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Analyzing cultural localization in online tourism promotion

Mele, Emanuele ; Cantoni, Lorenzo (Dir.) ; Kerkhof, Peter (Codir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2020 ; 2020COM006.

Tourism and culture are strongly intertwined. People can experience culture before, during and after their journey, both in the offline and in the online world. Arguably, the internet is among the main sources of inspiration and information retrieval for tourists, who navigate social media and websites to know more about the destination, its products and services. Following the developments in...

Human-robot interaction with pointing gestures : intuitive interaction between co-located humans and robots

Gromov, Boris ; Gambardella, Luca Maria (Dir.) ; Giusti, Alessandro (Codir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2020 ; 2020INFO004.

Human-robot interaction (HRI) is an active area of research and an essential component for the effective integration of mobile robots in everyday environments. In this PhD work, we studied, designed, implemented, and experimentally validated new efficient interaction modalities between humans and robots that share the same workspace. The core of the work revolves around deictic (pointing)...

Sparsity Driven People Localization with a Heterogeneous Network of Cameras

Alahi, Alexandre ; Jacques, Laurent ; Boursier, Yannick ; Vandergheynst, Pierre

In: Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 2011, vol. 41, no. 1-2, p. 39-58

Local motion inside an object affects pointing less than smooth pursuit

Kerzel, Dirk ; Gauch, Angélique ; Ulmann, Blandine

In: Experimental Brain Research, 2008, vol. 191, no. 2, p. 187-195

SLS: Smart localization service : human mobility models and machine learning enhancements for mobile phone’s localization

Papandrea, Michela ; Langheinrich, Marc (Dir.) ; Giordano, Silvia (Codir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2015 ; 2015INFO014.

In recent years we are witnessing a noticeable increment in the usage of new generation smartphones, as well as the growth of mobile application development. Today, there is an app for almost everything we need. We are surrounded by a huge number of proactive applications, which automatically provide relevant information and services when and where we need them. This switch from the previous ...