As computers become proliferous and connectivity widespread, we are increasingly able to access computer power, data, information and knowledge from anywhere and at anytime. However, in order to bring the benefits of such accessible intelligence to the masses, we should not neglect the ongoing evolutions and revolutions in human-computer communications. Indeed, as the human factors of information systems and knowledge systems emerge as a research area in and of itself, it is timely for our Department to embark on this exciting field of study. The scope of HCCL includes the study of how interactive and intelligent human-computer interfaces should be designed and implemented, in order to effectively enable users to accomplish their desired tasks.
Users can use a textual query to retrieve audio and video documents.
It uses a unified approach to handle both English and Chinese natural language queries. The system's intelligence can derive complete interpretations of queries. The system can be integrated with speech recognition and synthesis technologies. Lam Wai Prof.