Research Topics

WISE's expertise lies in the following domains:

Serious Games - more

The purpose of this research topic is to perform research on development methods for serious games, which are games used for training, advertising, simulation, or education.  


Multimodal and Multi-Touch Interaction - more

We are developing multimodal and multi-touch interaction frameworks with a focus on the declarative definition of gestures and interaction patterns and the reusability as well as extensibility of existing gestures. Our solution supports the rapid prototyping and investigation of novel multimodal and multi-touch gestures.


Software Variability - more

Modeling and Management of Software Variability in Software Product Lines


Interactive Paper and Augmented Reality - more

While there have been dramatic increases in the use of digital technologies for information storage, processing and delivery over the last few decades, the affordances of paper have ensured its retention as a key information medium. We are interested in conceptual models and software platforms for the integration of paper with digital as well as other cross-media resources.


Adaptive Web-based Systems - more

This research concentrates on making Web-based systems adaptive, i.e. how can the content and services provided in a Web system adapt automatically and dynamically to the characteristics, needs and context of the user. The research includes techniques to provide adaptivity but also authoring support for specifying the required adaptivity. Adaptivity is investigated for web-based systems in general and more in particular for web-based e-learning systems, Virtual Reality based web sytems and games.


Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures - more

We investigate conceptual models and architectures for the representation and integration of information across media boundaries. It is time to question existing document formats which are very much based on the simulation of paper on static desktop computers and to come up with innovative information concepts for the representation of open and fluid cross-media "documents".


Personal Cross-Media Information Management - more

Daily users struggle with organsing and re-finding their stored documents, photos, emails, etc. Personal Cross-Media Information Management investigates the opportunities to provide the user with an alternative to the Desktop Metaphor where we step away from the file hierarchies used to store our information. Our cross-media PIM system is a solution which unifies all organisational structures such as email, bookmark and file hierarchies but also the physical classification structures such as bookshelves or piles of papers on the desk. This approach to PIM makes it possible to construct our own personal cross-media information space with less fragmentation of the information. By providing a tool for centralising all these possible ways of storing our information, we allow the user to re-find the information no matter where or how the information has been stored. Often, users only need information which is relevant in a certain context, such as the slides of a course when studying for that course. Therefore, we include a context-aware component to provide the user with the context-relevant information instead of the currently used static file system.


Mobile Applications - more

In this research we concentrate on the development of mobile applications, i.e., applications that run on mobile devices (such as smart phones).


Context-aware Applications - more

Context-aware applications are applications that take into account the user's context (e.g., personal preferences, characteristics, agenda) and environment (e.g., people, places and things in the user's vicinity), in order to provide an improved user experience. 


Conceptual Modeling and Design Methods for Virtual Reality - more

The focus of this research track is on the development of conceptual modeling, design and development methods and tools for Virtual Reality applications.


Semantic Web Languages and Technology - more

Semantic Web technology and languages (like RDF(S) and OWL) is an important area in Web Engineering and for semantic interoperability. WISE is mainly using the results of research done in this domain, but we also contribute to it in the context of different research project.  


Web Development Methods - more

This research track focusses on methods for designing and developing web systems. 


E-learning - more

Different research topics and projects of WISE are related to e-learning.


Ontologies - more

Ontologies are an important research domain in the context of the Semantic Web. In general, WISE is applying the research results from the domain of ontologies in its own research. However also some research on ontology evolution has been performed in the past.