eSPACE
End-user authoring of cross-device and Internet of Things applications
Data Physicalisation
Framework for experimenting with innovative forms of dynamic data physicalisation
OpenHPS
Open source generic hybrid positioning system implemented in TypeScript
MindXpres
Radically new solutions for content-driven interactive cross-media presentations
Cross-Media PIM
Organising and refinding information across digital and physical information spaces
Multimodal and Multi-Touch Interaction
Frameworks for the declarative definition of gestures and interaction patterns
Project TangHo
Investigating the use of tangible holograms for data physicalisation
Technology-enhanced Learning
Personalised technology-enhanced learning environments and study lenses
SemBeacon
Semantic beacons to discover IoT devices and digital twins
Interactive Paper
Integrating paper with digital information and services via cross-media solutions
Cross-Media Information Spaces
Integrating information across digital-physical media boundaries
About WISE
The Web & Information Systems Engineering (WISE) Lab is a research unit of the Department of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and is headed by Prof. Dr. Beat Signer. The research of WISE focuses on innovative information systems, including next generation cross-media solutions and their use in information science, data physicalisation, context-aware IoT systems, personal information management or human-computer interaction.
The WISE lab further investigates human-computer interaction aspects for those data-driven systems, such as interactive paper and cross-media solutions, data physicalisation, tangible holograms as well as multimodal and multi-touch interaction. We develop new engineering methodologies, tools and software frameworks for the rapid prototyping and efficient realisation of innovative information environments.
There is a strong emphasis on conceptual modelling and design, reasoning on designs, localisation and globalisation, adaptation and personalisation, accessibility and usability in general. Important technologies used in this context are graphical and visual design languages, domain-specific modelling languages as well as design patterns. Important application domains are web applications, augmented and virtual reality, serious games and e-learning.
Latest News & Announcements
Our research on decentralised location data and interoperable positioning systems was mentioned in an interview with PhD candidate Maxim Van de Wynckel. The interview is available in the Flemish magazine "Knack" (week 11/2025 ISSN: 0072-3210) and online: https://www.knack.be/nieuws/technologie/jong-talent-maxim-van-de-wyncke…
The WISE lab is surveying the privacy and transparency of location to get a better insight into how users perceive the privacy of location data and the transparency of services that track a location. The survey is available here.
Our book chapter on 'Pen-based Interaction' for the forthcoming Springer Handbook of Human Computer Interaction edited by Jean Vanderdonckt, Philippe Palanque and Marco Winckler is now available online at https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-27648-9_102-1
The public PhD defence of Kushal Soni will take place on October 18 at 15:00 in auditorium D.0.05. The title of the dissertation is: A Software Framework for Easily Generating Blockchain-Based Applications for the Exchange of Resources between Different Parties.
Our poster 'Populating CSV Files from Unstructured Text with LLMs for KG Generation with RML' by Jan Maushagen, Sara Sepehri, Audrey Sanctorum, Tamara Vanhaecke, and Olga De Troyer and Christophe Debruyne received the Best Poster Award at SEMANTiCS 2024.