I recently accepted an invitation to serve as the Guest Editor for a Special Issue of the journal Multimodal Technologies and Interaction on the subject of “Love and Sex with Robots”. It is my pleasure to invite all researchers to submit an article on this topic.
The article may be either a full paper or a communication based on your own research in this area, or may be a focused review article on some aspect of the subject. MTI is an open access, peer-reviewed journal, edited by Professor Adrian David Cheok. You will not be required to pay the usual publication fee (Article Processing Charge) in the first issue of this journal.
All submissions will be subject to peer review. If you plan to submit a review article please provide me with a title and brief description at your earliest convenience, in order to avoid multiple reviews covering the same material.
Although the deadline for submission of manuscripts to the Special Issue is 1 October 2016, I would appreciate hearing from you in the next few weeks whether you would be willing to submit a contribution.
No falta mucho para que algún chef de prestigio mundial -de los de estrellas Michelin, esferificaciones nitrogenadas y platos a 200 euros- comience a enviar sus creaciones por Internet. No hablamos de un servicio a domicilio (¡qué poco glamour!) sino de un envío literal. Es decir, entrar en una web, seleccionar una receta de nombre imposible, conectarse unos sensores y… disfrutar a través de estímulos en tus sentidos del placer de la alta cocina. Tu cerebro interpretará aquello como la más deliciosa de las comidas, aunque en términos nutricionales sea la nada absoluta. Adrian Cheok cree que, al ritmo al que avanzan las nuevas tecnologías, esto será posible en 15 o 20 años. Tal vez menos si los experimentos que su equipo del Imagineering Institute, laboratorio que él mismo dirige, tienen éxito en próximas fechas. De momento ya han conseguido cosas tan asombrosas dentro de este campo como transmitir olores a través de una aplicación móvil, reproducir el sabor dulce mediante un dispositivo que estimula las papilas gustativas o engañar al cerebro haciéndole creer que la cantidad de comida ingerida es mayor que la consumida realmente.
Cheok es uno de los investigadores más importantes del mundo en el terreno de la denominada “realidad mixta”, un concepto que sobrepasa la realidad aumentada y la realidad virtual, puesto que su objetivo es combinar ambos mundos -el físico y el digital- en tiempo real para que puedan convivir e interactuar. El trabajo de Cheok desde el Imagineering Institute es “construir la Internet del futuro” mediante la convergencia de la tecnología, el arte y la creatividad. La idea de transmitir todo tipo de sensaciones a través de Internet se sustenta, según Cheok, en “el deseo de los seres humanos de comunicarse; la tecnología debe orientarse a satisfacer estas necesidades fundamentales, porque es esencial para nuestra felicidad”. Ser feliz, por ejemplo, sintiendo el abrazo o el beso de la persona amada aunque se encuentre a muchos kilómetros de distancia, es uno de los experimentos que ya han llevado a cabo con éxito desde el equipo de Cheok.
Pero sus planes no se detienen en el envío de información digital entre dos seres humanos, por mucho que esto despierte nuestras emociones. Quiere ir mucho más allá: “El siguiente paso es que esa persona no tiene porqué ser real. Puede ser una creación virtual. Tendremos robots o personajes virtuales que serán nuestros amigos y podremos comunicarnos con ellos a través de nuestros cinco sentidos gracias a Internet. La combinación de la inteligencia artificial y la tecnología multisensorial lo hará posible en el futuro. Tendremos amigos e incluso amantes que no serán físicos”.
Adrian Cheok will be giving a keynote speech at MobileHCI this year held in Florence, Italy on 6-9 Sept 2016.
MobileHCI 2016: the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services which is the premier forum for innovations in mobile, portable and personal devices and with the services to which they enable access.
Professor Adrian David Cheok will be giving a keynote speech at Visual SG 2016 Forum in the Singapore Science Center.
Speech Title: Everysense Everywhere Human Communication
Venue: Maxwell Auditorium, Singapore Science Center
Date: 1.30pm, 22 July 2016
Visual SG is South East Asia’s signature Visualisation Festival. The Festival profiles data
science through its bold emphasis on the visual aesthetics, insights and narratives that reside
in data. Envisaged as both a serious study and playful showcase, Visual SG presents a full
on visual spectacle of data through the lens of artistic and creative expression. Through its
line-up of interactive displays, forums and workshops, Visual SG not only raises awareness of
the burgeoning field of big data, it also aims to provoke conversations on the significant role
of data analytics in today’s business and societal contexts.
Now into its third year, the Festival seeks to expand in scope and geographical reach. As
Visual SG makes connective strides in linking up to other regional festivals such as the Festival
of Scientific Visualisation in Japan, the Centre projects that Visual SG has the potential to
become Asia’s premier Visualisation Festival. Science Centre Singapore is thus seeking
strategic partnerships and alliances to develop and brand Visual SG as Asia’s best focal point
celebration of data science.
The theme for Visual SG this year is “Beauty in Patterns”. There is rich data intrinsic in both
natural patterns as well as man-made permutations. Adapting from this, the Industry forum
will explore the various trend shifts in big data, open data and data analytics and how these
add up to make us more connected and smart!
Adrian David Cheok is Chair Professor of Pervasive Computing at City University London, and currently helms the Imagineering Institute of Iskandar Malaysia as Director. He has extensive experience in mixed reality, real-time systems, embedded computing, wearable computers, fuzzy systems and power electronics.
His work has been highly recognized. Some of his impressive accolades include the Hitachi Fellowship, Microsoft Research Award for Gaming and Graphics, SIP Distinguished Fellow Award, and first prize in the Milan International InventiON competition. He was also elected as World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and as a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), an organisation committed to finding innovative practical solutions to today’s social challenges.
Part of his initiative in providing alternatives to solving today’s social challenges has seen him involve in unconventional collaborations with Nike, National Oilwell Varco, Ministry of Defence, VF Corporation and many others. His research has also seen him produce boundary breaking inventions such as “Human Pacman”, “Magic Land”, “Metazoa Ludens and “Kissenger”.
Therefore, it will be a great miss if you do not catch him in the upcoming i-USEr 2016. It is time to unbound yourself to extraordinary HCI applications by learning from the Master himself.
In this episode, presenters of The Gadget Show, Amy Williams and Jason Bradbury, visit Professor Adrian Cheok at the Imagineering Lab in London and try out some of his whacky devices for the senses.
The 2nd International Conference on Creative Media, Design & Technology (REKA2016) will be held at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, MALAYSIA on 26 & 27 Sept 2016. Professor Adrian David Cheok has been invited to be the keynote speaker for this conference.
In REKA2016, researchers will gather to overview the current issues in the field of Creative Media, Design and Technology, to discuss and analyze the best practices of the implementation of strategies, programmes and methods in this fields, and to exchange opinions on the impact of Creative Media, Design and Technology on education and creative industries.
Imagineering Institute is searching for the next Malaysian J-Pop sensations. If you’re a female between 17-25, able to sing and dance, fluent in Malay and English language and a Malaysian citizen we want you.
Submit your photo (Head and Full body) with a clear video recording of you singing (NO longer than 3 minutes) to iqmal@imagineeringinstitute.org.
