Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST, President Lim Ki-cheol) announced on the seventeenth that it held the ‘AI Convergence Physics System Workshop’ at the educational conference ‘ACM UbiComp 2024’ held in Melbourne, Australia.
This workshop, chaired by Professor Seungjun Kim of GIST’s Department of Convergence Technology and co-hosted in collaboration with MIT, University of Washington, and Purdue University in the USA, included MIT, Washington University, Georgia Tech, National University of Singapore, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, City University of Hong Kong, and Osaka University and Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan. Researchers from 12 universities world wide, including the University of Malta and Israel’s Chamoun Institute of Technology, attended and shared the newest trends and research results.
Particularly, this workshop didn’t limit the situation and role of AI systems to computers or servers, but broadly discussed cases of convergence of physical systems and AI in on a regular basis life and human-AI interaction design methods for this.
Professor Yiyue Luo of Washington University, who gave the keynote lecture, introduced ‘Digital Fabrication Technology for Wearable Computers.’ It received attention because it could innovate the wearability and mobility of AI systems by internalizing sensing and actuation within the fibers of wearable systems comparable to clothing and covers.
The GIST Convergence Technology Department (the research team of Professors Seungjun Kim, Kyungjoong Kim, and Jinhyuk Hong) collaborated with MIT, the University of Washington, and the University of Malta to present a complete of eight research results on the subject of ‘AI convergence interface for enhancing user experience in real-virtual environments.’ did it
GIST Korea Institute of Culture Technology, Korea’s only research institute specializing in cultural technology, introduced the research institute through a special lecture at this workshop and introduced ‘cultural technology for vulnerable groups’, comparable to an indication language translation service for the hearing impaired and a robot service to support kid’s reading activities, which were carried out as R&D projects of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. ‘AI-based assistive technology to enhance accessibility’ was introduced.
Recently, as the shape of viewing cultural facilities has expanded into customized services that reflect individual tastes and characteristics, the research institute explains the importance and development potential of barrier-free services for the socially disadvantaged and provides AI convergence creation and mapping technology, etc. Case studies of national research projects were introduced and possibilities for international cooperation were explored.
In his opening speech, Professor Seungjun Kim said, “The applying possibilities of artificial intelligence are countless, from the healthcare field comparable to health diagnosis and every day assistance for youngsters with disabilities to distant robot work and user-sensitive content.” “I hope it will function a chance to constructively discuss tips on how to design interactions to be inclusive and interpretable.”
This ‘AI Convergence Physics System Workshop’ was supported by the GIST-MIT AI Convergence International Cooperation Project and the National Research Foundation of Korea’s Mid-career Researcher Support Project, and Professor Seungjun Kim has been studying MIT computer science through the GIST-MIT AI Convergence International Cooperation Project since 2021. We’re actively conducting joint research with Director Daniela Russ and Professor Woyzeck Matusik of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (CSAIL).
Professor Seungjun Kim’s research team plans to expand GIST’s international research network by continuing collaboration with the University of Washington and leading Asian universities based on the mid-career researcher support project.
Reporter Park Soo-bin sbin08@aitimes.com
