International Workshop on Asian Reality
Prof.
Ted Selker
Jackie Lee
Ernesto Arroyo
Francis Lam
James Teng
Last updated on
December 15, 2006
[Workshop M1]
Industrial
Design Intelligence and Brainstorming
Dr. Ted Selker and Jackie Lee
This workshop will focus on how to make innovation in design, science and engineering. Dr. Selker will share the experience of finding critical problems in design and evaluation. We will have team members to gather their daily experience and make innovation from daily life. The workshop includes lecture on context-aware design, brainstorming, making mockups and evaluation. (Applicants need to have experience in design and engineering)
Workshop Schedule:
December 17 (SAT) - 10am Introduction and assignment by Ted
- Lecture on Context-Aware Computing 4pm
December 18 (SUN) - Group working time (Ted and Jackie are out of town)
December 19 (Mon) - 10am Industrial Design Intelligence
2pm brainstorming
December 20 (TUE) - Group working time with Ted and Jackie
December 21 (WED) - Final meeting and presentation in the afternoon
[Workshop M2]
MouseTrack
Ernesto Arroyo
This workshop
will focus on understanding how people browse websites by using the tool-
MouseTrack to understanding people's intention by monitoring mouse movements.
MouseTrack is designed to provide its clients with the ability to monitor
a user's behavior on the client's website. By tracking the mouse movement
of users, data analysis tools can be used to determine the best placement
of important information. Predictive technology is also to be implemented,
which can draw user's attention to certain items such as images or links depending
on the user's behavior on the previous page. (Applicants need to have their
own website and bring their laptops)
Workshop Schedule:
December 17 (SAT) - Introduction and assignment
December 18 (SUN) - Group working time (Ernesto is out of town)
December 19 (Mon) - Workshop on MouseTrap
December 20 (TUE) - Group working time with Ernesto
December 21 (WED) - Final meeting and presentation in the afternoon
[Workshop M3]
Visual Experience:
Attention and Interactivity
Jackie Lee and Francis Lam
This workshop
focuses on understanding how people experience art works or exhibitions in
galleries or museums. Traditionally, visitors are all passively received overloaded
information from their environments. Can we make the environment understand
more about people? We developed the tool- Attention Meter, a face tracking
tool for measuring a group of people's attention. The Attention Meter can
identify if people standing in front of an art work, staring at it, nodding
or they felt confused. Therefore, we can provide customized visual information
responding to people's behaviors. During this workshop, we will find topics
from our daily environment and make storytelling and attentive interfaces
for final exhibition. (Applicants need to have experience in Macromedia Flash
and bring their own laptops)
Workshop Schedule:
December 17 (SAT) - 10am Introduction by Jackie
- 2pm Talk series on Attention (Jackie), Interactivity (Francis), and Storytelling
(Edward).
December 18 (SUN) - Group working time with Edward
(Jackie and Francis are out of town)
December 19 (Mon) - Workshop on Attention Meter and discussion
December 20 (TUE) - Workshop on art installation
December 21 (WED) - Final meeting and presentation in the afternoon
Link:
Taiker-KTV
by Daniel, Ian, and Scottie
[Workshop M4]
Objects and
Spaces, Re-Design
James Teng
This workshop is bringing interested researchers and designers together to examine how information and computing technologies might change the relationships among human, objects, and spaces. With the introduction of concepts of ambient intelligence, ubiquitous computing and tangible interface, participants of the workshop will work on the theme of "memory of spaces." We ask questions like: What is the definition of "memory of a space?" How might we enable a space to have its memory? How might the memory be presented to the inhabitants of the space in a meaningful way? How does this idea change the design of smart objects and spaces? At the end of the workshop we expect to present the outcome of discussion in the form of design cases with posters. (Participants are required to bring their own computer and necessary software to work on the design.)
Workshop Schedule:
December 17 - Introduction and assignment (first project assigned)
December 18 - Group working time (James will be out of town)
December 19 - Review of the first project and workshop on the second project
December 20 - Workshop on the second project
December 21 - Final meeting and presentation in the afternoon
MIT Team Members
Dr. Ted Selker, selker@media.mit.edu
Dr. Ted Selker is an Associate Professor at the MIT Media and Arts Technology
Laboratory and the Director of the Context Aware Computing Lab. Context aware
computing strives to create a world in which people's desires and intentions
cause computers to help them. The lab is recognized for its work in creating
environments that use sensors and artificial intelligence to create so-called
virtual sensors; adaptive models of users to create keyboardless computer
scenarios. Ted is also Director of Counter Intelligence, a forum discussing
kitchens and domestic technology, lifestyles and supply changes as a result
of technology. Ted is creating the Industrial Design Intelligence forum to
discuss the need to understand cognitive science and quantitative experiments
in doing product design. Additionally, in March 2004, Ted was named co-Director
of the MIT/Caltech Voting Project.
http://www.media.mit.edu/~selker
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Jackie Lee, jackylee@media.mit.edu
Jackie Lee is a Ph.D student in the Context-Aware Computing group at MIT Media
Laboratory. He interested in designing and prototyping everyday objects in
order to enrich our living experience and make technology connect people's
emotion and feelings. He designed and implemented an intelligent spatial information
system for the Kitchen of the Future and received a M.S. degree from MIT Media
Laboratory. Before coming to the Media Lab, he interested in designing 3D
and augmented reality user interfaces. He built many digitally augmented tools
for architectural design. He studied at National Cheng Kung University, where
he earned his B Arch and M Arch degree.
http://www.media.mit.edu/~jackylee
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Ernesto Arroyo, earroyo@media.mit.edu
Ernesto Arroyo is a Ph.D candidate in Context-Aware Computing group. He investigates
the integration of sensing, reasoning and memory into everyday objects. His
research focuses on creating novel interfaces for devices that will assemble
contextual knowledge from users, such as behaviors, preferences or environmental
information. He is also interested in applying the same concept into self-adaptive
interfaces, that select the appropriate sensorial modality based on the users
preferred perceptual channel. Before coming to MIT, he worked on instrumentation
research projects at The National Astronomical Observatory of Maxico. He earned
a bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from the University
of Baja California in 1999.
http://www.media.mit.edu/~earroyo
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Francis Lam, francis@media.mit.edu
Francis is a graduate student interested in the aesthetics and social patterns
of online spaces. Prior to coming to the MIT Media Lab he got a BS in computer
science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a BA in design from the
Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Alongside of his study, he has developed
interests in various art and design domains. In 2000, he created an online
design playground (http://db-db.com) as an outlet for his creative talent,
and a platform to connect like-minded individuals. His work has been featured
in various publications and exhibited worldwide including, Hong Kong, Japan,
Austria and USA.
http://db-db.com/portfolio/
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James Teng, jteng@media.mit.edu
James is a graduate student interested in examining interaction design by
designing objects and spaces with the concepts of ambient intelligence and
tangible interface. He got a BS and MS from the EECS College of National Taiwan
University, and has been working on human-computer interaction, industrial
design and digital art for the past 3 years. He believes it's designers' job
to bring perspective and aesthetics to the world, and he is working hard on
that.
http://www.media.mit.edu/~jteng
