Relevant developments and initiatives in ICT Ats
Prof.sa Licia SBATTELLA - Politecnico di
Milano
licia.sbattella@polimi.it
Assistive Technology Group
Politecnico di Milano
Polo Regionale di Como
AT Group : mission
• Assistive Technology Group, the mission:
Identify, forecast, implement,
promote and apply
innovative method and technology from ICT
for the development of sustainable solutions
for fragility (disabled, elderly, difficulties, …) and
for digital inclusion
which guarantees the recovery of functionality,
social integration, equal opportunities, health,
self determination and quality of life
AT Group : mission
• Assistive Technology Group, the mission:
Life Project
• People – Elderly and
Disabled
• Functions and bodily
structures, activities and
environmental factors
• Research and
development of systems
and support devices
• Create awareness
Needs
Projects
• New solutions
• Methods, systems,
devices, processed
Innovation
Method - Technological
AT Group : Skills
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Fabio Salice – Pervasive Systems
Licia Sbattella – Sensory Cognitive, Natural Language Computation
Andrea Bonarini – Robotics and Affective Computing
Piero Fraternali – Data Base and WEB Technologies
Matteo Matteucci – Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition and Artificial Vision
Sara Comai – Data Base
Marco Tagliasacchi – Digital Signal Processing
Thimoty Barbieri – Sensory Cognitive
Matteo Cesana – Wireless RF
Sara Rubinelli – Argumentation Theory and Persuasion
Roberto Tedesco - Natural Language Computation, Assistive Devices Design
Marzio Glauco Ghezzi – Educational Design
Marzio Ghezzi – Project Manager
Roberto De Paolis – Design and ethical design
AT Group : Collaborations
• Enterprises
• Public Structures
– Provincial, national e international
• Organizations
– Local, national e international
• Politecnico
– Polo Territoriale di Como is a competences center
to support disabilities and innovative tools and
devices for teaching and education
Projects
Assistive Technology Group
Research group
Activities
Politecnico di Milano
Polo Regionale di Como
Engineering aspects
• ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)
– Computer Science, Computer Engineering and
Telecommunications
• Graphical applications
• Communication techniques with low cognitive
impacts
– Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
– Computational Linguistic (natural language processing)
• Educative and formative actions
Building Automation
• Project: Autonomamente
– www.autonomamenteinrete.it
Consolidated Technology
Existing Standard
Open Source Software
Applications for controls
Applications for support
Building Automation
• Project: Autonomamente
– www.autonomamenteinrete.it
Monitoring example
Light 1
Door
Window
Oven
TV
Building Automation
• Project: Autonomamente
– Assistive functions
• Communications: Telephone, e-mails, sms
• Domestic Economy: finance management
• Agenda and Scheduling Manager
– Time progress control and management
• Casa Tranquilla (Calm Home): home state verification
Auxiliary Supports
• Project: Brain Computer Interface (BCI)
– Computer Brain Controlled
• P300 waves
Auxiliary Supports
• Project: Brain Computer Interface (BCI)
– Brain Electrical Chair Control (LURCH)
Vehicle Dynamics
Motor Control
Auxiliary Supports
• Project: Brain Computer Interface (BCI)
– Joystick Interface Development
“Man in the middle”
Auxiliary Supports
• Project: Brain Computer Interface (BCI)
– Example of Multimodal Interaction
Room Selection
kitchen
living room
bedroom
bathroom
Stimulation
Feedback For ErrP
Movement Command
Pattern Recognition
EBNeuro Galileo
EEG system
Auxiliary Supports
• Project: Localization And Ubiquitous monitoRing
of pAtients for health care support (LAURA)
– Fine Grain wireless localization and biological
parameters monitoring system
• Intrusion detection
• Conflict detection
• Biological condition
– Low cost system
– Self-configurable
– Self-tunable
Innovations
• Project: Van Gogh for Blind
– Transformation of
object depth into vibration
Innovations
• Project: Chemical education through haptic interaction
• Design and implementation of a haptic system (i.e.,
providing force / tactile feedback) to model complex
molecular interactions
Sensable™ PHANTOM ®
Innovations
• Project: Campus Tools (CATS) project: multimodal
access to lectures
• Facilitate lip-reading for deaf or hard of hearing students
• Video stream of lip movements
• Audio
• Captioning by ASR
MULTICHANCE
POLITEAM
Innovations
• Project: Campus Tools (CATS) project: multimodal
access to lectures (cont.)
• To facilitate notetaking
• To mix slide objects and hand notes
MULTICHANCE
POLITEAM
Innovations
• Project: Natural Language Processing for learning and
communicative impairments
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To improve accessibility of textual and vocal contents
To support language learning and communication
To analyse vocal and communicative skills
To predict, correct, and support verbal and non verbal
expression
MULTICHANCE
POLITEAM
Innovations
• Project: Advanced Applied Research: the UBICAMPUS
• To navigate and explore a wireless campus
• To obtain complete accessibility of global and local
information (often changing daily)
• To communicate with the other protagonists of the
academic life
• To handle emergencies and to be localized
• To obtained personalized services based on a specific
profile
• To adopt innovative solutions for independent life
MULTICHANCE
POLITEAM
Innovations
• Project: LAMUSA : MultiModal Expression
• Virtual Environments, Multimodal Communication and
Artistic Production for kids and adults with Cognitive
Disabilities and Autism
MULTICHANCE
POLITEAM
Innovations
• Project: The LAMUSA Project: a Symphonic Model for
adult life!
MULTICHANCE
POLITEAM
Project References
• 4Wheels
• licia.sbattella@polimi.it, luciano.baresi@polimi.it,
matteo.matteucci@polimi.it, lorenzo.mosca@polimi.it
• Autonoma-Mente
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piero.fraternali@polimi.it, thimoty.barbieri@polimi.it
• BCI-Speller
• matteo.matteucci@polimi.it, licia.sbattella@polimi.it
Project References
• LURCH Project
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andrea.boarini@polimi.it, matteo.matteucci@polimi.it
• MultiChancePoliTeam
• licia.sbattella@polimi.it , dafne.forloni@polimi.it ,
alessandra.nozza@polimi.it , paola.bravo@polimi.it ,
roberto.tedesco@polimi.it , silvia.sbattella@polimi.it
• CATS Project
• licia.sbattella@polimi.it, roberto.tedesco@polimi.it,
elisabetta.genovese@unimore.it, roberta.garbo@unimib.it
Project References
• LAURA
• matteo.cesana@polimi.it , marco.tagliasacchi@polimi.it,
redondi@elet.polimi.it, borsani@elet.polimi.it,
fabio.salice@polimi.it
• NLP for Disability and LAMUSA
• licia.sbattella@polimi.it , roberto.tedesco@polimi.it
• www.esagramma.net
• UBICAMPUS
• licia.sbattella@polimi.it, roberto.tedesco@polimi.it,
lorenzo.mosca@polimi.it, silvia.sbattella@polimi.it