Publications related to Interface metaphor

Self-heating analysis of monolithically integrated hybrid III-V/Si PIN diode

Self-heating is a crucial effect in integrated nanophotonic devices regarding their power consumption. In this work, we employ coupled 3D thermo-electrical simulations to gain insight into the thermal behavior related to traps in a monolithic InP-InGaAs-In ...

SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING2022

Neural Design Space Exploration

Pierre Dillenbourg, Richard Lee Davis, Kevin Gonyop Kim, Wei Jiang

We have developed a new tool that makes it possible for people with zero programming experience to intentionally and meaningfully explore the latent space of a GAN. This tool was developed to provide a means for designers to explore the "design space" of t ...

2021

The Impact of Virtual Reality and Viewpoints in Body Motion Based Drone Teleoperation

Dario Floreano, Fabrizio Schiano, Matteo Macchini, Manana Lortkipanidze

The operation of telerobotic systems can be a challenging task, requiring intuitive and efficient interfaces to enable inexperienced users to attain a high level of proficiency. Body-Machine Interfaces (BoMI) represent a promising alternative to standard c ...

2021

Data-driven body–machine interface for the accurate control of drones

Dario Floreano, Silvestro Micera, Stefano Mintchev, Jenifer Cléa Miehlbradt, Fiorenzo Artoni, Martina Coscia, Alexandre Thierry Cherpillod

The teleoperation of nonhumanoid robots is often a demanding task, as most current control interfaces rely on mappings between the operator’s and the robot’s actions, which are determined by the design and characteristics of the interface, and may therefor ...

2018

Flexible Cylindrical Neural Probe With Graphene Enhanced Conductive Polymer For Multi-Mode Bci Applications

Yi Zhang, Xiang Chen

This paper reports a novel flexible neural probe fabricated by cylindrical substrates lithography for Brain-Computer-Interface (BCI) applications. The electrode sites were patterned on the cylindrical surface to acquire high space selectivity and the micro ...

Ieee2017

Soft Pneumatic Actuator Skin with Piezoelectric Sensors for Vibrotactile Feedback

Jamie Paik, Harshal Arun Sonar

The latest wearable technologies demand more intuitive and sophisticated interfaces for communication, sensing, and feedback closer to the body. Evidently, such interfaces require flexibility and conformity without losing their functionality even on rigid ...

Frontiers Media Sa2016

Influence of a Nanometric Al2O3 Interlayer on the Thermal Conductance of an Al/(Si, Diamond) Interface

Christian Monachon, Ludger Weber

The effect of an Al2O3 interlayer on the thermal conductance of metal (Al)/non-metal (diamond and silicon) interfaces is investigated using Time Domain ThermoReflectance (TDTR). Interlayers between 1.7 and 20nm are deposited on oxygen-terminated diamond an ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

Mynodbcsv: Lightweight Zero-Config Database Solution for Handling Very Large CSV Files

Volumes of data used in science and industry are growing rapidly. When researchers face the challenge of analyzing them, their format is often the first obstacle. Lack of standardized ways of exploring different data layouts requires an effort each time to ...

2014

Design tool for estimation of buffer requirement for enhanced reductive dechlorination of chlorinated solvents in groundwater

David Andrew Barry, Clare Robinson

To assist in the design of enhanced reductive dechlorination systems for in situ remediation of chlorinated solvent source zones, the software BUCHLORAC (BUffering of deCHLORination ACidity) was developed to predict the amount of buffer required to maintai ...

Elsevier2009

User Technology Adoption Issues in Recommender Systems

Pearl Pu Faltings, Nicolas Jones

Two music recommender websites, Pandora (a content-based recommender) and Last.fm (a rating-based social recommender), were compared side-by-side in a within-subject user study involving 64 participants. The main objective was to investigate users’ initial ...

2007

Performance evaluation of consumer decision support systems

Pearl Pu Faltings

Consumer decision support systems (CDSSs) help online users make purchasing decisions in e-commerce Web sites. To more effectively compare the usefulness of the various functionalities and interface features of such systems, we have developed a simulation ...

Idea Group Publishing2006

VR haptic interfaces for teleoperation: an evaluation study

Daniel Thalmann, Frédéric Vexo, Renaud Ott

We present the results of an evaluation study in the framework of user interfaces for teleoperation of vehicles. We developed a virtual cockpit with haptic feedback provided by a Haptic Workstation™. Four alternative teleoperation interfaces were implement ...

2005

Interaction indirecte en réalité virtuelle à l'aide d'un médiateur

Currently many researches in the field of multimodal interfaces (input, output) have been made in order to be able to achieve complex tasks merely, naturally, and quickly. Expert interfaces should be considering the risks resulting from an ordered action, ...

EPFL2005