Cultural Informatics

Karoulis, A., Sylaiou, S., White, M., (2006). Usability evaluation of a virtual museum interface. Journal Informatica, Vol. 17, Num. 3, IOS Press, pp. 363-380. ISSN: 0868-4952, indexed, IF 2004: 0, 26

by Stella Sylaiou

The Augmented Representation of Cultural Objects (ARCO) system provides software and interface tools to museum... more The Augmented Representation of Cultural Objects (ARCO) system provides software and interface tools to museum curators to develop virtual museum exhibitions, as well as a virtual environment for museum visitors over the World Wide Web or in informative kiosks. The main purpose of the system is to offer an enhanced educative and entertaining experience to virtual museum visitors. In order to assess the usability of the system, two approaches have been employed: a questionnaire based survey and a Cognitive Walkthrough session. Both approaches employed expert evaluators, such as domain experts and usability experts. The result of this study shows a fair performance of the followed approach, as regards the consumed time, financial and other resources, as a great deal of usability problems has been uncovered and many aspects of the system have been investigated. The knowledge gathered aims at creating a conceptual framework for diagnose usability problems in systems in the area of Virtual Cultural Heritage.

Sylaiou S., Liarokapis F., Kotsakis K., Patias P., (2009). Virtual museums, a survey and some issues for consideration, Journal of Cultural Heritage, vol. X n. 4, 2009, October-December 2009, pp. 520-528, Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISSN 1296-2074, indexed, (Impact Factor): 0.854.

by Stella Sylaiou

Museums are interested in the digitizing of their collections not only for the sake of preserving the cultural... more Museums are interested in the digitizing of their collections not only for the sake of preserving the cultural heritage, but to also make the information content accessible to the wider public in a manner that is attractive. Emerging technologies, such as VR, AR and Web3D are widely used to create virtual museum exhibitions both in a museum environment through informative kiosks and on the World Wide Web. This paper surveys the field, and while it explores the various kinds of virtual museums in existence, it discusses the advantages and limitation involved with a presentation of old and new methods and of the tools used for their creation.

DanVideo: An MPEG-7 Authoring and Retrieval System for Dance Videos

by Rajkumar Kannan

Modular Assessment System for Modern Learning Settings: MASS

by Rajkumar Kannan

Generic Modeling and Annotation of the Dance Video Semantics

by Rajkumar Kannan