Call for Papers
MHMC 2016 – International Workshop on Multimodal Interaction in Industrial Human-Machine Communication
In connection with the 21st IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation
September 6, 2016, Berlin
http://etfa2016.org/images/track-cfp/MHMC_CfP.pdf
Deadline for submission of workshop papers: May 20
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Nowadays, industrial environments are full of sophisticated computer-controlled machines. In addition, recent developments in pervasive and ubiquitous computing provide a further support for advanced activity control. Even if the exploitation of these technologies is very often committed to specialized workers, who have been purposely trained to use complex equipments, easy and effective interaction is a key factor that can bring many benefits – from faster task completion to error prevention, cognitive load reduction and higher employee satisfaction.
Multimodal interaction means using “non-conventional” input and/or output tools and modalities to communicate with a device. The main purpose of multimodal interfaces is to combine both multiple input modes – usually more “natural” than traditional input devices, such as touch, speech, hand gestures, head/body movements and eye gaze – and solutions in which different output modalities are used in a coordinated manner – such as visual displays (e.g.… read more. “Call: MHMC 2016 – International Workshop on Multimodal Interaction in Industrial Human-Machine Communication”