TSI: 4th International Workshop on the
Tangible Space Initiative

Nov. 13, 2007
Hosted by KIST
In conjunction with the 6th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2007) in Nara, Japan

Paper Submission

EXTENDED DEADLINE: October 05, 2007 23:59 Asia/Seoul time (GMT+09:00)


Sponsors
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)


Workshop Overview:

The workshop is a continuation of TSI 2006 workshop at Pervasive 2006. The objective of this workshop is to facilitate intellectual exchange on current research activities towards building next-generation interaction spaces.

Human-computer interaction (HCI) research problems surfacing in the fields of virtual and augmented reality, ubiquitous or pervasive computing, and robotics and computer vision have so far largely been tackled in separate research communities. Given major advancements and increased maturity within the individual research areas, it appears fruitful to discuss combined approaches within a unifying perspective toward the next-generation interaction space. To this end, we initiated the Tangible Space Initiative (TSI), a multi-campus international research program funded by KIST for the next 10 years.

We have identified three components that form mutually cooperative but distinct areas in TSI: tangible interface (TI), responsive cyberspace (RCS), and tangible agents (TA).

TI has been a major focus of Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual Reality research, RCS has been a main focus of research in simulated environments and artificial intelligence, and TA has been a main focus of robotics, computer graphics, and computer vision. The organizing committee solicits papers drawing on theory and methods toward the next-generation interaction space in these diverse research communities. It also encourages prospective workshop participants to identify research directions in their individual fields that can be profitably combined to form a new cooperative approach for next-generation interaction spaces.


Call for Papers:

We invite researchers from academia and industry to submit their position papers, which are expected to contain a clear statement of their vision of next generation interaction environments, or specific embodiments of such. The submitted papers will be refereed by the Program Committee. Paper selection will be based on originality, ability to stimulate discussion, and presentation quality. Relevant topics include but are not limited to:

Click here for the PDF version of CFP

Submission:

Papers may be submitted in two formats: 2-page extended abstracts or up-to-8-page full papers in IEEE Computer Society TCVG format. Accepted submissions will be included in the workshop proceedings. Selected full-papers will be invited to be published in the book of TSI best paper collection. A submission should be complemented by a short bio of the author(s).

Please submit your paper to here.


Important Dates:

Submission deadline: October 05, 2007 23:59 Asia/Seoul time (GMT+09:00) (Extended)
Acceptance notification: October 15, 2007
Camera-ready deadline: October 26, 2007
Workshop date: November 13, 2007


Program   

9:15am Welcome and Introduction

9:30am-10:00am

Invited talk 1


Intelligent Responsive Space Technology
Ji-Hyung Park

Intelligence and Interaction Research Center, KIST

10:00am - 10:30am

Invited talk 2


Distributive Tangible User Interface
Bruce Thomas

Wearable Computer Laboratory, School of Computer and Information Science, University of South Australia

10:30am - 10:45am

Discussion: Defining Tangible Space Research


10:45am - 11:00am Break

Session 1 : Tangible Space and Collaboration
11:00am - 11:20am Towards Gapless Tangible Space
Jane Hwang, Gerard Jounghyun Kim, Sang Yup Lee, Sang Chul Ahn, Hyung Gon Kim
11:20am - 11:40am Immersive Clients to Augmented Video Conferencing
Christopher Coffin, Tobias Hollerer
11:40am - 12:00pm Tangible Video Avatar for Natural Tele-Interaction
Sang-Yup Lee, Sang C. Ahn, Myo-Taeg Lim, and Hyoung-Gon Kim
12:00pm - 12:30pm Division into working groups. Research Agendas.

12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Invited Talk 3


Multi Interaction Space Collaboration
Heedong Ko

Imaging Media Research Center, KIST


Session 2: Tangible Application Challenges
2:30pm - 2:50pm View Enhancement Techniques for Scene Exploration and Object Selection in Virtual and Mixed Environments
Andrei Sherstyuk, Kin Lik Wang, Anton Treskunov, and Jarrell Pair
2:50pm - 3:10pm Markerless AR Tracking on a Mobile Device for Digital Art
Sun-Kyoo Hwang, Ian Gwilt, Mark Billinghurst
3:10pm - 3:30pm The Tangible Car - Rapid Intuitive Traffic Scenario Generation in a Hybrid Table-top and Virtual Environment
Marcus Toennis

3:30pm - 3:45pm Break

3:45pm - 4:30pm Breakout Groups: "The future face of tangible space"
4:30pm - 5:15pm Breakout Group Reports and Plenary Discussion
5:15pm Closing Remarks and Future TSI Events


Contact

Please contact the organizers at tsi_chairs@lists.cs.ucsb.edu if you have any questions about participating in the workshop.


Committee:

Organizers:
Tobias Höllerer, UCSB
Heedong Ko, KIST

Program Committee:
Sang Chul Ahn, KIST
Joerg Baus, Saarland University
Mark Billinghurst, HITLabNZ
Andreas Butz, LMU Munich
Seongju Chang, KAIST
Adrian Cheok, NUS
We-Duke Cho, Ajou University
Anind K. Dey, CMU
Sung Do Ha, KIST
Michael Haller, FH Hagenberg
Michitaka Hirose, University of Tokyo
Seiie Jang, Nagoya University
Sang-Goog Lee, The Catholic University of Korea
Sung Chul Kang, KIST
Jinwook Kim, KIST
G. Jounghyun Kim, Korea University
Sehwan Kim, UCSB
Antonio Kruger, University Muenster
Chang-Hoon Park, Hoseo University
Ji Hyung Park, KIST
Kurt Partiridge, PARC
Makoto Sato, TiTech
Albrecht Schmidt, Munchen University
Young-Tack Park, Soongsil University
Demetri Terzopoulos, UCLA
Matthew Turk, UCSB
Woontak Woo, GIST
Hyunseng Yang, KAIST
Bum Jae Yoo, KIST


Last updated: Nov 09, 2007