Making Maps Accessible to the Blinds and Visually Impaired
Student Name: Timothée Duran Project Duration: Fall Semester, 2021 Type: Master thesis Abstract: Mobility is one of the many challenges blind or visually impaired people face. This thesis started with the hypothesis that technologies such as LiDAR could replace white canes by providing a more effective obstacle detection tool. However, through literature review, SMEs, and (…)
Using Multimodal interactions in the Metaverse to help Alzheimers patients: VirtuAssistant
Student Name: Mohamed Aziz Dhouib Project Duration: Spring Semester, 2022 Type: Bachelor thesis Abstract: Never in the history of mankind have we been as safe from diseases and injuries as today. However, one domain has not seen much improvement and breakthroughs despite having been studied for over a century now: The care and treatment of Alzheimer’s (…)
Music Recommendation Database
Title: Music Recommendation Database Duration: One Semester Responsible TA: Nicolas Jones Goals: Creating a music recommender system. Setup a music database as a first step. Keywords: data collection, recommender systems Abstract: Recommender systems (RS) have started becoming popular to help users overcome the information overload problems on internet. Today’s trends of Web 2.0 and the emergence (…)
E-Commerce Shopping System for Mobile Viewers
Title: E-Commerce Shopping System for Mobile Viewers Duration: One Semester Responsible TA: Jiyong Zhang Goals: Design and implement a prototype e-commerce shopping website for mobile users. Keywords: e-commerce, interaction design, plugin development Abstract: Over the past few years there has been an exponential growth both in the number of mobile users. Mobile internet enables users (…)
Implementation of an interactive travel map
Title: Implementation of an interactive travel map Duration: One Semester Responsible TA: Li Chen Goals: Implement a prototype that could visualize the travel-related reviews Keywords: usability study, visual analytics, visualization Abstract: The most distinguishable feature of Web2.0 would be it simulates a platform where users could freely share their reviews, experiences and stories with others. (…)
Cultural influences on users’ disposition for decision accuracy and trust in e-commerce
Title: Cultural influences on users’ disposition for decision accuracy and trust in e-commerce Duration: One Semester Responsible TA: Li Chen Goals: The goal of this project is to design and implement a prototype vacation package recommendation system through blog articles that the users are interested. Keywords: qualitative user study design, statistical analysis Abstract: In recent (…)
A Vacation Package Recommendation System based on Word of Mouth Information
Title: A Vacation Package Recommendation System based on Word of Mouth Information Duration: One Semester Responsible TA: Jiyong Zhang Goals: The goal of this project is to design and implement a prototype vacation package recommendation system through blog articles that the users are interested.. Keywords: recommender systems Abstract: Over the past few years there has (…)
Recommender Systems’ survey and usability study
Title: Recommender Systems’ survey and usability study Duration: One Semester Responsible TA: Nicolas Jones Goals: The goal of this project is to study a number of recommender technologies and to find ways to improve them. Keywords: qualitative user study design, recommender systems, usability study Abstract: Wikipedia defines recommender system as “programs which attempt to predict (…)
Modelisation of users’ adaptive decision behaviour
Title: Modelisation of users’ adaptive decision behaviour Duration: One Semester Responsible TA: Nicolas Jones Goals: The goal of this project is to try and model user’s adaptive decision behaviour. Keywords: statistical analysis, user modelling Abstract: Many methods have been used to try and model user’s adaptive decision behaviors. Unfortunately, many of them suffer from problems. (…)
Recommender System in the EPFL framework
Title: Recommender System in the EPFL framework Duration: One Semester Responsible TA: Nicolas Jones Goals: The goal of this project is to design and implement a simple recommender system for EPFL users. Keywords: recommender systems Abstract: This project combines a little research and a real implementation. The first part focuses on finding a framework that (…)