2010 International Conference on CYBERWORLDS


Conference Program

 

The conference at a glance

 

19 October

15:00-17:00 Registration: NEC Lobby, Educational Wing, 2nd floor, by LR1

 

20 October

09:00-17:00   Registration: NEC Lobby, Educational Wing, 2nd floor, by LR1

09:30-10:00   Opening address by the NTU Provost

                    Professor Bertil Andersson

 

Time LR1 LR3 LR4
09:00-09:30

Pre-conference reception

09:30-10:00 Opening address    
10:00-11:00 Keynote 1    
11:00-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:30 Panel    
12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:30 HCI1 SMC DMCS1
15:30-16:00

Coffee break, level 2

16:00-18:00 HCI2 ST DMCS2

 

9:30-17:00 Industrial presentation at the educational lobby.

 

18:30 Complimentary city tour bus. Send emails to cyberworlds@ntu.edu.sg to book the seat with subject "CW2010 cultural program".

 

21 October

09:00-17:00 Registration: NEC Lobby, Educational Wing, 2nd floor, by LR1

 

Time LR1 LR3 LR4
09:30-10:30 Keynote 2    
10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:00 Keynote 3    
12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00-15:00 SVWG1 CLC  CVAMR1
15:00-15:30

Coffee break, level 2

15:30-17:30 SVWG2 HCI3  CVAMR2

 

9:30-17:00 Industrial presentation at the educational lobby.

 

18:00          Busses leave from NEC for the conference banquette at
                  Meritus Marina Mandarin Hotel

19:00-19:30 Reception in the Vanda Ballroom lobby

19:30-23:00 Conference banquette.

                  Presentation of CW2011 venue.
                  Dinner talk by Yuri Baturin "
Cyberworlds as a Virtual
                  Bridge between
Perceptive Space and Outer Space
"
                  Entertainment program during the whole banquette.

                  Dress code: smart casual (no shorts, sandals, flip-flops, etc.)

                  Menu is here. Those who requested special meals in the online

                  registration will be given an adequate substitute vegetarian

                  dinner set.

23:15          Bus leaves from the hotel for NEC

 

22 October

09:00-12:30 Registration: NEC Lobby, Educational Wing, 2nd floor, by LR1

 

Time LR1 LR3  

09:30-10:30

Keynote 4

 

 

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:30

VHA1

 

 

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:00

VHA2

 BCICI

 

15:00-15:30

Coffee break, level 2

15:30-17:00

VHA3

 NC

 

17:00-17:15 Closing    

 

9:30-17:00 Industrial presentation at the educational lobby.

 

Conference sessions

 

Keynote talks

 

Keynote 1

Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann

"A Comprehensive Methodology to Visualize Articulations for the Physiological Human"
Professor and Director of MIRALab, University of Geneva and
Director of the Institute for Media Innovations, NTU, Singapore
Click here to read more

Session chair: Olga Sourina

 

Keynote 2

Tosiyasu L. Kunii

"Modeling Cyberworlds for Cloud Computing"
Chief Technical Advisor of Morpho, Inc., Japan and
Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo, Japan
Click here to read more

Session chair: Daniel Thalmann

 

Keynote 3

André Gagalowicz

"3D Tracking of non Verbal Facial Expressions from Monocular Video Sequences"
Scientific Leader, Mirages, INRIA Paris - Rocquencourt research centre
Click here to read more

Session chair: Tosiyasu  L. Kunii

 

Keynote 4

Dieter Fellner

"3D Semantics Pipeline: Creating, Handling and Visualization of Semantically-Enriched Models"
Professor of computer science at TU Darmstadt and
director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD)
Click here to read more

Session chair: Alexei Sourin

 


 

Panel Session

 

Virtual Humans: Busy? Send your Avatar

 

Session Chair: Olga Sourina

 

Panelists:  Dieter Fellner, André Gagalowicz, Tosiyasu L. Kunii,
                 Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann

 


 

Paper Sessions

FP - full paper, SP- short paper. Speaker names are underlined.

 

 

Human-Computer Interaction

 

HCI1

 

Session chair: Masayuki Nakajima

 

FP: Diego Martínez, Arturo S. García, José P. Molina Massó, Jonatan Martínez, Pascual González (Spain)
AFreeCA: Extending the spatial model of interaction
 

FP: Xiyuan Hou, Olga Sourina (Singapore)
Haptic Rendering Algorithm for Biomolecular Docking with Torque Force
 

FP: Bastian Migge, Andreas Kunz (Switzerland)
User Model for Predictive Calibration Control on Interactive Screens

 

FP: Lei Wei, Alexei Sourin (Singapore)
Haptic Rendering of Mixed Haptic Effects

 

HCI2

 

Session chair: Daniel Thalmann

 

FP: Zhiqiang Luo, Chih-Chung Lin, I-Ming Chen, Song Huat Yeo, Tsai-Yen Li (Singapore)
Building Hand Motion-Based Character Animation: The Case of Puppetry

 

FP: Mathieu Hopmann, Daniel Thalmann, Frédéric Vexo (Switzerland)
Virtual Shelf: Sharing Music Between People and Devices

 

FP: Youngjun Kim, Sang Ok Koo, Deukhee Lee, Laehyun Kim, Sehyung Park (Korea)
Mesh-to-Mesh Collision Detection by Ray Tracing for Medical Simulation with Deformable Bodies

 

SP: Dennis Reidsma, Wolfgang Tschacher, Fabian Ramseyer, Anton Nijholt (Netherlands)
Measuring Multimodal Synchrony for Human-Computer Interaction

 

HCI3

 

Session chair:  Kenji Ohmori

 

SP: Senaka Amarakeerthi, Rasika Ranaweera, Michael Cohen (Japan)
Speech-based Emotion Characterization using Postures and Gestures in CVEs

 

SP: Di Liu, Andy W. H. Khong (Singapore)
Improvement of Speech Source Localization in Noisy Environment Using Overcomplete Rational-Dilation Wavelet Transforms

 

SP: Kwang-Eun Ko, Kwee-Bo Sim (Korea)
Development of a Facial Emotion Recognition Method based on combining AAM with DBN
 

SP: Shahzad Rasool, Alexei Sourin (Singapore)
Towards Tangible Images and Video in Cyberworlds – Function-based Approach
 

SP: Amir Sulaiman, Kirill Poletkin, Andy W H Khong (Singapore)
Source Localization in the Presence of Dispersion for Next Generation Touch Interface


Shape Modeling for Cyberworlds

SMC

 

Session chair: Jianmin Zheng

 

FP: Ming-Yong Pang, Yun Sheng, Alexei Sourin, Gabriela Gonzáes Castro, Hassan Ugail (Singapore, UK)
Automatic Reconstruction and Web Visualization of Complex PDE Shapes

 

FP: Kai Wang, Jianmin Zheng, Hock-Soon Seah (Singapore)
Reference Plane Assisted Sketching Interface for 3D Freeform Shape Design

 

FP: Ming-Yong Pang (China)
Optimizing Triangulation of Implicit Surface Based on Quadric Error Metrics
 

FP: Simant Prakoonwit (United Kingdom)
3D Reconstruction from Few Silhouettes Using Statistical Models and Landmark Points


Simulation and Training

ST

 

Session chair: Olga Sourina

 

FP: Stefan Rilling, Ulrich Wechselberger, Stefan Müller (Germany)
Bridging the Gap Between Didactical Requirements and Technological Challenges in Serious Game Design
 

FP: Md. Tanvirul Islam, Kaiser Md. Nahiduzzaman, Why Yong Peng, Golam Ashraf (Singapore)
Learning Character Design from Experts and Laymen

 

FP: Shang-Ping Ting, Suiping Zhou, Hu Nan (Singapore)
A Computational Model of Situation Awareness for MOUT Simulations

 

SP: Ungyeon Yang, Gun A. Lee, Yongwan Kim, Dongsik Jo, Jin Sung Choi, Ki-Hong Kim (Korea)
Virtual Reality based Welding Training Simulator with 3D Multimodal Interaction


Data Mining and Cybersecurity

 

DMCS1

 

Session chair: Anton Nijholt

 

FP: Richmond Hong Rui Tan, Flora S. Tsai (Singapore)
Authorship Identification for Online Text

 

FP: Sascha Hauke, Martin Pyka, Markus Borschbach, Dominik Heider (Germany)
Harnessing Recommendations from Weakly Linked Neighbors in Reputation-based Trust Formation
 

FP: Thomas Monoth, Babu Anto P (India)
Contrast-Enhanced Visual Cryptography Schemes Based on Additional Pixel Patterns

 

 

DMCS2

 

Session chair: Ray Jarvis

 

FP: Najmus Saqib Malik, Friedrich Kupzog, Michael Sonntag (Pakistan)
An Approach to Secure Mobile Agents in Automatic Meter Reading

 

FP: Haichang Gao, Zhongjie Ren, Xiuling Chang, Xiyang Liu, Uwe Aickelin (China)
A New Graphical Password Scheme Resistant to Shoulder-Surfing


Shared Virtual Worlds and Games

 

SVWG1

 

Session chair: Stanislav Klimenko

 

FP: Zin-Yan Chua, Yilin Kang, Xing Jiang, Kah-Hoe Pang, Andrew C. Gregory, Chi-Yun Tan, Wai-Lun Wong, Ah-Hwee Tan, Yew-Soon Ong, Chun-Yan Miao (Singapore)

Youth Olympic Village Co-Space

 

FP: Inmaculada Remolar, Miguel Chover, Ricardo Quirós, Jesus Gumbau, Francisco Ramos, Pascual Castelló, Cristina Rebollo (Spain)
Virtual Trade Fair: A Multiuser 3D Virtual World for Business

 

FP: Lilia Gómez Flores, Martyn Horner (United Kingdom)
Leisure Time in Second Life: Cultural Differences and Similarities

 

FP: Kenji Ohmori, Tosiyasu L. Kunii (Japan)
A Formal Methodology for Developing Enterprise Systems Procedurally: Homotopy, Pi-Calculus and Event-Driven Programs

 

SVWG2

 

Session chair: Simant Prakoonwit

 

FP: Guanghao Low, Dion Hoe-Lian Goh, Chei Sian Lee (Singapore)
Looking for a Good Time: Information Seeking in Mobile Content Sharing and Gaming Environments
 

FP: Jacob van Kokswijk (Belgium)
Social Control in Online Society. Advantages of Self-regulation on the Internet

 

FP: Andrey Leonov, Alexander Serebrov, Mikhail Anikushkin, Dmitriy Belosokhov, Alexander Bobkov, Evgeny Eremchenko, Pavel Frolov, Ilya Kazanskiy, Andrey Klimenko, Stanislav Klimenko, Viktoria Leonova, Andrey Rashidov, Vasil Urazmetov, Valeriy Droznin, Viktor Dvigalo, Vladimir Leonov, Sergey Samoylenko, Alexander Aleynikov, Tikhon Shpilenok (Russia)
Virtual Story in Cyberspace: Valley of Geysers, Kamchatka

 

FP: Yang-Wai Chow, Willy Susilo, Hua-Yu Zhou (Australia)
CAPTCHA Challenges for Massively Multiplayer Online Games. Mini-games CAPTCHAs


Cyberlearning in Cyberworlds

CLC

 

Session chair: Marina Gavrilova

 

FP: Jafar Al-Gharaibeh, Clinton Jeffery (United States)
PNQ: Portable Non-Player Characters with Quests

 

FP: Bin Chen, Fengru Huang, Hui Lin, Mingyuan Hu (China)
VCUHK: Integrating the Real into a 3D Campus in Networked Virtual Worlds

 

SP: Steven J. Zuiker, J. Patrick Williams, David Kirschner, Katherine Greer Littlefield, Manikantan Krishnamurthy (Singapore)
Alone Together in Cyberworlds? Bridging Cyberworld Development and Design through Education MMOs

 

SP: Leon Ho Chiau Wai , Alexei Sourin (Singapore)
Setting Cyber-instructors in Cyberspace


Computer Vision, Augmented and Mixed Reality

 

CVAMR1

 

Session chair: Dieter Fellner

 

FP: Xueqin Xiang, Guangxia Li, Jing Tong, Zhigeng Pan (China)
Fast and Simple Super Resolution for Range Data

 

FP: Hock Soon Tan, Jiazhi Xia, Ying He, YQ Guan (Singapore)
A System for Capturing, Rendering and Multiplexing Images on Multi-view Autostereoscopic Display
 

FP: Kei Iwasaki, Yoshinori Dobashi, Tomoyuki Nishita (Japan)
Interactive Lighting and Material Design for Cyber Worlds
 

CVAMR2

 

Session chair: André Gagalowicz

 

FP: Marina Gavrilova, Roman Yampolskiy (Canada)
Applying Biometric Principles to Avatar Recognition

 

FP: Ray Jarvis, Nghia Ho (Australia)
Robotic Cybernavigation in Natural Known Environments
 

FP: D. Zhang, Y. Shen, S.K. Ong, A.Y.C. Nee (Singapore)
An Affordable Augmented Reality based Rehabilitation System for Hand Motions
 

FP: Shah Atiqur Rahman, Liyuan Li, M.K.H. Leung (Singapore)
Human Action Recognition by Negative Space Analysis

 


Virtual Humans and Avatars

 

VHA1

 

Session chair: Daniel Thalmann

 

FP: Linbo Luo, Suiping Zhou, Wentong Cai, Michael Lees, Malcolm Yoke Hean Low (Singapore)
Modeling Human-like Decision Making for Virtual Agents in Time-critical Situations

 

FP: Mustafa Kasap, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann (Switzerland)
Customizing and Populating Animated Digital Mannequins for Real-time Application
 

FP: Qi Xing, Wenzhen Yang, Jihui Li, Mark M. Theiss, Jim X. Chen (United States)
3D Automatic Feature Construction System for Lower Limb Alignment

 

VHA2

 

Session chair: Nadia Thalmann

 

FP: Suriati bte Sadimon, Mohd Shahrizal Sunar, Dzulkefli Mohamad, Habibollah Haron (Malaysia)
Computer Generated Caricature: A Survey
 

FP: Weihe Wu, Aimin Hao, Yongtao Zhao (China)
Geodesic Model of Human Body
 

FP: Siu Man Lui, Wendy Hui (Australia)
Effects of Smiling and Gender on Trust Toward a Recommendation Agent  (the paper was not presented)
 

VHA3

 

Session chair: Alexei Sourin

 

FP: Héctor Rafael Orozco Aguirre, Félix Francisco Ramos Corchado, Marco Antonio Ramos Corchado, Daniel Thalmann  (Mexico)
A Fuzzy Model to Update the Affective State of Virtual Humans: An Approach Based on Personality

 

FP: Michael Athanasopoulos, Hassan Ugail, Gabriela González Castro (United Kingdom)
On the Development of an Interactive Talking Head System

 

SP: Asako Soga, Ronan Boulic, Daniel Thalmann (Japan)
Motion Planning and Animation Variety using Dance Motion Clips

 

SP: Choong Seng Chan, Flora S. Tsai (Singapore)
Computer Animation of Facial Emotions


Brain-computer Interfaces and Cognitive Informatics

BCICI

 

Session chair: Hassan Ugail

 

FP: Yisi Liu, Olga Sourina, Minh Khoa Nguyen (Singapore)
Real-Time EEG-based Emotion Recognition and Visualization

 

FP: Qiang Wang, Olga Sourina, Minh Khoa Nguyen (Singapore)
EEG-based “Serious” Games Design for Medical Applications

 

SP: Danny Plass-Oude Bos, Boris Reuderink, Bram van de Laar, Hayrettin Gürkök, Christian Mühl, Mannes Poel, Dirk Heylen, Anton Nijholt (Netherlands)
Human-Computer Interaction for BCI Games: Usability and User Experience

 

SP: Brahim Hamadicharef, Mufeng Xu, Sheel Aditya (Singapore)
Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) based Musical Composition

 

SP: Liu Lin Yi, Mark Chavez (Singapore)
Cinematics and Narratives: An Exploitation of Real-Time Animation


Networked Collaboration

NC

 

Session chair: Tosiyasu L. Kunii

 

FP: Andreas Kunz, Thomas Nescher, Martin Küchler (Switzerland)
CollaBoard: A Novel Interactive Electronic Whiteboard for Remote Collaboration with People on Content

 

FP: Anderson Carlos Moreira Tavares, Sérgio Murilo Maciel Fernandes, Maria Lencastre Pinheiro de Menezes Cruz  (Brazil)
NHE: Collaborative Virtual Environment with Augmented Reality on Web

 

FP: Igor Kirillov, Stanislav Klimenko (Russian Federation)
Plato’s Atlantis Revisited: Risk-informed, Multi-Hazard Resilience of Built Environment via Cyber Worlds Sharing


 

Industrial Presentation

 

20-22 October, 9:30-17:00, Educational wing lobby.
Industrial presentation by Christie Digital Systems, USA Inc, Singapore Branch

 

Christie MicroTiles TM; The New Digital Canvas

 

Christie MicroTilesTM is a game changer.

   Uniting spectacular colors, superior image quality and modular flexibility, it showcases creativity like never before and can be built to transform any environment. It boasts a compelling visual texture that delivers the ideal balance of brightness and contrast for maximum impact.

   MicroTiles are ideal for a wide range of applications and markets:

  • Digital out-of-home: Sports venues, casinos, malls, retail spaces, billboards.

  • Architecture: Building facades, lobbies, wayfinding, public spaces.

  • Event production: Broadcast, tradeshows, promotional campaigns, live theater.

  • Command and Control: Video walls, command centers, mobile surveillance, financial exchanges.

   With MicroTiles, you get a more powerful impact, more intense colors, the smallest screen seam on the market (1 mm) and an opportunity to engage your audience in a more meaningful and memorable way.

 


Instructions for the paper presenters

Full Paper (FP) speakers will have 25 min for presentation and 5 min for Q&A. Short Paper (SP) speakers will have 15 min for presentations and 3 min Q&A.

 

Before the session, the speakers have to identify themselves to the session chair.

Each conference room is equipped with a personal computer running MS Windows XP and MS Office, a large screen projector, microphone and Internet access (wired and Wi-Fi). Each seat in LR rooms has personal power and internet sockets. Wi-Fi Internet will be available at any place of NEC. Those delegates who stay downtown should obtain WiFi logins and passwords from the NEC guest lobby reception counter. There will be also a few internet-connected PC available in the PC room (3rd floor of the educational wing). The presenters will be able to use their own notebooks should they decide to do so. Alternatively, please bring along your files in Ms PowerPoint format on CD-ROM or USB drive. The files have to be copied to the computer before the respective session. Each conference room will be served by student volunteers who will assist you with this. They can be identified by a yellow lanyard with their name card.

 


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