Deliverable 4.4 - INSEAD CALT

AtGentive IST-4-027529-STP - Attentive Agents for Collaborative Learners• Practicality – expertise and effort required to utilise the output in its currentform; expertise and effort required to extensively modify the output. Forexample, programming language – beginner / good / expert, effort – minorchanges / major changes / complete rewrite necessary.• Limitations – any specific known limitations to the output that are likely tobe significant. For example, programming language incompatibilities,unresolved known problems. Include also Intellectual Property limitations.6.4 Applying the Key AssessorsEach of the twelve project outputs identified in Section 6.2 is now examined withreference to the Key Assessors defined in Section 6.3 (Implementability, Integratability,Practicality and Limitations). The Assessors are preceded by an overview description ofthe output, and the knowledge gained in its development. Further details of each of theproject outputs are to be found in deliverable D6.4, as well as other deliverablesreferenced below in individual descriptions.Description6.4.1 Literature survey (State of the Art)The State of the Art report reviews research related to the support of attention in systemsfor collaboration and learning. It presents the most relevant results in attention-relatedresearch in cognitive psychology. It introduces systems that have been designed with theexplicit aim of supporting some attentional processes. It provides an overview of thespecific issues related to the support of attention in educational, work, and businessenvironments. Finally, it describes the issues and technologies related topsychophysiological measurements of attention and to the integration of embodiedagents in attention-aware systems. (See also deliverable D1.2 – “State of the ArtReport”.)ImplementabilityThe State of the Art report provides a resource for future researchers – both academicand commercial - in the area of attention support, in systems for collaboration andlearning. It allows publications to be easily identified and links related publications.IntegratabilityThe knowledge embodied in the State of the Art report may be used in futurepublications. In particular, we plan to further its dissemination by integrating its content,in a revised form, in an AtGentive-based book.PracticalityThe State of the Art report is written to be easily understood by anyone with sufficientexpertise to benefit from its contents.LimitationsAny State of the Art report is only complete at its date of publication. Each year papersare published that advance knowledge in the area of Attention (including papers fromAtGentive itself), making the report incrementally out of date. However, until an updatedversion of the report is created it will remain a good starting point for researchers.Del 4.4: AtGentive Final Evaluation Report page 81