Marine Capallera

Marine Capallera is a Researcher at the HumanTech Institute within the Fribourg School of Engineering and Architecture at HES-SO. Her work focuses on Human-Computer Interaction, particularly in automotive human factors and virtual reality applications. She leads the AdVitam project on driver-vehicle interaction in autonomous vehicles and the Pro-GIS initiative using VR for social skills training with intellectually disabled youth.

• Core Affiliations: HumanTech Institute (HES-SO), Fribourg School of Engineering and Architecture
• Research Themes: Driver monitoring, multimodal interfaces, assistive VR systems

Her research explores physiological signal analysis for driver state assessment, adaptive HMI designs for automated vehicles, and VR applications in education/training contexts. Recent projects include developing VR simulators for healthcare training and creating context-aware driver assistance systems using machine learning.

Key contributions include a dataset on driver physiological states in automated vehicles (2023), multimodal systems for situational awareness (IEEE Access 2023), and VR-based social training for disabled adolescents (Applied Sciences 2023).

Collaborations involve EPFL+ECAL Lab, University of Fribourg, and social educators. Current work emphasizes empathic AI companions for vehicles and haptic-audio-visual immersion enhancements in VR environments.