Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures

Seminar organised by Infogroep, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, May 2026

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1. 2 December 2005 Cross-Media Technologies, Information Science and Human-Information Interaction Prof. Dr. Beat Signerbeatsigner.com Prof. Dr. Beat Signer beatsigner.com Web Information Systems Engineering Lab Department of Computer Science Vrije Universiteit Brussel Web & Information Systems Engineering Lab Department of Computer Science Vrije Universiteit Brussel logo.wmf WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING WEB & INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
2. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 2 May 20, 2026
3. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 3 May 20, 2026 Courses A screenshot of a web page AI-generated content may be incorrect.
4. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 4 May 20, 2026 edfestComponents 01001000100 0101001100010010100010010 0100100010010001000100001001000 100010001100001001000110010101010110 1100010010100010010010010100010101011001 101001100001100 101010100 0010100 100 110101010101 00100 01010101000 1001 1111111111 111 0000000010 0 11111111 0101001011 010101010 111010101 001010010110 splash.gif Fluid Cross-Media Information Spaces
5. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 5 May 20, 2026 Information Systems & Management Information Visualisation & Navigation Information Visualisation nd Navigation Human-Machine & Human-Information Interaction CISA RSL [4] MindXpres [8] OC2 [5] associative file system [2] associative file system [2] data-driven storytelling [11] XIMA [13] cross-device interaction [9] iServer/iPaper [3] ViDaX [16] data physicalisation [32] OpenHPS [18] non-linear storytelling [27] PaperProof [29] iGesture [23] PaperSketch [30] TangHo [31] Context Modelling Toolkit [10] Midas [21] SpeeG2 [24] PaperPoint [26] Print-n-Link [17] digital libraries [12] Mudra [22] mixed reality [28] ArtVis [15] open cross-media linking [1] PimVis [14] DocTr [6] EdFest [25] source code visualisation [19] INFEX [7] technology-enhanced learning [20] Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures
6. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 6 May 20, 2026 Prof. Dr. Beat Signer Cross-Media Technology, Interac- tive Paper, Data Physicalisation Dr. Maxim Van de Wynckel Interoperable Positioning Systems, Implicit HCI CISA Human-Machine & Human-Information Interaction Information Systems & Management Information Visualisation & Navigation logo.wmf WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING WEB & INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Ingela Rossing Dynamic Data Perceptualisation Framework and Guidelines Jan Boonants Mixed Reality Information Archi- tectures, Generic IoT Interfaces CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) A close-up of a person smiling Description automatically generated A person with a mustache and beard AI-generated content may be incorrect.
7. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 7 May 20, 2026 logo.wmf WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING WEB & INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CISA Human-Machine & Human-Information Interaction Information Systems & Management Information Visualisation & Navigation CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) Isaac Valadez Digital Twin User Interfaces, Hybrid GUI-LLM Interfaces Bingyan Lee Next Generation User Interfaces for Human-Information Interaction Yoshi Malaise Technology-enhanced Learning, Content-driven Presentations Qi Xu Next Generation Scholarly Workflows, Cross-Media PIM A person with glasses and a white background Description automatically generated A person with long hair Description automatically generated with low confidence A person wearing glasses AI-generated content may be incorrect. A person with a beard and glasses AI-generated content may be incorrect.
8. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 8 May 20, 2026 logo.wmf WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING WEB & INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CISA Human-Machine & Human-Information Interaction Information Systems & Management Information Visualisation & Navigation CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) CROSS-MEDIA INFORMATION SPACES AND ARCHITECTURES (CISA) Patrick Sello Digital Twins for Healthcare, Federated Learning Ekene Attoh IoT Middleware, Context-aware Computing, Implicit HCI Piet Van Der Paelt Julia-based Framework for Simulation and Optimisation Xuyao Zhang Extensible Platform for Dynamic Data Perceptualisation
9. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 9 May 20, 2026 Next Generation Scholarly Workflows ▪ Investigation of current scholarly workflows ▪ RSL-based PIM model for cross-media scholarly workflows ▪ Researcher’s One-Stop Shop (ROSS) platform ▪ plug-ins for existing scholarly tools ▪ cross-media and mixed reality interfaces ▪ Future role of genAI?
10. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 10 May 20, 2026 Dynamic Data Perceptualisation ▪ Beyond InfoVis ▪ use of all five human senses ▪ Dynamic data perceptuali- sation ▪ experimental tangible holo- grams (TangHo) platform ▪ use physical variables such as temperature or texture ▪ exploration of big data sets ▪ dynamic data perceptuali- sation framework - data perceptualisation grammar
11. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 11 May 20, 2026 Personalised Learning Environments ▪ Diagnostic assessments to detect knowledge gaps ▪ Suggestion of learning content ▪ domain knowledge graph ▪ user knowledge graph ▪ learning paths ▪ Content adaptation ▪ based on user preferences and constraints ▪ Future use of GenAI? Enhanced Curriculum Assessments Tagged Learning Content Knowledge Graphs Adaptive Learning Content Learning Paths Knowledge Representation Framework Assessment Module Assessment Analyser Knowledge Gap Analyser Adaptive Learning Environment Suggestion Module User Knowledge Graph Personalised Presentation Module Learner Constraints Groups Module
12. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 12 May 20, 2026 Mixed Reality for IoT Environments
13. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 13 May 20, 2026 MR-IoT Architecture
14. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 14 May 20, 2026 MA and PhD Thesis Topics ▪ Possibilities for MA and PhD theses ▪ Data Perceptualisation - data perceptualisation platform and framework ▪ Personal Information Management (PIM) ▪ Technology-enhanced Learning ▪ Next Generation Scholarly Workflows ▪ Innovative Mixed Reality Interfaces and Interaction Paradigms - AR-based human-information interaction, AR-IoT, interactive paper, … ▪ Next Generation Presentation Solutions (e.g. MindXpres) ▪ Human-AI Interaction and Digital Twin Solutions ▪ Smart Environments and Cross-Domain Internet of Things (IoT) ▪ ... ▪ Do you have your own ideas? Come along to discuss them ...
15. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 15 May 20, 2026 References ▪ B. Signer, Fundamental Concepts for Interactive Paper and Cross-Media Information Spaces, Second Edition, ISBN 978-3-8370-2713-6, August 2017 cover2.jpg B. Signer, Pen-based Interaction, Handbook of Human Computer Interaction, Major Reference Work, Springer Nature, 2025  https://beatsigner.com/publications/pen-based-interaction.pdf
16. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 16 May 20, 2026 References … ▪ B. Signer, Towards Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures, Proceedings of RCIS 2019, Brussels, Belgium, May 2019 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_RCIS2019.pdf ▪ B. Signer and M.C. Norrie, As We May Link: A General Metamodel for Hypermedia Systems, Proceedings of ER 2007, 26th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2007 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_ER2007.pdf
17. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 17 May 20, 2026 References … ▪ B. Signer, P. Ebrahimi, T.J. Curtin and A. K.A. Abdullah, Towards a Framework for Dynamic Data Physicalisation, International Workshop Toward a Design Language for Data Physicalization, Berlin, Germany, October 2018 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_DataPhys2018.pdf ▪ B. Signer and T.J. Curtin, Tangible Holograms Towards Mobile Physical Augmentation of Virtual Objects, Technical Report WISE Lab, WISE-2017-01, March 2017 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_arXiv2017.pdf
18. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 18 May 20, 2026 References … ▪ Y. Malaise and B. Signer, Personalised Learning Environments Based on Knowledge Graphs and the Zone of Proximal Development, Proceedings of CSEDU 2022, 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, April 2022 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/malaise_CSEDU2022.pdf ▪ Q. Xu and B. Signer, An Empirical Study on Personal Information Management Practices Across Scholarly Workflows, Proceedings of CHI 2026, International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Barcelona, Spain, April 2026 ▪ https://beatsigner.com/publications/xu_CHI2026.pdf
19. Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - bsigner@vub.ac.be 19 May 20, 2026 References … ▪ B. Signer, As We May Interact: Challenges and Opportunities for Next-Generation Human-Information Interaction, Proceedings of HUMAN 2024, Poznań, Poland, September 2024 ▪ WISE Website ▪ https://wise.vub.ac.be ▪ research: https://wise.vub.ac.be/research-topics ▪ courses: https://wise.vub.ac.be/courses ▪ past theses: https://wise.vub.ac.be/past-theses