67 research outputs found
Pathway to Future Symbiotic Creativity
This report presents a comprehensive view of our vision on the development
path of the human-machine symbiotic art creation. We propose a classification
of the creative system with a hierarchy of 5 classes, showing the pathway of
creativity evolving from a mimic-human artist (Turing Artists) to a Machine
artist in its own right. We begin with an overview of the limitations of the
Turing Artists then focus on the top two-level systems, Machine Artists,
emphasizing machine-human communication in art creation. In art creation, it is
necessary for machines to understand humans' mental states, including desires,
appreciation, and emotions, humans also need to understand machines' creative
capabilities and limitations. The rapid development of immersive environment
and further evolution into the new concept of metaverse enable symbiotic art
creation through unprecedented flexibility of bi-directional communication
between artists and art manifestation environments. By examining the latest
sensor and XR technologies, we illustrate the novel way for art data collection
to constitute the base of a new form of human-machine bidirectional
communication and understanding in art creation. Based on such communication
and understanding mechanisms, we propose a novel framework for building future
Machine artists, which comes with the philosophy that a human-compatible AI
system should be based on the "human-in-the-loop" principle rather than the
traditional "end-to-end" dogma. By proposing a new form of inverse
reinforcement learning model, we outline the platform design of machine
artists, demonstrate its functions and showcase some examples of technologies
we have developed. We also provide a systematic exposition of the ecosystem for
AI-based symbiotic art form and community with an economic model built on NFT
technology. Ethical issues for the development of machine artists are also
discussed
Geographic information extraction from texts
A large volume of unstructured texts, containing valuable geographic information, is available online. This information – provided implicitly or explicitly – is useful not only for scientific studies (e.g., spatial humanities) but also for many practical applications (e.g., geographic information retrieval). Although large progress has been achieved in geographic information extraction from texts, there are still unsolved challenges and issues, ranging from methods, systems, and data, to applications and privacy. Therefore, this workshop will provide a timely opportunity to discuss the recent advances, new ideas, and concepts but also identify research gaps in geographic information extraction
Experienced inequality in the social media structures – a feminist perspective : Uncovering the gender inequality of social media platforms
In marketing research, social media has been a topic of interest since its early days of existence. The social networking sites are nowadays formed as platforms that facilitate critical activities for businesses, organizations and societies. Furthermore, the platforms have penetrated into people’s lives, providing or limiting the possibilities to function in our society. The social media companies have tremendous power in users’ lives, but yet it is unclear who’s goals are prioritized in these platforms and whose are not. Surprisingly, only little of the social media studies have focused on how the platforms are structured and thus, this study addressed the issue. This research aimed to answer this research gap by gaining an understanding of the experienced inequality in social media structures through taking a feminist perspective. Feminist perspective in this study referred to the idea that social medias made by humans cannot be value-free nor objective. Thus, the analysis for inequality must regard the biases of our society.
The empirical study in this thesis was conducted as qualitative research and in two parts: first conducting a content analysis to further define the social media structures and then studying the experienced inequality by individual interviews. The study followed an abductive study as it combined earlier theories from platform structures, feminist theories regarding online spaces and user experiences on social media, and finally combing it with the knowledge gathered from the empirical study.
The study results indicated that the experience of inequality in the social media structures was common across different genders and races, but the experiences of inequality are more intense and personal on gender minority users and people of colour. The social media structures defined in this study were affordances, algorithms and content moderation. The central findings were that on gender minority participants the experience of alienation was highlighted but the feeling of unsafety on the platforms was universal . The study produced valuable gender and race sensitive data for the purpose of developing social media platforms more equal.Sosiaalisen median alustat ovat olleet markkinoinnin tutkimuksen kohteena aivan niiden syntyhetkistä lähtien. Nykypäivänä sosiaalisten medioiden rooli on merkittävä niin yritystoiminnan, yhteiskunnallisen keskustelun kuin ihmisten välisen yhteydenpidon kannalta. Alustoilla on siis kasvava valta yhteiskuntamme rakenteissa. Viime vuosina on kuitenkin herännyt kysymys tämän vallan käytöstä ja sen jakautumisesta – kenen etuja sosiaaliset mediat ajavat ja kenen eivät. Aikaisemmassa tutkimuksessa epätasa-arvon kokemukset sekä ei-binäärinen tieto ovat jääneet vähemmälle huomiolle liittyen sosiaalisten medioiden käyttökokemuksiin. Tämä tutkielma vastasi tutkimusaukkoon pyrkimällä ymmärtämään epätasa-arvon kokemuksia sosiaalisen median rakenteissa feministisen perspektiivin kautta. Feministinen perspektiivi tässä tutkielmassa tarkoitti periaatetta, että sosiaalisen median alustat heijastelevat yhteiskunnassamme vallitsevia vinoumia, mikä tulee tutkimuksessa ottaa huomioon.
Empiirinen tutkimus suoritettiin kahdessa vaiheessa: ensin tutkimalla sosiaalisen median rakenteita sisältöanalyysin kautta ja seuraavaksi keräämällä aineistoa yksilöhaastatteluista. Tutkielma seurasi abduktiivisen tutkimuksen periaatteita verraten aikaisempaa teoriaa uuteen kerättyyn aineistoon.
Tutkimuksen tulokset valottivat, että monet sukupuolet sekä etnisyydet kokivat epätasa-arvoa sosiaalisen medioiden rakenteissa, mutta epätasa-arvon kokemukset olivat intensiivisempiä sekä henkilökohtaisempia sukupuolivähemmistöillä sekä ei-valkoisilla sosiaalisen median käyttäjillä. Rakenteet, joita tämä tutkielma analysoi olivat käyttömahdollisuudet, algoritmit sekä sisällön moderointi. Yksi keskeisimmistä löydöksistä oli, että sukupuolivähemmistöillä nämä rakenteet aiheuttivat vieraantumisen sekä ulkopuolisuuden tunnetta, mutta turvattomuuden tunne oli yhteinen eri sukupuolille sekä etnisyyksille. Tämä tutkielma tuotti arvokasta sukupuolieriteltyä tietoa kokemuksista sosiaalisen median alustojen rakenteissa sekä nosti esiin alustojen kehityskohteita
Feature Papers "Age-Friendly Cities & Communities: State of the Art and Future Perspectives"
The "Age-Friendly Cities & Communities: States of the Art and Future Perspectives" publication presents contemporary, innovative, and insightful narratives, debates, and frameworks based on an international collection of papers from scholars spanning the fields of gerontology, social sciences, architecture, computer science, and gerontechnology. This extensive collection of papers aims to move the narrative and debates forward in this interdisciplinary field of age-friendly cities and communities
XLIII Jornadas de Automática: libro de actas: 7, 8 y 9 de septiembre de 2022, Logroño (La Rioja)
[Resumen] Las Jornadas de Automática (JA) son el evento más importante del Comité Español de Automática (CEA), entidad científico-técnica con más de cincuenta años de vida y destinada a la difusión e implantación de la Automática en la sociedad. Este año se celebra la cuadragésima tercera edición de las JA, que constituyen el punto de encuentro de la comunidad de Automática de nuestro país. La presente edición permitirá dar visibilidad a los nuevos retos y resultados del ámbito, y su uso en un gran número de aplicaciones, entre otras, las energías renovables, la bioingeniería o la robótica asistencial. Además de la componente científica, que se ve reflejada en este libro de actas, las JA son un punto de encuentro de las diferentes generaciones de profesores, investigadores y profesionales, incluyendo la componente social que es de vital importancia.
Esta edición 2022 de las JA se celebra en Logroño, capital de La Rioja, región mundialmente conocida por la calidad de sus vinos de Denominación de Origen y que ha asumido el desafío de poder ganar competitividad a través de la transformación verde y digital. Pero también por ser la cuna del castellano e impulsar el Valle de la Lengua con la ayuda de las nuevas tecnologías, entre ellas la Automática Inteligente. Los organizadores de estas JA, pertenecientes al Área de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática del Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica de la Universidad de La Rioja (UR), constituyen un pilar fundamental en el apoyo a la región para el estudio, implementación y difusión de estos retos.
Esta edición, la primera en formato íntegramente presencial después de la pandemia de la covid-19, cuenta con más de 200 asistentes y se celebra a caballo entre el Edificio Politécnico de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial y el Monasterio de Yuso situado en San Millán de la Cogolla, dos marcos excepcionales para la realización de las JA. Como parte del programa científico, dos sesiones plenarias harán hincapié, respectivamente, sobre soluciones de control para afrontar los nuevos retos energéticos, y sobre la calidad de los datos para una inteligencia artificial (IA) imparcial y confiable. También, dos mesas redondas debatirán aplicaciones de la IA y la implantación de la tecnología digital en la actividad profesional. Adicionalmente, destacaremos dos clases magistrales alineadas con tecnología de última generación que serán impartidas por profesionales de la empresa. Las JA también van a albergar dos competiciones: CEABOT, con robots humanoides, y el Concurso de Ingeniería de Control, enfocado a UAVs. A todas estas actividades hay que añadir las reuniones de los grupos temáticos de CEA, las exhibiciones de pósteres con las comunicaciones presentadas a las JA y los expositores de las empresas. Por último, durante el evento se va a proceder a la entrega del “Premio Nacional de Automática” (edición 2022) y del “Premio CEA al Talento Femenino en Automática”, patrocinado por el Gobierno de La Rioja (en su primera edición), además de diversos galardones enmarcados dentro de las actividades de los grupos temáticos de CEA.
Las actas de las XLIII Jornadas de Automática están formadas por un total de 143 comunicaciones, organizadas en torno a los nueve Grupos Temáticos y a las dos Líneas Estratégicas de CEA. Los trabajos seleccionados han sido sometidos a un proceso de revisión por pares
Tracking the Temporal-Evolution of Supernova Bubbles in Numerical Simulations
The study of low-dimensional, noisy manifolds embedded in a higher dimensional space has been extremely useful in many applications, from the chemical analysis of multi-phase flows to simulations of galactic mergers. Building a probabilistic model of the manifolds has helped in describing their essential properties and how they vary in space. However, when the manifold is evolving through time, a joint spatio-temporal modelling is needed, in order to fully comprehend its nature. We propose a first-order Markovian process that propagates the spatial probabilistic model of a manifold at fixed time, to its adjacent temporal stages. The proposed methodology is demonstrated using a particle simulation of an interacting dwarf galaxy to describe the evolution of a cavity generated by a Supernov
XXIII Edición del Workshop de Investigadores en Ciencias de la Computación : Libro de actas
Compilación de las ponencias presentadas en el XXIII Workshop de Investigadores en Ciencias de la Computación (WICC), llevado a cabo en Chilecito (La Rioja) en abril de 2021.Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informátic
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Obstacles to wearable computing
In the year 2021, wearable technology could look beautiful and feel magical, but instead is exemplified by a plain wristband that looks suspiciously like a prison monitor.
How can we make wearable technology that respects our privacy, enhances our daily lives, integrates with our other connected devices without leashing us to a smartphone, and visually expresses who we are?
This study uses a novel method of participatory design fiction (PDFi) to understand potential users of everyday wearable technology through storytelling. I recruited participants from the general public and gave them a five-point prompt to create a design fiction (DF), which inspired the user-centred design of an everyday connected wearable device. The participants each received a technology probe to wear in the wild for a year. They then updated their DFs as a way to reflect on the implications of the technology. For the purposes of privacy, augmenting device functionality through interoperability, and integration into an Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem, I used the Hub-of-All-Things personal data store to provide the software infrastructure.
By listening to their stories, we can elicit design concepts directly from the users, to help us create wearable IoT devices that put the wearer at the centre of the design process, and are satisfying both functionally and emotionally.The Alan Turing Institute Doctoral Scheme, University of Cambridge Department of Computer Science and Technology, The Kenneth Hayter Memorial Fun
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