Elena is Professor at the Information and Communication Department of the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Fribourg (EIA-FR). Elena is the leader of HumanTech Institute, former MISG research group. She is also member of the Telematics Technology Laboratory at the University of Florence.
Elena Mugellini
HEIA-FR
Bouvard de Pérolles 80
1700 Fribourg
Switzerland
She holds a PhD in Telematics and Information Society received from the University of Florence in 2006, and a Master in Telecommunication Engineering from the same university received in 2002.
Her current research interests are on the areas of Ambient Intelligent, Multimodal Interaction, Natural Interface, Intelligent Data Analysis, Information and Knowledge Management.
This master's thesis project was developed within the European Horizon Europe Dorian Gray project, which investigates the relationship between cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) while promoting healthy ageing through multidomain lifestyle interventions.
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The thesis focused on creating a reusable gaze-tracking tool for conversational-agent studies and using it to analyze gaze behavior during interactions with an explainable AI chatbot.
More informationCe projet développe un chatbot capable d'apprendre et de mémoriser les préférences d'explication de chaque utilisateur sur le long terme, et d'adapter dynamiquement ses réponses en combinant texte et visuels d'exercices pertinents. Le système repose sur Gradio pour l'interface multimodale, vLLM pour l'hébergement local du modèle de langage, et LangChain pour la gestion du dialogue.
More informationThe increasing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought significant challenges, particularly regarding the interpretability of black box models. The CrystalClear project tackles this issue by integrating Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) and large language model (LLM) capabilities into a chatbot interface designed to explain AI decisions in predicting the quality of manufactured parts.
More informationContrairement aux outils existants qui génèrent des idées à partir de prompts saisis manuellement, IdeaBot se distingue par sa capacité à écouter et analyser activement les échanges verbaux d'une séance de brainstorming en direct — combinant reconnaissance vocale, traitement du langage naturel et modélisation conversationnelle — pour proposer des suggestions pertinentes ...
More informationThe objective of this PA was to enhance and expand CrystalClear chatbot by incorporating additional capabilities and adapting the system to a new dataset.
More informationCe projet a commencé en Janvier 2022, et a été lauréat de l’appel à projet d’innovation pédagogique lancé par le Service d'Appui au Développement Académique et Pédagogique (SADAP) de la HES-SO en 2021.
More informationL’entreprise Novae Restauration met à disposition ses services de restaurations dans des entreprises, des écoles ainsi que des établissements de santé[1]. Afin de former leurs collaborateurs en hygiène et sécurité en cuisine, ils ont pris contact avec l’institut HumanTech.
More informationThe PA contributes to the CrystalClear initiative on explainable AI by developing a chatbot-based interface for exploring explanations and improving users’ understanding of a machine learning model used in manufacturing.
More informationCette thèse développe un chatbot capable d'expliquer aux professionnels les prédictions d'un modèle de classification de la qualité, en combinant des techniques d'xAI (notamment ALE) et des connaissances métier. Le système repose sur un module de compréhension du langage naturel (NLU) entraîné avec RASA sur une banque de questions xAI, ainsi que sur un graphe de connaissances encapsu...
More informationDans de nombreux cas, les modèles d’apprentissage automatique peuvent être très complexes et difficiles à comprendre, ce qui peut rendre difficile pour les utilisateurs de leur faire confiance et de les utiliser en toute confiance. De plus, la plupart des approches d’IA actuelles, telles que les réseaux de neurones profonds, sont considér&...
More informationCe projet de showroomest le projet de semestre 5 qui s’inscrit dans le cursus du bachelor en informatique.Il vise à faire une modélisation en réalité virtuelle d’une cuisine d’un des restaurants de l’entrepr...
More informationThis work is about the development of a web platform aimed to extract daily some articles related to food safety on the web, and display them. This is a project mandated by the Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs. A state of the art has been effectuated in order to then choose some adequate technologies for the project.
This bachelor thesis has been mandated by the FSVO (Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office) of Bern (Switzerland). The work acc...
More informationCe projet est effectué dans le cadre du travail de Bachelor à la Haute école d'ingénierie et d'architecture de Fribourg en section informatique.
Le projet consiste à compléter l'implémentation d'une plateforme web pour les architectes. Celle-ci leur permet d'importer des modèles 3D et d'en faire une visite à leurs clients depuis un navigateur web.
Le groupe de recherche ABCCD de l’université de Fribourg mène à ce jour une recherche pour évaluer l’impact du bilinguisme sur des enfants autistes et neurotypiques. Pour cela, l’Institut HumanTech a participé à la création d’une application permettant de récolter des données de recherche grâce à différentes tâches intégrées dans un monde ludique.
More informationI am currenty co-teacher with Prof. Omar Abou Khlaed and Pascal Felber at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. The main objective of the course is to lay the foundations for understanding the discipline of Web Engineering. It is divided into three main parts: 1) architecture design: paradigms & modeling approaches, 2) architecture development: frameworks & technologies, 3) reasoning web.
I am currenty co-teacher with Prof. Stefano Carrino and Prof. Omar Abou Khaled. The goal of this course is to train students to different Machine Learning techniques (NN, SVM, HMM, Random Forest, etc.) applied to different domains (health, security, interaction in smart environment, political elections). Theoretical lessons are combiend with practical exercices and a final « challenge » where the students have to develop the complete data processing pipeline (data preprocessing, feature extraction, classification and evaluation).
Theoretical lessons are combined with practical exercises and a mini-project where students carry out a complete DT process from the emphatize to the evaluate phase.
I am currenty co-teacher with Prof. Jean Hennebert. The goal of this course is to train students to the fundamental (processes, tools, techniques and areas of knowledge) needed to successfully manage IT projects. The course contains to main parts. The first one introduces the concept of PLC (Project LifeCycle) as well as the main PLC phases with the related tools and techniques (MOV, Project Charter, WBS, etc.). The second one presents some important soft skills for IT project managers such as stress management, motivation, negotiation, etc.).
I am currenty co-teacher with Prof. Jean Hennebert. The goal of this course is to train students in the fundamental approaches and methodology of IT project development with a particular focus on iterative, agile and hybrid methodologies (SCRUM, XP, RUP, etc.) and Swiss specific methodologies (HERMES).
I am currenty co-teacher with Prof. Didier Rizzotti et Prof. Stefano Carrino. With the omnipresence of computer science in all domains of our daily professional and private life, classical interfaces (keyboard and mouse) granting access to numerical information became insufficient for the needs of nomadic users, who we became. Main objective of the course is to offer a compact view on new paradigms of human-machine interaction, which are based on emerging technologies that exploit all the means of human communication (voice, gestures, emotions, etc.).
This seminar provides a general overview of emerging trends and technologies in natural user interaction.
I am currenty co-teacher with Dr. Leonardo Angelini and Dr. Maurizio Caon. The course is about novel interaction paradigms (ambient intelligence and wearable computing) and it presents advanced interaction modalities (gesture, tangible and voice interaction, Augmented and Virtual Reality, etc.)
I am currenty co-teacher with Dr. Leonardo Angelini. The course provide an introduction to machine learning techniques (k-nn, k-means, gmm, etc.).
I am currenty co-teacher with Prof. Pierre Kuonen. The course is about advanced UML modeling techniques and design patterns.
I am currenty co-teacher with Prof. Pierre Kuonen of 2 courses on basic software engineering . The courses aims at providing a complete overview of software engineering approach and UML modeling.
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