Papers by Vincenzo Pallotta
IGI Global eBooks, Jan 18, 2011
IGI Global eBooks, 2009
This chapter presents a conceptual framework for an emerging type of user interfaces for mobile u... more This chapter presents a conceptual framework for an emerging type of user interfaces for mobile ubiquitous computing systems, and focuses in particular on the interaction through motion of people and objects in physical space. We introduce the notion of Kinetic User Interface as a unifying framework and a middleware for the design of pervasive interfaces, in which motion is considered as the primary input modality.
This paper proposes a grammar-based approach to semantic annotation which combines the notions of... more This paper proposes a grammar-based approach to semantic annotation which combines the notions of robust parsing and fuzzy grammars. We present an overview of a preliminary research aimed to generalize some results from a recent project on interaction through speech with information systems where techniques based on the above notions have been successfully applied. The goal of the article is to give a development environment to linguists•
Springer eBooks, 2021
In this chapter, we provide a framework for assessing the relevance and impact of BlockChain tech... more In this chapter, we provide a framework for assessing the relevance and impact of BlockChain technologies for enabling the energy transition from both the production and consumption sides of the equation. We will assess the issues and current solutions to understand how BlockChain combined with Smart Contracting could be best adapted and combined to serve energy transition objectives. The assessment is taken from both the technology and business models perspectives. Our framework is designed as a guide for the adoption and deployment of BlockChain and Smart Contract solutions in the energy sector for common and new use cases by taking the perspective of multiple stakeholders such as consumers (either private and industrial), producers, operators and investors in microgrids, DSOs and TSOs. Moreover, we will include aspects related to regulation and policies. The proposed framework and assessment methodology are the synthesis of a study realized in Switzerland where several representatives of multiple stakeholders have been consulted via interviews and a workshop held in mid-2019.
Cognitive Dialogue Management is a novel approach to Dialogue Management which proposes a novel a... more Cognitive Dialogue Management is a novel approach to Dialogue Management which proposes a novel architecture for building up advanced interactive interfaces in natural language to computers, that are both flexible and robust. The architecture, based on dialogue, results from the integration of the Information State Dialogue Management model and the ViewFinder framework for the management of mental representations. This paper describes the principles of Cognitive Dialogue Management and provides hints about how metaphors of human information processing can be used both for improving the degree of communication understanding in human-computer interfaces, and for their rational design and development.
Industry and higher education, Jul 17, 2018
In this article, the authors present STarmac, a pre-incubator developed by the Swiss Applied Scie... more In this article, the authors present STarmac, a pre-incubator developed by the Swiss Applied Science University of Canton Vaud (HEIG-VD) which aims to support young founders in the development of innovative business ideas by providing them with the tools to manage market and technology risk. The article describes the STarmac preincubator and its components, and outlines a process for stimulating and supporting entrepreneurship for university spin-offs. The authors introduce metrics for the assessment of STarmac's performance, centred on team development, to enable continuous improvement and provide better support to participants. They conducted two studies, one qualitative on the requirements of the participants for pre-incubation and one quantitative on the impact of the supporting programme to develop entrepreneurial skills.
Springer eBooks, 2010
ABSTRACT In this chapter we define the notion of multimedia conversational system and provide a c... more ABSTRACT In this chapter we define the notion of multimedia conversational system and provide a classification schema for characterizing the type of content which can be produced, stored and retrieved with these systems. This classification schema will be used in reviewing the capabilities of a number of existing multimedia conversational systems and to assess requirements for advanced indexing and retrieval of conversational content. To meet these requirements, we present new types of indexing techniques and provide an evaluation of their effectiveness on real case studies.
Springer eBooks, 2000
Features & Fluents is a logical framework proposed by Erik Sandewall for reas... more Features & Fluents is a logical framework proposed by Erik Sandewall for reasoning about action and change by means of a logical language called discrete fluent logic (DFL). In this paper we extend the Sandewall’s framework for dealing with continuous time and we introduce a knowledge representation language based on a Horn-like fragment of DFL which we called fluent logic
We report in this paper experiences and insights resulting from the first two years of work in tw... more We report in this paper experiences and insights resulting from the first two years of work in two similar projects on meeting tracking and understanding. The projects are the DARPA-funded CALO project and the Swiss National research project IM2. The findings from these two projects have been shared and compared in order to come up with a joint ontology as a model for argumentative discussions in meetings. We highlight the complexity of the problem in modeling interaction and discourse in argumentative discussions and we propose a solution based on the construction of a specific knowledge base.
IGI Global eBooks, Jan 18, 2011
Human Language Technology is essential in coping with today's information overload. To scale ... more Human Language Technology is essential in coping with today's information overload. To scale up, it must be robust and capable of making sense of noisy data. This book explores the topic of cognitive language engineering as a key for robustness. It can be used by students and practitioners alike, as a computational linguistics textbook and as a toolbox for building robust natural language understanding systems. About this book: "Pallotta's insight and critical discussion of the underlying mental models are core issues of present-day cognitive language engineering" [Prof. Hon. Giovanni Coray, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland]. "From a computational linguistics perspective Pallotta's book provides students and researchers with a powerful toolbox and many examples of real-world applications." [Prof. Rodolfo Delmonte, University of Venice]. "Pallotta's work on cognitive language engineering is a stimulating and well written treatise on models for computer applications that can interact using natural language. Practical and robust natural language systems begin to become a reality with this fascinating work." [Dr. Afzal Ballim, Computational Linguist].
IGI Global eBooks, May 25, 2011
Search engines have become an essential tool for the majority of users for finding information in... more Search engines have become an essential tool for the majority of users for finding information in the huge amount of documents contained in the Web. Even though, for most ad-hoc search tasks, they already provide a satisfying performance, certain fundamental properties still leave room for improvement. For example, if users perform general questions, they get frequently lost in navigating the huge amount of documents returned and typically stop their search after scanning a couple of result pages. Basically, results are ranked based on word frequencies and link structures, but other factors, such as sponsored links and ranking algorithms, are also taken into account. Standard search engines do not consider semantic information that can help in recognizing the relevance of a document with respect to the meaning of a query, so that users have to analyze every document and decide which documents are relevant with respect to the meaning implied in their search. Therefore, they also struggle for matching the individualized information needs of a user. Since users are different, and want to access information according to their experience and knowledge, different techniques for constructing user models, analyzing user profiles and deriving information about a user for the adaptation of content have been proposed. An emerging approach is to use Semantic Web and Web 2.0 technologies to model information about users.
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Papers by Vincenzo Pallotta