Alternative and Augmentative communication, mobility and manipulation

Portable devices (hardware and software) to aid communication of people with disability.

Adaptable human-computer interfaces for people with special needs.

Systems to enhance communication speed.

Systems to aid mobility. Intelligent wheelchairs based on mobile robotics techniques.

Affective computing

 Emotions recognition and synthesis.

 Application on affective mediation. 

Ubiquitous computing and Ambient intelligence

Domotics and wireless environment control systems for people with special needs.

Supporting technology (for example, personal area networks, middleware, etc.) for ubiquitous and context dependent computing.

Supporting technology for ambient intelligence systems aimed at enhancing the autonomy of disabled people and elderly.

Web accessibility

Design of tools for automatically evaluate and correct Web accessibility problems.

Study of guidelines in the cognitive Web access to enhance the accessibility of people with several types of restrictions.

User modelling and adaptive interfaces

Development of tools and techniques to enhance the user experience during the Web navigation.

Automatic interface personalization.