challenges of its own. read more...
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Interactive systems engineering
Every year, somewhere in the world a complex system development fails or overshoots schedules and costs, sometimes with massive budget waste. This is true of air traffic control, but also of military command and control systems and similar endeavours. Often enough, user rejection is one of the symptoms of failure. Read more
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