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When: 16 April
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When: 17 April
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When: 18 April
Domenico Prattichizzo
Affiliation:
University of Siena
Bio:
IEEE Fellow. Professor of Haptics and Robotics at University of Siena; Senior Scientist of the IIT in Genova; Co-founder of two startups: WEART (weart.it) and EXISTO (existo.tech) on wearable haptics and wearable robotics; IEEE Fellow; Editorin Chief of IEEE Transactions on Haptics; President of EuroHaptics Society. Vice-Rector for Technology Transfer at University of Siena. Co-founder of the Italian Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Machine. Human and robotic hands, along with haptic perception and the art of manipulating objects, have polarized his research, which is increasingly oriented towards highly wearable haptics for virtual and augmented reality. He recently is interested to applications of mechanobiology and robotics. Scientific Coordinator of several research projects funded by European Union, US and Japan. In 2013 he pioneered the field of haptics with seminal contributions on wearability in haptics. In 2015 he pioneered the field of human augmentation with contributions on the robotic sixth finger for stroke rehabilitation. He is the author of more than 900 publications in scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. He is the inventor of more than 15 patents in the field of haptics, robotics, and wearables. He is co-author with Irfan Hussain and Simone Rossi of two books, respectively: Augmenting Human Manipulation Abilities With Supernumerary Robotic Limbs by Springer and Il Corpo Artificiale. Neuroscienze e Robot da Indossare by Raffaello Cortina Editore (available from October 2024).Robotics and Wearable Haptics in Virtual and Augmented Reality
Over the past decade, we’ve witnessed a remarkable transformation in the shape and size of multimedia technologies, evolving from cumbersome to lightweight devices seamlessly integrated into our daily lives. Yet, it is only recently that haptic interfaces have begun to prioritize wearability in their design, enabling a new realm of interactive possibilities in virtual and augmented reality. Wearable haptics for VR and AR presents a unique set of challenges arising from the balance between perceptual realism and the constraints imposed by wearability. In this keynote, I will take a journey through the key challenges of haptics in AR and VR from a wearable perspective and I will envision the exciting future prospects of haptics in virtual and augmented reality. Finally, I will present our cutting-edge research findings on physical metaverses. Here, robotics play a unique role in facilitating physical interaction with augmented environments, significantly enhancing the immersive quality of the experiences.
Dan Jenkins
Affiliation:
Nimble Ape
Bio:
Dan is the founder and CEO of Nimble Ape and Everycast Labs and organiser of CommCon - the only residential RTC and Open Media event in Europe. Dan has been involved with real-time media for over 10 years now, empowering open source projects, businesses and individuals tobuild out their interactive media dreams. More recently he’s been building Broadcast Bridge, a tool designed to easily incorporate remote presenters and participants into livestreams and broadcasts. Dan used to build Lego back when he had spare time.Media, in the trenches
Luigi Atzori
Affiliation:
University of Cagliari
Bio:
Luigi Atzori (PhD, 2000) is professor of Telecommunications at the University of Cagliari, where he leads the activities of the Net4U laboratory (Network for Humans) with around 20 affiliated researchers. Since 2018, he has been the coordinator of the master degree course in Internet Technology Engineering at the University of Cagliari. His research interests fall in the area of Internet of Things (IoT), with particular reference to the design of effective algorithms for the realization of social networks among connected devices to develop the Social IoT paradigm. His works on the IoT and the social IoT have received a great impact with more than 20K citations. His interests also fall in the area of Quality of Experience (QoE), with particular application to the management of services and resources in new generation networks for multimedia communications. Lately, he also applies the study of QoE to IoT services. He serves regularly as referee for several international and national funding programs, in the organizing committee of international conferences, and as associate and guest editor in several international journals (Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, IEEE Communications Magazine, etc.). He is co-founder of two spinoffs in the areas of IoT solutions for people mobility.Quality management and sustainability in video streaming
The constant increase in the amount of video traffic generated by major streaming platforms and video calling sessions, combined with users’ high-quality expectations, places strong demands on proposing procedures for managing resources in the network and on the server side. These procedures should take into account both the quality perceived by the user and the environmental impact. This talk will touch on these two topics, starting by illustrating recent studies regarding the development of models focused on defining personalized quality prediction solutions to consider the individual and personal differences of users. The use of user facial and speech-related features for estimating the QoE (Quality of Experience) of multimedia services is presented, with a particular focus on WebRTC-based video conferencing. The resulting prediction systems can be used to find an appropriate trade-off between quality of experience (QoE) and sustainability. As a result, it is important to study the impact of different service settings (e.g., video resolution, different luminance types, and different end devices) on both the QoE and the power consumption of video streaming services.