Dance, Music and Dramaturgy: collaboration plan and dramaturgical apparatus

Dance, Music and Dramaturgy: collaboration plan and dramaturgical apparatus – The unfolding of the concept of dramaturgy and the problematics of contemporary choreography are, today, a vast and diverse field of research, bearing numerous disclosures that lead to their reciprocal implication. Apart from that, dance and music share significant complementary ties allowing for the consideration of a common compositional inquiry. Reflecting on the compositional processes of dance and music, this article cross-examines the collaboration between choreographers and composers, integrating the incidence of dramaturgy in the strategies of choreographic and musical composition

Sensor function virtualization to support distributed intelligence in the internet of things

It is estimated that-by 2020-billion devices will be connected to the Internet. This number not only includes TVs, PCs, tablets and smartphones, but also billions of embedded sensors that will make up the "Internet of Things" and enable a whole new range of intelligent services in domains such as manufacturing, health, smart homes, logistics, etc. To some extent, intelligence such as data processing or access control can be placed on the devices themselves. Alternatively, functionalities can be outsourced to the cloud. In reality, there is no single solution that fits all needs. Cooperation between devices, intermediate infrastructures (local networks, access networks, global networks) and/or cloud systems is needed in order to optimally support IoT communication and IoT applications. Through distributed intelligence the right communication and processing functionality will be available at the right place. The first part of this paper motivates the need for such distributed intelligence based on shortcomings in typical IoT systems. The second part focuses on the concept of sensor function virtualization, a potential enabler for distributed intelligence, and presents solutions on how to realize it

Unsolved Problems in Virtual Knot Theory and Combinatorial Knot Theory

This paper is a concise introduction to virtual knot theory, coupled with a list of research problems in this field.Comment: 65 pages, 24 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:math/040542

Paradox lost : the cost of a virtual world

This paper touches on a number of seemingly disparate topics-Artificial Intelligence, Fuzzy Logic, String Theory, the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence, the Cantorian concept of infinite sets-in order to support the thesis that for a large part of the educated public in the Western world, the very concept of reality has been changing over the last few generations, and that the change is being accelerated by our increasing acceptance of the Virtual as a substitute for the traditional Real. This, as I hope to convince you, is a momentous shift in the our world view, and like so many profound but gradual shifts, has gone largely unnoticed. Whether the shift is ultimately a good thing or a bad, it ought not to go unscrutinized; this paper aims to bring it to public attention. (The paradox whose loss is referred to in the title is discussed at the end of the paper.

Virtual Satisfaction of Human With the Need in Attribute of Things

In the real world, the entity and attributes of an object are unified. It is generally believed that inseparability of entity and attributes is fully embodied in the energy character of the object. Although entity and attributes are inseparable, it is likely to realize the relevant separation of entity and attributes by means of virtual reality technology (VRT). As a matter of fact, this kind of separation means relative separation of entity and attributes with virtual reality technology as the medium. This is of great significance as it enables people to get satisfied with their desire to perceive attributes of an object, and it is a way to satisfy people’s infinite desire by technology. With the swift progress of this technology, all kinds of limitations in the real environment successfully break through and the degree of human freedom is greatly improved

Algorithms for advance bandwidth reservation in media production networks

Media production generally requires many geographically distributed actors (e.g., production houses, broadcasters, advertisers) to exchange huge amounts of raw video and audio data. Traditional distribution techniques, such as dedicated point-to-point optical links, are highly inefficient in terms of installation time and cost. To improve efficiency, shared media production networks that connect all involved actors over a large geographical area, are currently being deployed. The traffic in such networks is often predictable, as the timing and bandwidth requirements of data transfers are generally known hours or even days in advance. As such, the use of advance bandwidth reservation (AR) can greatly increase resource utilization and cost efficiency. In this paper, we propose an Integer Linear Programming formulation of the bandwidth scheduling problem, which takes into account the specific characteristics of media production networks, is presented. Two novel optimization algorithms based on this model are thoroughly evaluated and compared by means of in-depth simulation results