Language, Interaction and Computation Laboratory (CLIC)

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At present the laboratory is focused on the following areas of research:

  • the study of the use of semantic and encyclopedic knowledge in communication. We try to connect work of a theoretical nature in linguistics and computer science (formal linguistics, lexical semantics, ontological modeling) with empirical data-intensive approaches based on statistics and text mining (lexical acquisition from textual data and multimodal sources) as well as with behavioral and neuroscientific evidence on conceptual representation in the mind/brain;
  • the study of multimodal communication, in which agents communicate using (and keeping in mind what is expressed with) a variety of expressive means that go from verbal expressions to gestures as well as in the direction of a look, and that can also use images and diagrams. Both the cognitive/linguistic aspects of this type of communication as well as the possible technological applications are studied in various types of interfaces;
  • the study of adaptive interfaces: systems that can adapt to their users, communicating amongst themselves in different ways, depending on their preferences.

Interaction and Annotation Labs- CLIC -
Interaction Lab is equipped with sophisticated hardware systems (AVID audiovisual acquisition card, Canon Digital Cameras, audio mixer, Philips DVD recorders, Samsung 42” LCD) to collect audiovisual data with the aim of multimodal corpora built up. These data collections are crucial to study face-to-face human communication and the relationship between verbal and non verbal communication (as for example gesture) in the dialogue context. Data collection is aimed to computational analysis which takes place in the Annotation Lab, with labeling software as MAXX and ANViL, respectively helpful to study and annotate anaphora and its resolution and multimodal communication. Recently a BIOPAC MP1500 system has been added to the Interaction Lab equipments with the aim of studying emotions. In particular, this system collects psychophysiological data (Skin Conductance, Electrocardiogram, Heart Rate, Pulse Rate and Electromyography) during dialogues and helps in assessing the relationship between cooperative behavior and induced negative emotions.

Members of the Lab 

CLIC Lab

Principal Investigators

  • Massimo Poesio (director)
  • Marco Baroni
  • Alessandro Moschitti
  • Giuseppe Riccardi
  • Luca Surian
  • Roberto Zamparelli

Fellows

  • Andrew Anderson
  • Eduard Barbu
  • Federica Cavicchio
  • Brian Murphy
  • Egon Stemle
  • Olga Urypina

Students

  • Elia Bruni
  • Fabio Celli
  • Michela Ferron
  • Kyriaki Kalimeri
  • Ali Yaghoubi
  • Gianluca Lebani
  • Vinay Shukla
  • Eva Vecchi

Collaborations

Contacts

CIMeC - Center for Mind/Brain Sciences
Rovereto (TN): Palazzo Fedrigotti - corso Bettini 31
tel. +39 0464 808615
Mattarello (TN):Via Delle Regole 101
tel. +39 0461 283082