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Month: December 2019

  • Call: Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) 2020

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    Call for Papers Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) 2020 3-4 September 2020 Amsterdam, The Netherlands https://saiconference.com/IntelliSys Submission Deadline: 15 December 2019 IntelliSys 2020 will focus in areas of intelligent systems and artificial intelligence and how it applies to the real world. IntelliSys provides a leading international forum that brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields with the purpose of exploring the fundamental roles, interactions as well as practical impacts of Artificial Intelligence. It is part of the conference series started in 2013. The conference programme will include paper presentations, poster sessions and project demonstrations, along with prominent keynote speakers and…

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  • Virtual reality won’t make cows happier, but it might help us see them differently

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    [You may have seen the story (linked below) about Russian farmers testing the ability of VR and the presence illusions it creates to increase cows’ milk production (!). This story from The Conversation is a nice summary of what researchers know about when/if animals may experience, and enjoy, presence via human technologies. See the original version for a second image and a 0:57 second video. –Matthew] [Image: The grass may be greener in virtual reality, but you can’t eat it. Credit: Moscow Ministry of Agriculture and Food.] Virtual reality won’t make cows happier, but it might help us see them…

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  • Call: Conference on Social Robots in Institutional Interaction

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    Call for Abstracts Conference on Social Robots in Institutional Interaction: Exploring HRI in Service, Healthcare or Educational Contexts 2-3 April 2020 Bielefeld University https://ekvv.uni-bielefeld.de/blog/soziologie/entry/call_for_papers_for_conference Organizers: Indra Bock & Florian Muhle Submission deadline: 10 January 2020 Humanoid robots and virtual agents are expected to interact with humans in a natural and sociable way. However, for many years humanoid technical systems were mainly used as research platforms in laboratories and HRI was investigated dominantly with experimental methods. That is, for a long time humans could only encounter robotic systems under artificial and controlled laboratory conditions, but not in natural situations. This has…

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  • Japan cosmetics maker develops tech for spray-on ‘artificial skin’

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    [While we usually focus on digital technologies that produce or supplement sensory inputs, glasses, hearing aids and even make-up are technologies designed to evoke presence illusions. Somehow that’s more clear with the “artificial skin” innovation described in this short story from The Asahi Shimbun. See the original for three more images, and see press releases from Kao here and here for more information including short videos. –Matthew] [Image: An ultra-fine fiber membrane can be applied to the face or elsewhere to keep skin moist. Credit: Kao Corp.] Japan cosmetics maker develops tech for spray-on ‘artificial skin’ By Toshihiko Katsuda /…

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  • Call: QoMEX 2020 – The 12th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience

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    CALL FOR PAPERS QoMEX 2020 The 12th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience May 26th – 28th 2020 Athlone, Ireland Conference website: www.QoMEX2020.ie Follow us for weekly updates on: www.twitter.com/QoMEX2020 https://www.facebook.com/Qomex2020 https://www.instagram.com/qomex_conference/ PDF: Call for Papers: http://qomex2020.ie/downloads/QoMEX2020CallforPapers.pdf PDF: Call for Special Session proposals: http://qomex2020.ie/downloads/QoMEX2020CallforSpecialSessions.pdf Paper submission deadline: 29th January, 2020 The 12th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience will be held from May 26th to 28th, 2020 in Athlone, Ireland. QoMEX 2020 will provide a warm welcome to leading experts from academia and industry to present and discuss current and future research on multimedia quality, quality of experience…

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  • Alexa can now show more emotion, use different voice styles, and be in more devices

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    [As reported in Digital Trends, Amazon is adding emotional qualities to its virtual assistant Alexa’s voice (the Amazon blog post mentioned has more examples of ‘her’ new abilities). In separate news, Amazon is making it possible to interact with Alexa through more devices – as a post in the AWS blog notes, “customers can now cost-effectively build new categories of differentiated voice-enabled products such as light switches, thermostats, and small appliances. This allows consumers to talk directly to Alexa in new parts of their home, office, or hotel rooms for a truly ambient experience.” Both developments are likely to increase…

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