AH2019 Program

Monday 11th of March 2019

  • 8am - 9am: Welcome Café (at the conference place:  IRF, Hôpital Robert Debré, Rue du Général Koenig, 51100 Reims, France)
  • 9am - 10am: Keynote
    • "Natural vs. Artificial Intelligence: Perception, Decision & Action" by Marc O. Ernst, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Ulm University
  • 10am - 10:20am: Session "Undercover Augmented Human" (Chair: Katrin Wolf)
    • "TongueBoard: An Oral Interface for Subtle Input",  Richard Li, Jason Wu and Thad Starner.
  • 10:20am - 10:50am: Coffee Break
  • 10:50am - noon: Session "Augmented Sensations I" (Chair: Jun Rekimoto)
    • "Estimation of Fingertip Contact Force by Measuring Skin Deformation and Posture with Photo-reflective Sensors", Ayane Saito, Wakaba Kuno, Wataru Kawai, Natsuki Miyata and Yuta Sugiura.
    • "2bit-TactileHand: Evaluating Tactons for On-Body Vibrotactile Displays on the Hand and Wrist", Don Samitha Elvitigala, Denys J. C. Matthies, Vipula Dissanayake, Chamod Weerasinghe and Suranga Nanayakkara.
    • "StockSense - A Wrist-Worn Vibrotactile Display for tracking Volatile Markets", Erik Pescara, Ilya Filippov and Michael Beigl.
    • "Evaluation of a device reproducing the pseudo-force sensation caused by a clothespin", Masahiro Miyakami, Takuto Nakamura and Hiroyuki Kajimoto.
    • "Finger Posture Modulates Grip Strength and Weight Perception", Hideyuki Asazu, Masahiro Miyakami and Hiroyuki Kajimoto.
  • Noon - 1pm: Lunch Break (close by restaurant ticket is included)
  • 1pm - 2:50pm: Session "Augmented Sensations II" (Chair: Masahiko Inami)
    • "Guided walking to direct pedestrians toward the same destination", Nobuhito Sakamoto, Masataka Kurokawa, Masahiro Furukawa and Taro Maeda.
    • "Detection Threshold of the Height Difference between a Visual and Physical Step", Masato Kobayashi, Yuki Kon and Hiroyuki Kajimoto.
    • "Enhancement of Subjective Mechanical Tactile Intensity via Electrical Stimulation", Ryo Mizuhara, Akifumi Takahashi and Hiroyuki Kajimoto.
    • "Glove-Through Tactile Information Transmission System", Hideki Kawai, Hidenori Itoh, Takuya Nakano, Hiroyuki Kajimoto and Yasuyuki Yanagida.
    • "fSense: Unlocking the Dimension of Force for Gestural Interactions using Smartwatch PPG Sensor", Thisum Buddhika, Haimo Zhang, Samantha Chan, Vipula Dissanayake, Suranga Nanayakkara and Roger Zimmermann.
    • "Haptic Collar - Vibrotactile Feedback around the Neck for Guidance Application", Stefanie Schaack, George Chernyshov, Kirill Ragozin, Roshan Peiris and Kai Kunze.
    • "OSense: Object-activity Identification Based on Gasping Posture and Motion", Thisum Buddhika, Haimo Zhang, Chamod Weerasinghe, Suranga Nanayakkara and Roger Zimmermann.
    • "TherModule: Wearable and Modular Thermal Feedback System based on a Wireless Platform", Tomosuke Maeda and Kurahashi Tetsuo.
  • 2:50pm - 3:20pm: Tea Break
  • 3:20pm - 5:10pm: Session "Augmented Sports and Group Activities" (Chair: Kai Kunze)
    • "Augmented Recreational Volleyball Court: Supporting the Beginners' Landing Position Prediction Skill by Providing Peripheral Visual Feedback", Koya Sato, Yuji Sano, Mai Otsuki, Mizuki Oka and Kazuhiko Kato.
    • "Prediction of Volleyball Trajectory Using Skeletal Motions of Setter Player", Shuya Suda, Yasutoshi Makino and Hiroyuki Shinoda.
    • "Identifying Muscle Fatigue and Hyperthermia in Sports Activities Using Thermal Imaging and Facial Recognition Software", Christopher G. Harris.
    • "Virtual Super-Leaping: Immersive Extreme Jumping in VR", Tomoya Sasaki, Kao-Hua Liu, Taiki Hasegawa, Atsushi Hiyama and Masahiko Inami.
    • "Social Activity Measurement by Counting Faces Captured in First-Person View Lifelogging Video", Akane Okuno and Yasuyuki Sumi.
    • "Augmented taste of wine by artificial climate room",  Toshiharu Igarashi, Tatsuya Minagawa and Yoichi Ochiai.
  • 5:10pm - 6:10pm: Panel "Augmented Human in 2029" (Masahiko Inami, Jun Rekimoto, Hideo Saito, Hideki Koike, Tsutomu Terada, Albrecht Schmidt, Guillaume Moreau, Alexis Paljic and Jean-Marc Seigneur)
  • 6:30pm: Bus leaving from the conference place to the "Veuve Clicquot" Champagne cellar (1, place des droits de l’Homme, 51100 Reims)
  • 7pm: Start of the Champagne Banquet including the Awards Ceremony at "Veuve Clicquot" St Petersbourg Champagne cellar (1, place des droits de l’Homme, 51100 Reims)
  • 22pm: Bus leaving from "Veuve Clicquot" Champagne cellar (1, place des droits de l’Homme, 51100 Reims) to Reims main train station (Place de la Gare, 51100 Reims)
AH2019 Champagne banquet cellar

Tuesday 12th of March 2019

  • 8:30am - 9am: Welcome Coffee (at the conference place: IRF, Hôpital Robert Debré, Rue du Général Koenig, 51100 Reims, France)
  • 9am - 10am: Session "Emotion, cognition, learning, intelligence I" (Chair: Thad Starner)
    • "GANs-based Clothes Design: Pattern Maker Is All You Need to Design Clothing", Natsumi Kato, Hiroyuki Osone, Kotaro Oomori, Chun Wei Ooi and Yoichi Ochiai.
    • "Brain Computer Interface for Neurorehabilitation With Deep Learning Classification and Virtual Reality Feedback", Tamás Karácsony, Sadasivan Puthusserypady, John Paulin Hansen and Helle Klingenberg Iversen.
    • "SubMe: An Interactive Subtitle System with English Skill Estimation Using Eye Tracking", Katsuya Fujii and Jun Rekimoto.
  • 10am - 10:30am: Coffee Break featuring Demos & Posters
    • "CapMat: Smart Foot Mat for User Authentication", Denys J.C. Matthies, Don Samitha Elvitigala, Sachith Muthukumarana, Jochen Huber and Suranga Nanayakkara.
    • "CricketCoach: Towards Creating a Better Awareness of Gripping Forces for Cricketers", Sachith Muthukumarana, Denys J.C. Matthies, Chamod Weerasinghe, Don Samitha Elvitigala and Suranga Nanayakkara.
    • "Second Language Vocabulary Learning While Walking", Shogo Fukushima, Ari Hautasaari and Takeo Hamada.
    • "Build your Own! Open-Source VR Shoes for Unity3D", Jens Reinhardt, Eike Lewandowski and Katrin Wolf.
    • "Design of Enhanced Flashcards for Second Language Vocabulary Learning with Emotional Binaural Narration", Shogo Fukushima.
    • "AR Pottery Wheel-Throwing by Attaching Omnidirectional Camera to the Center of the User's Palms", Yusuke Maruyama and Yasuyuki Kono.
    • "Demonstrating Naviarm: Augmenting the Learning of Motor Skills using a Backpack-type Robotic Arm System", Azumi Maekawa, Shota Takahashi, Mhd Yamen Saraiji, Sohei Wakisaka, Hiroyasu Iwata and Masahiko Inami.
  • 10:30am - Noon: Session "Emotion, cognition, learning, intelligence II" (Chair: Evangelos Niforatos)
    • "Sentiment Pen: Recognizing Emotional Granularity Based on Handwriting Features", Jiawen Han, George Chernyshov, Dingding Zheng, Peizhong Gao, Katrin Wolf and Kai Kunze.
    • "Automatic Smile and Frown Recognition with Kinetic Earables", Seungchul Lee, Chulhong Min, Alessandro Montanari, Akhil Mathur, Fahim Kawsar and Youngjae Chang.
    • "Prospero: A Personal Wearable Memory Coach", Samantha Wei Ting Chan, Haimo Zhang and Suranga Nanayakkara.
    • "An Implicit Dialogue Injection System for Interruption Management", Tomoki Shibata, Alena Borisenko, Anzu Hakone, Tal August, Leonidas Deligiannidis, Chen­-Hsiang Yu, Matthew Russell, Alex Olwal and Robert Jacob.
    • "Hearing Is Believing: Synthesizing Spatial Audio from Everyday Objects to Users", Jing Yang, Yves Frank and Gábor Sörös.
    • "MusiArm: Extending Prosthesis to Musical Expression", Kaito Hatakeyama, Mhd Yamen Saraiji and Kouta Minamizawa.
  • Noon - 1:10pm: Lunch Break (close by restaurant ticket is included)
  • 1:10pm - 2:40pm: Session "Seeing in different light" (Chair: Hideki Koike)
    • "Automatic Eyeglasses Replacement for a 3D Virtual Try-on System", Takumi Kobayashi, Yuta Sugiura, Hideo Saito and Yuji Uema.
    • "Effects of Monocular Laser-Based Head-Mounted Displays on Human Night Vision", Evangelos Niforatos and Mélodie Vidal.
    • "MagniFinger: Fingertip probe microscope with direct micro movements", Noriyasu Obushi, Sohei Wakisaka, Shunichi Kasahara and Masahiko Inami.
    • "Let Your World Open: CAVE-based Visualization Methods of Public Virtual Reality towards a Shareable VR Experience", Akira Ishii, Masaya Tsuruta, Ippei Suzuki, Shuta Nakamae, Junichi Suzuki and Yoichi Ochiai.
    • "Double Shellf: What Psychological Effects can be Caused through Interaction with a Doppelganger?", Yuji Hatada, Shigeo Yoshida, Takuji Natumi and Michitaka Hirose.
  • 2:40pm - 3:10pm: Tea Break featuring Demos & Posters
  • 3:10pm - 5pm: Session "Augmented Body" (Chair: Albrecht Schmidt)
    • "Augmenting Human with A Tail", Haoran Xie, Kento Mitsuhashi and Takuma Torii.
    • "Prosthetic Tail: Artificial Anthropomorphic Tail for Extending Innate Body Functions", Junichi Nabeshima, Mhd Yamen Saraiji and Kouta Minamizawa.
    • "Orochi: Investigating Requirements and Expectations for Multipurpose Daily Used Supernumerary Robotic Limbs", Mohammed Al-Sada, Thomas Höglund, Mohamed Khamis, Jaryd Urbani and Tatsuo Nakajima.
    • "Naviarm: Augmenting the Learning of Motor Skills using a Backpack-type Robotic Arm System", Azumi Maekawa, Shota Takahashi, Mhd Yamen Saraiji, Sohei Wakisaka, Hiroyasu Iwata and Masahiko Inami.
    • "BitoBody: Real-time human contact detection and dynamic projection system", Erwin Wu, Mitski Piekenbrock and Hideki Koike.
    • "CompoundDome:A wearable dome device that enables interaction with the real world by partially transmitting the screen", Eriko Maruyama and Jun Rekimoto.
    • "Investigating Universal Appliance Control through Wearable Augmented Reality", Vincent Becker, Felix Rauchenstein and Gábor Sörös.