LACE: Laboratory for Assisted Cognition Environments Computer Systems to Aid People with Cognitive Disorders |
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The goal of the Laboratory for Assisted Cognition Environments (LACE) is to create advanced computer systems that will enhance the quality of life of people suffering from cognitive disabilities. This interdisciplinary project combines computer science research in artificial intelligence and ubiquitous computing with clinical research on patient care. Assisted Cognition systems are proactive memory and problem solving aids that help an individual perform the tasks of day-to-day life.
If you are looking for products and services that are now available to help care for someone with Alzheimer's disease, please visit the following web sites:
We are looking for graduate students interested in exploring Assisted Cognition! There are many research topics, including:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data fusion, localization, and state estimation
- Recognition of users' behaviors, intentions, and goals
- Learning patterns of behavior
- Cooperative problem solving
- Robotics for calibration, sensing, and user interaction
- User Interfaces
- UI design for the cognitively disabled
- Adaptive user interfaces
- Speech and sound processing
- Ubiquitous Computing
- Smart homes for aging in place
- Combining smart homes with PDA-based devices
- Medicine and Nursing
- Understanding the needs of Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers
- The role of technology in home-based patient care
- Intervention strategies
- Design of clinical studies for AC systems
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