Frans van der Sluis

Information Retrieval for Children

Description of research

My research aims to create novel interfaces in support of children’s information seeking. Compared to adults, children have different information needs. For example, they are very creative, open-minded, and sensitive to emotions. Furthermore, they require intuitive ways to interact with an information system; e.g., they express their information need differently and are more prone to make (typographical) errors. Therefore, this research combines the state-of-the-art from Information Retrieval (IR) research and Human Computer Interaction (HCI), and uses findings from psychology to create an information system custom-made for children.

Advisor(s)

E.M.A.G. van Dijk

F.M.G. de Jong

A. Nijholt

Duration

2009 - 2013

Project

PuppyIR

Sponsor

EU FP7

Strategic Research Orientation

NICE - Natural Interaction in Computer-mediated Environments

Links to relevant web pages:

-	http://hmi.ewi.utwente.nl/person/Frans%20van%20der%20Sluis

-	Human Media Interaction (HMI)

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PuppyIR

-	NICE - Natural Interaction in Computer-mediated Environments

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