Elisa’s research activity falls within the field of Human Computer Interaction in particular Interaction design and Computer supported collaborative working (CSCW).
Her interest addresses to the issue of designing interactive system for supporting human activity in technology enhanced environments.
In particular, her work is focused on the development of novel methodological approaches for the design of tangible interfaces and multi-modal interaction and to design interaction suitable to specific contexts of use (e.g. social, educational, physical environments), human activity and contents provided. In this perspective, the main objective of my research will be to identify a way for people to access contents using a more intuitive and natural modality according with the opportunity of technology and the human abilities.
A part of her research is dedicated to investigate the theoretical aspects that concern the design of artifact interfaces and interaction modalities suitable to support a specific human activity. Thus, the cognitive science theoretical approach stands at the basis of 1) the design of interactive applications (test bench for theoretical approach), 2) the assessment of design methodology.
Elisa’s research is directed to cover both aspects: on the one hand the running applications allow to test and assess the theoretical approach, on the other hand they help to refine methodological issues especially in multidisciplinary contexts.