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Im Auftrag der Evangelischen Altenhilfe St. Georgen veranstaltet imsimity am 6. Juni 2024 zum zweiten Mal den „Virtual Care Congress“ – die jährliche Tagung zur Information über digital ergänzte Pflege und Pflege-Ausbildung mittels XR und AI im Schwarzwald. Die 1-tägige hybride Veranstaltung soll als Austauschplattform für alle Interessierten aus Forschung & Praxis, Pflegefach- & Führungskräfte, Ausbildende und Auszubildende dienen. Ebenso sind Zuständige in den Kommunen, Landkreisen und Pflegekassen sowie in der häuslichen Pflege herzlich zur Teilnahme eingeladen – entweder in der Stadthalle St. Georgen oder online.

Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik

This Dagstuhl Seminar will focus on the topic of shape and topology representation and optimization, in particular in the context of additive manufacturing (AM), and tackling the generation and use of 3D content for digital twins with controlled accuracy and desired properties at different scales.

Application Software,    Additive Manufacturing, 3D-Printing

Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik

The human voice is able to produce a very rich set of different sounds, making it the single most important channel for communication human-to-human, and also potentially for human-computer interaction. Spoken communication can be thought of as a stack of layered transport protocols that includes language, speech, voice, and sound. In this Dagstuhl seminar, we will be concerned with the voice and its function as a transducer from neurally encoded speech patterns to sound. This very complex mechanism remains insufficiently explained both in terms of analysing voice sounds, as for example in medical assessment of vocal function, and of simulating them from first principles, as in talking or singing machines.

Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics,    Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience, Virtual Reality

Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik

Game design and implementation are tasks which require a high amount of creativity, and which must lead to products which require a high amount of fine-tuned functionality. For example, a game “level” should not only look appealing, it should also be playable and it should be interesting to play. These are not features which can be acquired simply by “training on big data”, which is what most developments in modern artificial intelligence are based on. The goal of this Dagstuhl Seminar is to investigate to what extent modern artificial intelligence techniques can produce meaningful and functional game content, and what changes to or extensions of these techniques can improve this AI-driven creative process.

Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning,    Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience, Virtual Reality

Die Teams der Professuren für Virtuelle Produktentwicklung und für Technisches Design laden zur Konferenz Entwerfen Entwickeln Erleben ein. Traditionell werden die Themen virtuelle Entwicklung und menschzentriertes Design die Klammer bilden, um aktuelle Forschung vor dem Hintergrund des technologischen und nachhaltigen Wandels zu reflektieren.

Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik

In summary, in our Dagstuhl Seminar we want to approach and explore the concept of learning from different angles. Besides considering technological developments, the seminar equally addresses aspects of data and model understanding, transdisciplinary methodology and applications, science communication, and education.

e-Learning, Computers in Education,    Didactics of Scientific Disciplines

Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik

Extended Reality (XR), including Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), technologies are on the cusp of becoming mainstream. In 2019, about 6 million VR and AR headsets were shipped worldwide, with an estimated 16.5 million headsets in use in 2021, and predictions of over 50 million by 2026. By some estimates, this represents a $1 trillion market. Ideally, these technologies would be accessible to all who desire to use them; however, today, XR technologies are not accessible to millions of people with disabilities or impairments (visual, motor, cognitive), with incompatible physical characteristics (e.g., hairstyles and head shapes), with health conditions, and beyond. This includes children and the growing group of elderly people. In particular, the low accessibility of these technologies today hinders their widespread adoption worldwide, especially in the educational systems (learning, training), in industry (training, assistance), and in health care (rehabilitation, therapy, telemedicine). Thus, this Dagstuhl Seminar will address an urgent need in the field to ensure that all individuals can benefit from the applications that XR offers.