Spatial Media Group Research Seminar 2008-9

Purpose

The purpose is

to intellectually stimulate each other, by sharing mutually interesting ideas,
to practice public speaking,
to rehearse presentations for external audiences (conferences, etc.), and
to present relevant articles by other groups as well as our own, typically as summaries of articles.

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

Date	Presenter	Topic
2.7.08	Michael	Spatial Media and Popular Culture
2.7	Norbi	tracking applications with the Wiimote
2.7	Julian	roughness psychoacoustic experiment
11.7	Inoue	RIA; Flex, Air, Flash
11.7	Ishikawa	Guitar FX
11.7	Kasagi	3DStudio Max "demo reel"
11.7	Sasaki	Photoshop
18.7	Sasaki	movie demos
18.7	Ito	Maya
18.7	Moriguchi	Segwayfinding w/GPS
18.7	Nojima Ayumu	high tone voice
18.7	Dan	Ajax, JavaScript, iFrames, ActiveX, XML
7.1	Kasagi	SIGGRAPH trip report
7.1.09	Mori Kazuhiro	Camera-based interface for severely disabled people
7.1	Inoue	programming Chumby
7.1	Hattori, Ishikawa, Mine	ICAT report: "FSA: Flying Saucer's Apprentice"
?	Nojima Ayumu	Multiplicity clusters
?	Sato	mo-cap
?	Ando	Adobe Air and GPS
?	Sebastian	dynamic chromastereopsis?
?	Matsuda	howl cancellation?
?	Tada	Mah-johng? Drumming? Java?
?	Ando	Flash Lite
?	Watanabe?	Flash Lite?
?	Tsubakihara	Java3D? PLL?
?	Tsumuraya	Google Earth? Android? Sketch-Up?
?	Julian	Patch Programming in Pd and Quartz
?	Julian	"Roughometer"
?	Norbi	?
?	Sabbir	?
?	Saito	Haskell? Haptics? Mma?
?	Saze	?

Michael Cohen