CogniWin – a virtual assistance system for older adults at work
Date
2015Author
Hanke, S.Meinedo, H.
Portugal, D.

Quintas, J.
Christodoulou, Eleni
Sili, M.
Dias, M. S.
Samaras, George S.
ISSN
0302-9743Source
1st International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2015 Held as Part of 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2015Volume
9194Pages
257-268Google Scholar check
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This paper presents an innovative virtual assistant system, which aims to address older adults’ needs in a professional environment by proposing promising and innovative virtual assistance mechanisms. The system, named CogniWin, is expected to alleviate eventual age related memory degradation and gradual decrease of other cognitive capabilities (i.e. speed of processing new information, concentration level) and at the same time assist older adults to increase their learning abilities through personalized learning assistance and well-being guidance. In this paper we describe the overall system concept, the technological approach, the methodology used in the elicitation of user needs, and describe the first pre-trials’ evaluation. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.