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Visual interaction: models, systems, prototypes. The Pictorial Computing Laboratory at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”

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This paper reports on the research activities performed by the Pictorial Computing Laboratory at the University of Rome, La Sapienza, during the last 5 years. Such work, essentially is based on the study of humancomputer interaction, spans from metamodels of interaction down to prototypes of interactive systems for both synchronous multimedia communication and groupwork, annotation systems for web pages, also encompassing theoretical and practical issues of visual languages and environments also including pattern recognition algorithms. Some applications are also considered like e-learning and collaborative work.

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    Paolo Bottoni, Luigi Cinque, Maria De Marsico, Stefano Levialdi & Emanuele Panizzi

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Bottoni, P., Cinque, L., De Marsico, M. et al. Visual interaction: models, systems, prototypes. The Pictorial Computing Laboratory at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Cogn Process 7, 121–128 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-006-0033-2

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