Capallera Marine

Marine Capallera is a Researcher affiliated with the HumanTech - Technology for Human Wellbeing Institute at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO). Her work focuses on Human-Vehicle Interaction (HVI), Virtual Reality (VR) applications for education and disability support, and driver state monitoring using physiological signals. She holds a PhD in Informatics from the University of Fribourg (2023), where her thesis addressed adaptive multimodal systems for driver supervision in automated vehicles.

Her research spans projects like AdVitam (funded by Hasler Foundation), which explores collaborative driver-vehicle interaction models, and Pro-GIS, a VR initiative enabling social skills training for youth with intellectual disabilities. She collaborates with institutions like EPFL+ECAL Lab and the University of Fribourg, contributing to datasets on driver physiology and automated driving behavior.

Key themes include: 1) Designing HVI systems that maintain driver situation awareness via ambient interfaces and physiological feedback; 2) Developing inclusive VR solutions for special needs populations; 3) Applying machine learning to classify driver states (fatigue, workload) using biometric data. Recent work emphasizes multimodal interaction in automated vehicles and cross-modal emotion integration in VR environments.

• Grants: Hasler Foundation-funded AdVitam project (2018-2021)
• Teams: Collaborates with Elena Mugellini, Quentin Meteier, and Omar Abou Khaled in automotive HVI research
• Labs: Leads VR training modules for nursing education and disability support