Section: Application Domains

Application Domains

INSITU works actively with users from various application domains in order to understand their specific needs. By studying similar problems in different domains, we can generalize our results and develop more general principles. Our current application domains include:

• Scientific discovery, i.e. the use of advanced interactive technologies by scientists of other disciplines, in particular:

  • Biological research, in cooperation with the Institut Pasteur (Paris), INRA (Institut National de la Recherce Agronomique, Evry), INRA Metarisk (http://www.paris.inra.fr/metarisk ) (Paris), and other laboratories of the University Paris-Sud;

  • Astronomy, in cooperation with the European Southern Observatory on the ALMA project (http://www.almaobservatory.org/ ) (Atacama Large Millimiter/submillimeter Array), for array operations monitoring and control of radiotelescopes; and with Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (http://www.ias.u-psud.fr ) on the visualization of large astronomy imagery using ultra-high-resolution wall-sized displays;

• Creative industries (music composition), in cooperation with IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique-Musique, Paris);

• Domestic technologies, in cooperation with ENSCI (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle, Paris).

We have selected these domains to ensure that we explore and address diverse validation criteria, e.g. enhancing productivity versus increasing communication access, diverse user characteristics, e.g. professionals versus non-professionals, and diverse user environments, e.g., desktops at work versus home versus mobile settings.