Spatial Media Group Research Seminar 2008-9

Purpose
The purpose is
Method
It's hoped that this seminar series will encourage exchange of ideas, provoke discussion, and highlight areas that we should learn more about. You are expected to "actively participate." A big part of "active participation" is asking questions and making suggestions (and i will notice and record students doing so). Contributions and questions "good" (thoughtful, interesting), "bad" [don't be embarrassed to confess ignorance], or provocative [creative "out-of-the-box" ideas are great] are all welcome (and, in fact, required). The most important skill you should learn as a grad student is critical thinking, epecially skepticism about received wisdom. Just because you read something on the internet or in a book, saw it on the news, or heard it from a teacher (including me) or leader (political, etc.) doesn't mean it's true. I want to encourage you to be more skeptical, of your own ideas as well as others'. If you encounter or present some "knowledge," don't passively let it sit there: ensure to yourself that it's consistent with what you know already. Are there some conclusions that could be drawn to test such statements?

Format
The primary language of presentation is English, but reference material may include binlingual text. The format and timing are flexible. ("Be as creative as you dare!") You are encouraged to use a presentation manager--- like Keynote (for Macs), Powerpoint (for Windows PCs), NeoOfficeJ, OpenOffice, or StarOffice (running on ISTC-maintained workstations)--- besides whatever live demonstrations, spontaneous whiteboard sketches, etc.

For reviews of articles, etc., (read and study it,) outline the main points, figure out how it relates to your research, and prepare a presentation recapitulating such ideas. Naturally i will give you whatever help you want; i suggest that you make a first pass at preparing, say, a Powerpoint "kami-shibai," which we can review together before the group presentation.

Please bring a notebook, into which you can record questions to ask later, ideas for pursuing, concepts to look up, etc. If you want to bring something else to do while you are attending the seminar, like homework for another class, an article you're reading, a book or laptop, that is totally fine. Multitasking is encouraged. Life is too short to do only one thing at a time. You are also welcome to bring food or drink to enjoy during the seminar.

Schedule
DatePresenterTopic
2.7.08MichaelSpatial Media and Popular Culture
2.7Norbitracking applications with the Wiimote
2.7Julianroughness psychoacoustic experiment
11.7InoueRIA; Flex, Air, Flash
11.7IshikawaGuitar FX
11.7Kasagi3DStudio Max "demo reel"
11.7SasakiPhotoshop
18.7Sasakimovie demos
18.7ItoMaya
18.7MoriguchiSegwayfinding w/GPS
18.7Nojima Ayumuhigh tone voice
18.7DanAjax, JavaScript, iFrames, ActiveX, XML
7.1KasagiSIGGRAPH trip report
7.1.09Mori KazuhiroCamera-based interface for severely disabled people
7.1Inoueprogramming Chumby
7.1Hattori, Ishikawa, MineICAT report: "FSA: Flying Saucer's Apprentice"
?Nojima AyumuMultiplicity clusters
?Satomo-cap
?AndoAdobe Air and GPS
?Sebastiandynamic chromastereopsis?
?Matsudahowl cancellation?
?TadaMah-johng? Drumming? Java?
?AndoFlash Lite
?Watanabe?Flash Lite?
?TsubakiharaJava3D? PLL?
?TsumurayaGoogle Earth? Android? Sketch-Up?
?JulianPatch Programming in Pd and Quartz
?Julian"Roughometer"
?Norbi?
?Sabbir?
?SaitoHaskell? Haptics? Mma?
?Saze?

Michael Cohen