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hermitroom · 8 months

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some info about the various organizations in coe, as seen from the artbook (please let me know if you see any errors, i was a bit careless with romanization as you can tell & this is very rough)

Otowa Detective Agency They do business as Otowa Search System, LLC (kk otowa search system). A privately-owned detective agency in Nagoya managed by Genshi Otowa. When they expanded and moved their main office to Tokyo, the Nagoya office became their country one. Because they've been trustworthy at handling their jobs, they've gotten more and more customers, and because they listen to the will of their employees, they've managed to recruit and keep a lot of talented people on staff. Despite the fact that they're a small-scale company now, the requests haven't stopped. They have six people at the Nagoya branch, and about 30 at the Tokyo one. Path to Empireo

It started as the self-improvement group 'People of Akasha', and became a new organization with a new religion based on Catholicism. It wasn't a very large-scale group- around 2015, there were only about 300 registered believers in the country. The incident where the Tokyo and Chuubu branches exploded claimed many of their lives, completely destroying the organization itself. It seemed like the remaining survivors died natural deaths around the same time as well. They said they're researching the path to 'guide humanity to Empireo'.

Ice Cooler

A pharmaceutical company founded by the son of a pharmacist, Rangiri Utsugi. The position of president is inherited, so Rangiri passed it down to his son Keiichi, and he passed it down to his son Uenari. The company grew rapidly after WW2, with their main product being OTC medications. They were very famous for how well their medicines worked, but gradually said medicines started to work less and less. At the same time, there started to be a lot of 'suspicious' things about their medicine, as well as 'incidents' related to it, leading to public loss of trust in them. Before long, they were bought out by a foreign investor, their leadership was completely changed, and in 2016 the Ice Cooler name was no more.

Tranzykid Institute

An integrated sciences institute based in the American state of Kentucky. It's produced many Nobel Prize winners and candidates, and has quite a bit of influence as a research institute. However, all the departments act extremely independently of each other, and there are some laboratories among them that haven't revealed what they're actually working on.

Theosophy University

It was originally founded as a Catholic institution, but currently the management (Theosophy Institute of the Arts and Sciences) runs it as a private university. The curriculum focuses on raising students to be talented and successful in a global environment, with a strong focus on linguistics. It's not limited to Catholic-only students, either. There are people from all over the world attending, and many graduates have become famous in their own right. It's well-known enough as a university that everyone's heard of it. Other than their Tokyo campus, they have a Nagano campus as well.

Fondazione Riddle

Founded by Beniamino Riddle. Based in Italy. The current heir is the president's son, Rodney Riddle. They mainly provide financial support to organizations doing R&D in the field of science. Tranzykid is one of them. Their aim is 'For the world, and for the peace we have now' (but...).

A/Z/MA

Founded by Shirou Azuma. Their base business was Azuma Bookstore, a publishing company, but they're a corporation that handles all sorts of things in the entertainment industry. They've expanded into publishing, animation, movies, and various content services. Currently, no one working at the company besides the president is from the Azuma family themselves, but the current president, Wadachi Azuma, is a direct descendant of Shirou.

Nanamidou Bookstore, LLC

A bookstore chain under the Igarashi group. They used to only sell books, but they've branched out into music, videos, various media sales, and rentals, too.

Gojo Corporation/Igarashi Group

They're a business group that's made a name for themselves by expanding into every area. Despite the Gojo Conglomerate breaking up during WW2, they reorganized afterwards, and succeeded greatly. A major contractor in Tokai, Gojo, is also part of their group. Their most recent large-scale construction work is the commercial building in front of the Nagoya station. They've also done remodelling for A/Z/MA (LLC)'s Chuubu Branch office.

PMSC/GrassRod

A PMSC based in America. It recruits personnel from all sorts of countries, and there's a rumor that they'll send mercenaries who 'aren't afraid of death' anywhere. They're currently active, but the only thing that can be confirmed about them is that there is someone actually managing and controlling them. No other details are known.

#cell of empireo #infopost

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txt-miyeong · 8 months

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Miyeong's Family

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Disclaimer: All characters are completely imaginary and do not exist in real life. Names, places, occupations, and experiences are all made up. All the pictures are from Pinterest and are not mine. Credit to the owners.

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[Parents – Hwang (Park) Yeong-ja & Hwang Him-chan]

Miyeong’s mother Park Yeongja was born in 1972 to a japanese-korean father and a korean mother. She was born in Ulsan, South Korea but the family moved to Nagoya, Japan in 1979 when Yeongja was 7 years old. Here she lived until she turned 19 years old and had graduated from high school. In 1991 she moved back to her hometown Ulsan in Korea and started to build her own life there as a photographer.

Hwang Himchan, Miyeong’s father, was born in 1973 in Busan, South Korea. He grew up with his korean parents and two older siblings. He graduated from High School in 1992 and went on to study fashion design at Yonsei University.

In 1993 Yeongja was hired for a program at Yonsei University where she met Himchan. They found interest in each other and had a one-night stand. This turned into an unplanned pregnancy for Yeongja and she kind of freaked out.

They both decided to try to work this out together and therefore Yeongja moved to Seoul. In 1993 their first son, Daeseong, was born and they both took part in taking care and raising their son. Through their newborn son they started to get closer and eventually got together in 1995.

Himchan opened his own business in 1996 after finishing his studies at Yonsei. Him and Yeongja got married the same year after finding out, that they were expecting their second child. And in November 1996 their second son, Jiwon, was born.

Himchan’s business was running well and Yeongja had found her place a photographer in his fashion company. They couldn’t have asked for more, when their third and last child was born in 2000. Their only daughter is named Miyeong.

Their daughter quickly showed interest in ice skating and with the support of her parents, she started training professionally with the age of six years old.

Himchan and Yeongja are very supportive of their children’s dreams and hope to make them all possible. While their business is going well, it still doesn’t make them overly rich. Therefore, they live a rather simple life.

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{Brothers – Hwang Daeseong & Hwang Jiwon}

Miyeong’s oldest brother Daeseong was born in 1993 and is seven years older than her. He studied computer science and is now working as a ‘IT Project Manager’.

Jiwon is four years older than Miyeong and is born in 1996. He has always shown interest in art and went on to study graphic design. He is now a graphic designer.

Miyeong gets along well with both her brothers. Sadly, they don’t see each other often, since all three of them are quite busy. When they meet each other though, they are very close and goofing around all the time. Miyeong is glad to have such a supportive family and close relationship to her brothers.

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#oc family #i-am-confused-about-life #txt #txt 6th member #txt added member #txt additional member #txt female addition #txt female member #txt miyeong #txt oc #txt-miyeong #kpop added member #kpop female addition #kpop female oc #kpop oc #kpop addition #tommorow x together

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artwalktv · 2 years

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Over the course of the COVID lockdowns - desperate for the outside world beyond my doorstep, city, state and country - I started crafting a project using entirely Google Maps Streetview Images. I viewed and downloaded the world from my desk, finding amazing spaces, altering, hand tracking and creating timelapses and shots. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of the material. Until I heard the latest album from Axel Boman. Here was a song from one of my favorite artists with such a propulsive and idealistic reaching out towards the wider world. Letting the wind take us, with love as the sail, a blur of adventure across the planet. Special thanks to Axel, Kornel and Studio Barnhus for the trust, a random plugin that let me download raw 360 images and Google for bringing the world to our screens. Locations used: Australia - Melbourne Cricket Stadium Austria - Kunsthistorisches Museum Brazil - Marcana Stadium - Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro - Museu Nacional de Belas Artes - Rio de Janeiro Metro - Sao Paulo Biennale Canadian - Arctic Regions Czech Republic - Charles Bridge Denmark - Christiansborg Palace - Thorvaldesens Museum Faroe Islands - Slættaratindur France - Arc de Triomphe - Château de Chenonceau - Grand Palais - Mont Blanc - Mont Saint-Michel - Museum of Fine Art Lyon - Palace of Versailles - Paris City Hall - University of Lyon Germany - Alte Pinakothek - Altes Museum - Hamburg Canals - Miniatur Wunderland - Sanssouci Palace - Staatliches Museum Schwerin Greece - Acropolis Museum Greenland - Arctic Regions India - Himalayan Railway - Taj Mahal Italy - Florence Train Station - Grassi Palace - Municipal Library Teresian - National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art - The Floating Piers - Uffizi Gallery Japan - Bullet Train - Chiba Monorail - Fushimi Inari Taisha - Miraikan - Nagoya Station - Ryogoku Kokugikan - Suzuki Circuit Mexico - Archivo General de la Nación Mongolia - Khuvsgul Lake Nepal - Various trails New Zealand - Coronet Peak Norway - Fv36 - Fv64 Portugal -Coastal Railway - Mafra National Palace Russia - Bolshow Theater - Crocus City Hall - St Petersburg State University Scotland - National Museum of Scotland Singapore - Singapore Sports Hub South Korea - National Museum of Korea Spain - Bilbao Stadium - Catedral de la Almudena - Guggenheim Bilbao - La Sagrada Familia - Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada - University of Madrid Sweden - Avicii Arena - Gamla stan - Skokloster Castle Switzerland - CERN - Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge - Swiss Alps Taiwan - Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum United Arab Emirates - Burj Al Arab United States - Chicago River - Crystal Bridges Museum - Denali - Dry Tortugas - Guggenheim - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - Neues Museum - Seven Mile Bridge - Shedd Aquarium - Smithsonian Science Center - The Grand Canyon - The Intrepid - University of Michigan

#Videos & Films

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nuadox · 3 years

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3D microscopy: New multipurpose AI software for cell-tracking

- By Nagoya City University -

In modern life science research as well as in drug discovery, recording and analyzing the images of cells over time using 3D microscopy has become extremely important. Once the images have been recorded, the same cell in different images at different time points has to be accurately identified ("cell tracking") because the living cells captured in the images are in motion. However, tracking many cells automatically in 3D microscope videos has been considerably difficult.

In the Kimura laboratory at Nagoya City University (Japan), Dr. Chentao Wen and colleagues developed the first AI-based software called 3DeeCellTracker that can run on a desktop PC and automatically track cells in 3D microscope videos.

Using the software, they were able to measure and analyze the activities of ~100 cells in the brain of a moving microscopic worm, in a naturally beating heart of a young small fish, and ~1000 cancer cells cultured in 3D under laboratory conditions, which were recorded with different types of cutting-edge microscope systems.

This versatile software can now be used across biology, medical research, and drug development to help monitor cell activities.

Image: Cells of various organisms are recorded as 3D videos with state-of-the-art microscope systems (top), the cells in 3D videos obtained are automatically tracked by the AI technology (middle), and the activity of each cell is measured and analyzed (bottom). Credit: The Kimura lab at Nagoya City University.

Source: Nagoya City University

Full study: “3DeeCellTracker, a deep learning-based pipeline for segmenting and tracking cells in 3D time lapse images”, eLife.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.59187

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#microscopy #3d microscopy #optics #cell biology #imaging #ai #artificial intelligence #biology #biotechnology #biotech #deep learning

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fushikikei · 9 years

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waltz 2015 ｜Media Installation

Video Document: https://youtu.be/t5HUp-RZujs

Art direction, Video images: FUSHIKI Kei Space design: IGAKI Masashi Project management: KIDA Ayumi Assistant project management: INAGAKI Takuya Date: NOV 12th［Thu］-15th［Sun.］2015 Venue: The north-side of Nagara-bashi, Nakagawa Canal Presented by Nakagawa Canal Video Archive Project (ARToC10 grant-aided project) Under auspices of City of Nagoya, Nagoya Port Authority, Nagoya Urban Institute of the Nagoya Urban Development Public Corporation Sponsored by TAIHO Co., Ltd, AGC Glass Products Co., Ltd Assisted by Rowing Center of Port of Nagoya, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences --

waltz 2015｜映像インスタレーション

映像記録：https://youtu.be/t5HUp-RZujs

総合演出・映像：伏木啓空間設計・施行：井垣理史企画・運営：木田歩運営補助：稲垣拓也日時：2015年11月12日［木］〜15日［日］18:00-21:00 会場：中川運河・長良橋北側主催：中川運河映像アーカイヴプロジェクト（2015年度 ARToC10助成採択事業）後援：名古屋市, 名古屋港管理組合, 公益財団法人名古屋まちづくり公社名古屋都市センター協賛：株式会社タイホー, AGCグラスプロダクツ株式会社協力：リンナイ株式会社, 名古屋学芸大学メディア造形学部

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dimensionsunited · 5 years

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MAY 2019 DIMENSIONS ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULES & REVIEW

Members may earn 3 points each (up to 6 points) for writing, by the end of May 31 KST:

A solo para of 400+ words based on their monthly schedule (does not count toward your monthly total).

A thread of six posts (three per participant, including the starter) based on their monthly schedule.

Threads do not have to take place directly during an important date listed on the schedule, but must be related to what the muse is mentioned to be doing in the paragraph explaining their schedule/the company’s schedule for the month and/or their thoughts on the mentioned activities or lack thereof.

These schedules may be updated throughout the month if new information needs to be added.

Overall Company

The Dimensions United summer photo book and video package that the idols have already shot for releases next month, so this month, the video portion of the package will be finished and all idols under the label will be given short interviews on what Dimensions United means to them, their hopes for the rest of 2019, and how they feel about the year so far. This will obviously be expected to be positive toward Dimensions in tone and will be edited as such. There will also be miscellaneous recording throughout the month during different artist’s practices, studio sessions, and some (mostly staged) interactions between idols under the company to push a family image.

Important dates:

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Dimensions Soloist 1

After her goodbye stage on the first of the month, most of the rest of the month will be spent in heavy tour rehearsal. She kicks off her tour this month with a concert at the end of the month in Seoul. Next month, she’ll be embarking on the North American leg of her tour.

Important dates:

May 1: End of music show promotions.

May 25: Yonsei University Festival performance (also performing: Lipstick, Gold Star Soloist 1, and Femme Fatale).

May 26: Warning Tour concert at Yes24 Live Hall in Seoul, South Korea.

Dimensions Soloist 2

His new album drops at the end of the month. His second album didn’t do quite as well as his first, so Dimensions hopes this one will do better to show promise to be able to pull off successful first solo concert. He has filming for not only his music video, but also several promotional videos this month, as well as a performance at KCON Japan to start to reach outside of the domestic market.

Important dates:

May 17: Performance at KCON Japan MCountdown.

May 20: Twenty Favorite Things video filming/recording (to be released after comeback).

May 27: Release of “Twenty-Something” & mini album showcase, promotions continue until May 29.

May 31: Run To You filming.

Gal.actic

Dimensions wants Gal.actic to lay low until their summer comeback to focus on letting the bad press die down now that the press conference is out of the way, so they’ll begin recording for their summer album this month. The track list is still in flux, so songs may still be cut and added. Ultimately, the album will consist of two new group songs and solos by four of the members (Leader/main vocal, vocal, lead vocal, and lead rapper/lead dancer/vocal). Now that the injunction has been dropped, Gal.actic has also booked a university festival performance and a performance at KCON, even if it’s only during the convention portion instead of the main MCountdown show.

Important dates:

May 10: Seokyung University Festival performance (also attending: BEE).

May 17: Convention performance at KCON Japan (also performing: MARS).

Alien

May will be a break month compared to how busy Alien has been lately. They’re releasing the Japanese version of “Shoot Out” and performing at KCON, but other than that, they’re encouraged to get more rest than usual since Dimensions doesn’t plan for them to get much rest at all in the second half of the year. Preparations for their next comeback won’t be kicking into full gear yet, but there will be a few meetings about concepts and goals for it.

Important dates:

May 13: Release of Japanese single version of “Shoot Out”.

May 18: Performance at KCON Japan MCountdown (also performing: MARS and Decipher).

MARS

This month is mostly spent for MARS on preparations with choreography and final studio recordings for their July comeback single, as well as performances at KCON Japan and Hallyu PopFest Singapore, two events Dimensions happily scheduled the group for the help their current mission of expanding their foreign fanbases. For this month’s cover project, the members will get to choose their own solo or duet vocal, rap, or dance covers that will be uploaded throughout the month. The company guidelines will be that the cover songs must be serious (no gag/parody covers), appropriate for upload, and they must be able to be filmed in the company building with one camera and cameraman without additional cost of production value (like any major costumes, set, props, lighting, etc.).

*Reminder* All members must be moved out of the dorm by May 24.

Important dates:

May 17: Convention performance at KCON Japan (also performing: Gal.actic).

May 18: Performance at KCON Japan MCountdown (also performing: Alien and Decipher).

May 25: Hallyu PopFest Singapore (also performing: MARS).

7ROPHY

For the first time since their debut, 7ROPHY has been a highly requested group for university festivals, and Dimensions is taking advantage of the opportunity to get some additional income through booking them for a couple of performances this month, both at said festivals and other concerts. Their recent success also means higher-ups are eager to get a mini-album out this year, and the track list for that will be completed by the end of the month with songs and concepts finalized.

Important dates:

May 14: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Festival performance.

May 17: Kwangwoon University Festival performance.

May 18: Performance at 2019 Dream Concert at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea (also attending: Fuse and CHARM)

May 25: Seowon Valley Green Concert in Cheongju (also performing: BEE).

May 26: Performance at Hallyu PopFest Singapore (also performing: Knight, Alien, and Element).

Unity

After a short break to recuperate in Seoul at the beginning of the month and discuss plans for a Korean summer comeback and a new Japanese album release shortly following that, the members will be returning to Japan to finish off the Japan leg of their tour before ultimately heading back out from Seoul on the 29th to fly to California to participate in a concert there before beginning the North America leg of their tour next month.

Important dates:

May 11: Unity 1st Japan Tour concert at Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater in Sapporo, Japan.

May 12: Unity 1st Japan Tour concert at Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater in Sapporo, Japan.

May 19: Unity 1st Japan Tour concert at Fukuoka Sun Palace in Fukuoka, Japan.

May 20: Unity 1st Japan Tour concert at Fukuoka Sun Palace in Fukuoka, Japan.

May 23: Unity 1st Japan Tour concert at Forest Hall in Nagoya, Japan.

May 24: Unity 1st Japan Tour concert at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

May 25: Unity 1st Japan Tour concert at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

May 26: Unity 1st Japan Tour concert at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

May 31: Performance at Channel 93.3 Kickoff Concert in San Diego, CA, USA.

Lucid

Lucid weren’t invited to perform at any university festivals last year, but this year, the demand for them has skyrocketed following “Glass Bead”’s release, and they’ve been booked for their first ever university festival performances accordingly. Additionally, behind the scenes, the members will be finishing learning choreography for their comeback and then filming the music video mid-month as well as doing album jacket photo shoots.

Important dates:

May 22: Kyungpook Nation University Festival performance.

May 23: Hanyang University Festival performance (also performing: Femme Fatale).

May 25: Yonsei University Festival performance (also performing: Gold Star Soloist 1, Dimensions Soloist 1, Femme Fatale, and Lipstick).

#fmdschedule #queued post

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paper-mario-wiki · 6 years

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hey yo my interview with that university i was talking about is coming up in 9 hours. im kinda stressing but also kinda confident, which i think is a good combination of things to feel.

idk why but i feel the urge to post the statement of purpose i gave to them in my admission so here it is. i think i did a good job makin myself sound like a smarty who should be given a cool visa

it’s a little late, but lemme know if i sound too up-my-own-ass while also bearing in mind that i had to make myself look like a Good Student To Accept, ya kno

A pursual of higher education has always been something I’ve wanted to steer towards in my life. Although there are plenty of jobs and opportunities that would more likely benefit from experience rather than a degree, I’ve come to find that through plenty of meditation and intrapersonal thinking that spending time at a college would be beneficial for me. When I say this, I mean that I’ve spent the past several years asking myself the question “what would make me happy?” and almost always coming to two things: Learning a new language as well as tightening my grip on my native language. This, combined with a longstanding interest in Japan and its culture, has led me to ILA.

I, personally, am very interested in writing, mainly focusing in the aspects of comedy, as well as short, digestible ideas and thoughts (if given the choice, I’d much sooner pick up a book of trivia than an encyclopedia). For these reasons, my interest in Liberal Arts is mainly invested in that of Literature and English. Allowing someone’s ideas to come to life in the mind of a reader, whether they be short or long, is an incredible and versatile tool. Discovering rules, techniques, and cliches of the language I speak is what I want to give my time up to. The prospect of travelling to a place where people from a variety of unique backgrounds come to study things like this is incredibly exciting to think about. This, of course, leads me to my next point: what about Japan, specifically, is so enticing to me?

For a very long time, likely a decade (if not longer), I’ve been interested in Japan and the aspects of its culture and history. The idea of a society which, at face value, seems to be similar to that of the western society that I have grown up in, yet subverts all expectations with a new set of unspoken rules, is so interesting to me. I hesitate to say “mysterious” when describing it because there is little-to-no mystery about it. I’d like to make it clear that I’m not interested in Japan in the same way that a child would be interested in a carnival sideshow. My interest lies, rather, in the idea of exchanging one culture, with all of its flaws and imperfections, for another culture that comes with its own brew of guidelines and problems, while also gaining or losing each of their respective benefits. I’ve spent time in Japan before, in Higashiyodogawa,Osaka, as well as Nakamura, Nagoya. During my time there I found myself feeling more at ease with a place than I have in a long time, even more so than in my own home. I feel that if I am to truly see if Japan is the kind of place I’d like to spend a lot of my life, I’d need a more full, residential experience, rather than being limited by a 2-week vacation in a space that I couldn’t truly call “my own”.

Additionally, while I am already able to use resources available to me in the US (dictionaries, textbooks, online grammar guides, and everything in-between), I won’t ever truly have a holistic Japanese learning experience unless I’m in an environment that wouldn’t allow me to slip back into the comfort of my native tongue whenever I’m not actively pushing myself. Learning a language is an important part of understanding a society and, more importantly in my case, incorporating yourself into that society. If I am to, as I said, have a full residential experience, I will absolutely have to learn the language in a natural setting. I have the building blocks, as I’ve been studying casually for a little over a year. Now all I need are the blueprints.

Throughout this entire statement I’ve been focusing on why I’d like to study at ILA. Now, however, I would like to take a moment to cover why ILA might be interested in having me in its alumni. For starters, I’m a very motivated person and when I attach myself to something I keep at it until it’s done. If I can do something in fewer sittings, I will. That said, I’m not a sloppy person when it comes to my work. I’ve been told that I’m very articulate and that I have the ability to put across complex concepts in a comprehensive way. Several of my teachers from all across my schooling career have told me that I’m very well suited to discussions, and I have a very solid, and sometimes even elegant way with words.

I also have a knack for coming up with unique ideas and interesting perspectives on things, which I feel could really show well in writing, and it has before. Through a popular blogging website, I’ve accumulated a large quantity of people - a number in the tens of thousands - who follow my blog and enjoy my ideas. This blog, as a matter of fact, actually helped fund my original trip to Japan. Through two months of campaigning, as well as doing voice-over work (a hobby of mine) for commissions, I was able to raise $3,500, which I used to take the aforementioned two-week vacation to Osaka and Nagoya. The platform also creates larger discussions and furthers the fleshing-out of any single kernel of thought that I might plant within it. This is, more than anything else, because I want to make people happy.

While I’m not the kind of person who would likely be seen on the cover of a medical magazine being celebrated as the founder of some super-medicine that could prevent a major disease, nor would I likely be seen as the head of a major rocket science corporation, I’ve found that I can still help bring people joy through my words. On countless occasions people have told me that I help them get through the day with my positive messages and jokes. The messages I’m most proud of, however, come from those who contact me telling me that I’ve convinced them that life is worth living, and that they should keep on trying. In those moments I know that what I’m doing is truly beneficial to the rest of the world, and it makes me incredibly happy.

I have high hopes for a future that might be waiting for me at ILA. Understandably, I already think about what it would be like, and what interactions I might have there. I’ve never felt as excited as I am typing this for what kind of experiences would come to me in this kind of academic setting. I find myself periodically watching the videos on ILA’s YouTube channel and thinking about how wonderful that would be for me. This kind of leap for me is something I’m very passionate about and, through my words, I hope that I’ve been able to convince you that my mind and heart are in the right place. Even more than that, I hope that I’ve been able to competently and understandably explain how and why ILA should consider me for admission this coming fall.

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o9genesis · 2 years

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Kansuke Yamamoto (In this Japanese name, the family name is Yamamoto; 30 March 1914 – 2 April 1987); photographer and poet. He was a prominent Japanese surrealist born in Nagoya, Japan. He often created works which indicated liberty, antiwar and anti-government in surrealistic ways.

Born in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, the oldest son of Goro Yamamoto, founding member of Aiyu Photography Club. Goro ran a photo studio and a shop selling cameras in Nagoya.

He encountered surrealism and dadaism through the poetry magazine "cine´" published by Yamanaka Chiruu, who was promoting surrealism in Japan. In 1929, at 15, when he graduated from the Nagoya Second Commercial School, he started writing poetry. Before graduation, he left Meiji University School of Arts and letters in Tokyo, where he majored in French Literature and then went back to Nagoya. In 1931, at 17, he published his works in the Journal "Dokuritsu (Independent)", published by "Dokuritsu Shashin Kenkyu Kai (Independent Photography Research Association)".

The oldest of his existing works, "Aru Ningen no Shisou no Hatten... Moya to Shinshitsu (The Developing Thought of a Human... Mist and Bedroom)", was published in a magazine in 1932. In 1936, he changed his Chinese [sic] characters from 勘助 (Kansuke) to 悍右 (Kansuke). In 1938, he started a surrealist poetry magazine called "Yoru no Funsui (The Night's Fountain)". But the next year, the publication was forced to discontinue by the authoritative pressure due to the Peace Preservation Law.

In 1939, he formed a group called "Nagoya Photo Avant-Garde" with Tajima Tsugio, Minoru Sakata, Shimozato Yoshio, and Yamanaka Chiruu, etc. ....

From around 1965 to 1975, he coached the younger generation as an adviser of Chubu Photography Federation of Students.

He also donated his body to science via Nagoya University School of Medicine upon his death and no funeral was held, in accordance with his living will.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansuke_Yamamoto_(artist))

via: https://arthur.io/art/kansuke-yamamoto

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khalilhumam · 4 years

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Legal - Administrative

1330 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1W5 [email protected] +1 236 777 9820

Dear Sir or Madam, I have nearly three years of an extremely busy work experience at an Immigration Law firm as a Case Manager / Office Manage in downtown Vancouver. I also hold the immigration law, policy and procedures certificate (CILPP) from UBC, Vancouver. My previous experiences include two years of public policy development for the government of Afghanistan and three years of human resource management with international organizations which were involved in change management projects in Afghanistan. I am also a former certified Human Resource Business Partner (HRBP) from HRCI, USA. I have an MA degree in International Development from Nagoya University, Japan with major in governance and law, and minors in social development and culture, economic development policy and management, and peacebuilding. My bachelor's degree is in Business Administration from IIUI, Islamabad, Pakistan with a major in Human Resource Management. I believe my experience coupled with expert knowledge of immigration, human resource management, and public policy fields can be useful for your firm. Last but not least, I am also fluent in English, Pashto, and Dari/Persian languages. In order to know further details about my knowledge, skills, and abilities, please feel free to give me a call or invite me for a face to face interview session. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely yours, Khalil Humam Enclosure: Resume Willing to relocate to Burnaby, BC, Richmond, BC, or New Westminster, BC

Work experience

Office Manager (Contract) Lighthouse Law Group - Vancouver, BC August 2017 to Oct 2020

Management of file from opening to closing.

Business management and development.

Filling out all sorts of application forms such as PNPs, H&C, PRAA, Sponsorships, and visa applications.

Communication with clients and relevant government agencies and organizations.

Record keeping of bills/invoices, income, and expenses.

Attracting and retaining new clients for the firm.

Other duties based on the requirements of the job.

Previous Jobs in Afghanistan Director, National Policies Integration Mar. 2016~Mar.2017

Ministry of Finance, Government of Afghanistan

Head, Innovation Department May. 2015~Mar.2016

Administrative Office of the President, Government of Afghanistan

Experiences in INGOs and Int’l Corporations Jul. 2009~ Oct. 2012

/ Senior Change Management Coordinator (International Executive Service Corps)

/ Deputy Director of Human Resources (International Executive Service Corps)

/ Organization Development Specialist (The Asia Foundation)

/ Deputy Director of Human Resources (Deloitte LLP)

/ Senior Human Resource Officer (Deloitte LLP)

Education

Certificate in Immigration, Law, Policies and Procedures

University of British Columbia - Vancouver, BC, Canada. January 2019 to August 2020

Master of Arts in International Development

Nagoya University - Nagoya, Japan. October 2012 to March 2015

Bachelor's Degree in Management Sciences

Faculty of Management Sciences, IIUI - Islamabad, Pakistan. September 2005 to July 2009

Certifications/Licenses

Certificate in Immigration Law, Policies and Procedures (CILPP) 2020 from UBC, BC, Canada.

Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP), 2015 From HRCI (USA)

Skills

Immigration Case Management (Canada) 2 years

Law Office Management (Canada) 2 years

Legal Research (Canada) 3 years

International Development and Public Policy (Afghanistan) 2 years

Good understanding of international development affairs and developing countries conditions.

Additional Skills Automation, business administration, Microsoft office, Website development (WP), familiarity with cloud and online databases. Language Abilities

English: IELTS (Listening 9/9, Speaking 8/9).

Pashto: Native

Farsi/Dari: Near native

Urdu/Arabic: Basic

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Khalil Humam Legal – Administrative Vancouver, BC V6Z 1W5 [email protected] +1 236 777 9820 Dear Sir or Madam, I have nearly three years of an extremely busy work experience in an Immigration Law firm as a Case Manager / Office Manage. I also hold the immigration law, policy and procedures certificate (CILPP) from UBC, Vancouver. My previous experiences include two years of public policy development for the government of Afghanistan and three years of human resource management with international organizations which were involved in change management projects in Afghanistan. I am also a former certified Human Resource Business Partner (HRBP) from HRCI, USA. I have an MA degree in International Development from Nagoya University, Japan with major in governance and law, and minors in social development and culture, economic development policy and management, and peacebuilding. My bachelor’s degree is in Business Administration from IIUI, Islamabad, Pakistan with a major in Human Resource Management. I believe my experience coupled with expert knowledge of immigration, human resource management, and public policy fields can be useful for your firm. Last but not least, I am also fluent in English, Pashto, and Dari/Persian languages. In order to know further details about my knowledge, skills, and abilities, please feel free to give me a call or invite me for a face to face interview session. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely yours, Khalil Humam Enclosure: Resume Willing to relocate to Burnaby, BC, Richmond, BC, or New Westminster, BC Work experience Office Manager (Contract) Lighthouse Law Group – Vancouver, BC August 2017 to Present

Filling out all sorts of application forms such as PNPs, H&C, PRAA, Sponsorships, and visa applications.

Management of file from opening to closing.

Communication with clients and relevant government agencies and organizations.

Record keeping of bills/invoices, income, and expenses.

Attracting and retaining new clients for the firm.

Other duties based on the requirements of the job.

Previous Jobs in Afghanistan Director, National Policies Integration Mar. 2016~Mar.2017 Ministry of Finance, Government of Afghanistan Head, Innovation Department May. 2015~Mar.2016 Administrative Office of the President, Government of Afghanistan Experiences in INGOs and Int’l Corporations Jul. 2009~ Oct. 2012 / Senior Change Management Coordinator (International Executive Service Corps) / Deputy Director of Human Resources (International Executive Service Corps) / Organization Development Specialist (The Asia Foundation) / Deputy Director of Human Resources (Deloitte LLP) / Senior Human Resource Officer (Deloitte LLP) Education Certificate in Immigration, Law, Policies and Procedures University of British Columbia – Vancouver, BC January 2019 to August 2020 Master of Arts in International Development Nagoya University – Nagoya October 2012 to March 2015 Bachelor’s Degree in Management Sciences Faculty of Management Sciences, IIUI – Islamabad September 2005 to July 2009 Skills

Immigration Case Management (Canada) 2 years

Law Office Management (Canada) 2 years

Legal Research (Canada) 3 years

International Development and Public Policy (Afghanistan) 2 years

Good understanding of international development affairs and developing countries conditions.

Additional Skills Automation, business administration, Microsoft office, Website development (WP), familiarity with cloud and online databases. Certifications/Licences

Certificate in Immigration Law, Policies and Procedures (CILPP) 2020 from UBC, BC, Canada.

Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP), 2015 From HRCI (USA)

Language Abilities

English: IELTS (Listening 9/9, Speaking 8/9).

Pashto: Native

Farsi/Dari: Near native

Urdu/Arabic: Basic

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umichenginabroad · 5 years

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Fly me to the Moon: Museum and Castle Weekend

Today marks the end of the official first week of the program and the end of my second week in Japan. Time flies by really fast that it's really upsetting. Many things have happened so far: the zoo, Kyoto, Nara, deer, temples, and lots of great food. Now to add on to that list; this weekend, a group of us explored more of the city on Saturday and visited Nagoya castle today, Sunday.

Saturday was a day of walking; leaving our dorms around 10am, we stayed out until almost midnight. Our first stop was to the Nagoya Museum of Science. It was interesting, but also seemed like most other science museums: lots of interactive stuff and a couple of events, but difficult to see anything extremely unique aside from the fact everything was in Japanese so I couldn't read it.

Despite the criticism, it was aesthetically pleasing. The moment you entered, you're greeted with a plethora of interactive gizmos that's sure to make children awe in amazement.

It was also the first time I've been in a planetarium and honest thoughts: it was pretty boring, but some of that may be attributed to not understanding the language and not knowing what to expect. Would try again, but keeping my expectations low.

Some time after the planetarium, our group split and some went into an Owl Cafe. That's right, a cafe where owls roam around and you can pet them or put them on your head. It was pretty late at night so I didn't participate, but according to those who did, it was like being on cloud 9. Julia especially was really happy as you might be able to tell.

Photo Credit: Not me. Credit goes to Emile (upper left), Taha (upper right), Seth (lower left), and Julia (lower right).

I'll have to come along too next time because from what it sounded like, it'd be really cool. You get free drinks and get to interact safely with owls; not something that happens every day.

Sunday was primarily Nagoya Castle. There was a cool tour guide telling us the history of the castle like how a few generations of shoguns stayed there like Tokugawa Ieyasu. There was a lot of sloped stone walls and apparently, construction only took less than three months per wall. I can't imagine modern builders being that fast.

The inside of the residence was really pretty, but super expensive. The guides inside were really strict about NO TOUCHING, not even the walls. The value of the building was over $100,000,000 USD, so it's probably the most expensive house I've been in. The art on the sliding doors was quite something to look at though.

Now for everyone's favorite bingo updates! ... it's hard to tell if this is good because there's no way to get feedback. Anyways, I'm changing the tile of "Eat handmade mochi" to "Eat rice cake." The reason for this is because apparently mochi is something primarily made during the New Year, so I shouldn't expect to find any right now. That being the case, a rice cake comes to be a close second, which is something that I've already had during the visit to the Golden Temple. It tasted like green tea with red bean paste inside, was pretty stretchy, and chewy. 10/10, would have again.

I'm going to make Japanese entertainment a really light yellow because we actually saw an idol performance this weekend just in the streets. So it was informal, but it was a form of Japanese entertainment. The only thing is that although I have pictures, the security told me to stop and the performers are likely underage, so I'm hesitant to call this done. Nevertheless, idol mentality is a sight to see. If you've seen anime with idols, the fans are pretty accurate representations; okay, maybe toned down a bit.

Most days are fairly mundane, but when things do happen, it's in a wave. Next post will probably be about a normal school day.

Until then, bye!

Lajlim Jesse Yang

Aerospace Engineering

Nagoya University Automotive Summer Program (NUSIP), Nagoya, Japan

#JesseYang #UmichEnginAbroad #IPEJapan #IPE Summer19

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technato · 6 years

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Video Friday: Robot World Cup, New Co-Bots, and 1000 SpotMinis

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

Photo: Tech United Eindhoven

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here’s what we have so far (send us your events!):

RSS 2018 – June 26-30, 2018 – Pittsburgh, Pa., USA

Ubiquitous Robots 2018 – June 27-30, 2018 – Honolulu, Hawaii

MARSS 2018 – July 4-8, 2018 – Nagoya, Japan

AIM 2018 – July 9-12, 2018 – Auckland, New Zealand

ICARM 2018 – July 18-20, 2018 – Singapore

ICMA 2018 – August 5-8, 2018 – Changchun, China

SSRR 2018 – August 6-8, 2018 – Philadelphia, Pa., USA

ISR 2018 – August 24-27, 2018 – Shenyang, China

BioRob 2018 – August 26-29, 2018 – University of Twente, Netherlands

RO-MAN 2018 – August 27-30, 2018 – Nanjing, China

Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today’s videos.

Robot soccer is getting really, really good. RoboCup (which just concluded in Montreal) is basically exactly the same as human World Cup, just with fewer writhing around on the ground and clutching of ankles. Tech United Eindhoven was there competing, and put together these highlight videos:

And here are the semi-final and final matches:

[ Tech United ]

These robot best friends make dumplings! And they have LITTLE CHEF HATS!

[ AIT ]

The new single-arm YuMi is ABB’s most agile and compact collaborative robot yet and can easily integrate into existing production.

[ ABB ]

At Hannover Fair 2018 we introduced the LBR iisy, KUKA’s next collaborative robot that rounds out our collaborative robotics platform. It’s small and lightweight – powerful enough for experts, simple enough for beginners.

[ Kuka ]

Who gets tired of listening to Marc Raibert talk about robots? Nobody, that’s who. This talk is from CEBIT, just this month.

Raibert said Boston Dynamics is testing SpotMini with a variety of potential customers, using the robot as a platform for security, delivery, construction, and home applications. The idea is turning SpotMini into the “Android of Robots.” It will be available starting next year, Raibert said, and so far they’ve built 10 units by hand and are now building 100 with manufacturing partners. By mid 2019, production will ramp up to 1000 units per year.

[ Boston Dynamics ]

Can you name all the robots in this video from Toyota Research Institute?

If you missed the Toyota HSR, that’s okay, so did I.

[ TRI ]

Although quadrotors, and aerial robots in general, are inherently active agents, their perceptual capabilities in literature so far have been mostly passive in nature. Researchers and practitioners today use traditional computer vision algorithms with the aim of building a representation of general applicability: a 3D reconstruction of the scene. Using this representation, planning tasks are constructed and accomplished to allow the quadrotor to demonstrate autonomous behavior. These methods are inefficient as they are not task driven and such methodologies are not utilized by flying insects and birds. Such agents have been solving the problem of navigation and complex control for ages without the need to build a 3D map and are highly task driven.

In this paper, we propose this framework of bio-inspired perceptual design for quadrotors. We use this philosophy to design a minimalist sensori-motor framework for a quadrotor to fly though unknown gaps without a 3D reconstruction of the scene using only a monocular camera and onboard sensing. We successfully evaluate and demonstrate the proposed approach in many real-world experiments with different settings and window shapes, achieving a success rate of 85% at 2.5m/s even with a minimum tolerance of just 5cm. To our knowledge, this is the first paper which addresses the problem of gap detection of an unknown shape and location with a monocular camera and onboard sensing.

[ UMD ]

What if we could control robots more intuitively, using just hand gestures and brainwaves? A new system spearheaded by researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) aims to do exactly that, allowing users to instantly correct robot mistakes with nothing more than brain signals and the flick of a finger.

By monitoring brain activity, the system can detect in real-time if a person notices an error as a robot does a task. Using an interface that measures muscle activity, the person can then make hand gestures to scroll through and select the correct option for the robot to execute.

The team demonstrated the system on a task in which a robot moves a power drill to one of three possible targets on the body of a mock plane. Importantly, they showed that the system works on people it’s never seen before, meaning that organizations could deploy it in real-world settings without needing to train it on users.

[ MIT ]

All aboard for today’s mandatory Cassie video!

Cassie is an efficient, compliant, dynamic bipedal robot. Here in the Dynamic Robotics Lab directed by Prof. Jonathan Hurst we are researching control strategies that exploit the robot’s natural dynamics. The controller here is demonstrating robust blind walking over unperceived disturbances.

[ DRL ]

Robotic materials combines traditional camera-based perception with tactile perception to help robots be more effective at interacting with the world around them.

[ Robotic Materials ]

Thanks Nikolaus!

Mapping and navigation is one of the trickiest parts of doing robot stuff with a robot, but Misty’s got you covered.

[ Misty Robotics ]

I’m almost certain that this is the first robot I’ve ever seen with a built-in watermelon slapper.

A student-lead team designed the agBOT watermelon harvester to help aging farmers. The machine can autonomously identify and harvest ripe watermelons. A passive slapper mechanism thumps the watermelons in a way that is similar to how a person tests one at the supermarket, and an onboard microphone helps agBOT determine whether or not to harvest the watermelon.

[ Virginia Tech ]

In collaboration with DENSO Robotics, and in consultation with Innotech Corporation, Osaro is proud to publicly unveil FoodPick, which performs automated food assembly tasks using deep learning and other AI and robotics techniques.

[ Osaro ]

Musica Automata is a name of an upcoming album by Leonardo Barbadoro, an Italian electronic music producer and electroacoustic music composer from Florence known also under the alias Koolmorf Widesen. The album will include music for robots controlled from a laptop computer.

These robots are more than 50 acoustic instruments (piano, organs, wind instruments, percussions etc) which are part of the Logos Foundation in Gent (Belgium). They receive digital MIDI messages that contain precise informations for their performance.

If you like the sound of this, you can help make it happen on Kickstarter.

[ Kickstarter ]

Thanks Leonardo!

The project Entern is concerned with technologies for the autonomous operation of robots in lunar and planetary exploration missions. It covers the subjects of operations & control, environment modelling and navigation. The goal of the project is to improve the autonomous capabilities of individually acting robots in difficult situations such as craters and caves. On-board simulation is used within the project for this purpose. It allows the robot to improve the assessment of critical situations without external help.

[ Entern ]

Robots become every day more ‘intelligent’. What if robots will be so intelligent to say NO to war? This would be a happier future.

This short robot film is the result of the student project between Sheffield Robotics of the University of Sheffield and the Institute of Arts of Sheffield Hallam University.

[ DiODe ]

On this week’s episode of Robots in Depth, Per interviews Nicola Tomatis from BlueBotics.

Nicola Tomatis talks about his long road into robotics and how BlueBotics handles indoor navigation and integrates it in automated guided vehicles (AGV). Like many, Nicola started out tinkering when he was young, and then got interested in computer science as he wanted to understand it better. Nicola gives us an overview of indoor navigation and its challenges.He shares a number of interesting projects, including professional cleaning and intralogistics in hospitals. We also find out what someone who wants use indoor navigation and AGV should think about.

[ Robots in Depth ]

Video Friday: Robot World Cup, New Co-Bots, and 1000 SpotMinis syndicated from https://jiohowweb.blogspot.com

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lestudiointeractifblog · 7 years

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Conference“Musical Interfaces and Robotics”

Conference

“Musical Interfaces and Robotics”

Date: November 27, 2017, 13:00-

Place: Conference Room 2 (1st floor), Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Musical Creativity and the Environment Address: 1 Chome-25-1 Senju, Adachi, Tokyo 120-0034, Japan 

Telephone: +81 50-5525-2742 

http://www.geidai.ac.jp/access/senju 

Email: [email protected]

Participants:

Frédéric Bevilacqua (IRCAM)

Jean-Marc Pelletier (Nagoya Zokei University)

Kenjiro Matsuo (Invisible Designs Lab)

Shigeyuki Hirai (Kyoto Sangyo University)

Suguru Goto (Tokyo University of the Arts)

Yoichi Nagashima (Shizuoka University of Art and Culture)

(Alphabetical order)

Theme:

The conference intends to present the research and the latest development of musical interfaces and robots for musical instruments. The musical interfaces refer to the development of interactive systems for sound and music, which are based upon sensors and others in order to capture gesture and movement in real time. These also relate with Programming, such as Mapping Interfaces and Gesture Followers, as well as some applications of Media Arts. The robots for musical instruments mean automated instruments, which are performed by motors and controlled by a computer. This conference much tends to present in non-academic style and to discuss about the latest issue and the future perspective.

Descriptions:

Frédéric Bevilacqua

“Designing Sound Movement Interaction: Models, Mapping and Interfaces”

I will present the research performed by the Sound Music Movement Interaction team at IRCAM in Paris. Our research and applications concern the development of interactive systems for sound and music, and more specifically systems allowing for gesture and movement interaction. Various tangible interfaces, such as the Modular Musical Objects have been developed, along with methods to map movement to sound. In particular, we make use of interactive machine learning techniques for continuous motion recognition and mapping such as Gesture Follower, or more recently the XMM library (by Jules Françoise). Recently, we have also experimented with systems enabling collective interaction using smartphones (CoSiMa and Rapid-Mix projects). Many applications will be presented, mainly related to music and performing arts.

Links

http://ismm.ircam.fr/

http://frederic-bevilacqua.net/

Videos

Modular Musical Objects

https://youtu.be/Uhps_U2E9OM

Urban Musical Game

https://vimeo.com/63974506

Mapping by Demonstration

https://vimeo.com/87684482

Biography

Frédéric Bevilacqua is the head of the Sound Music Movement Interaction team at IRCAM in Paris (part of the joint research lab Science & Technology for Music and Sound – IRCAM – CNRS – Université Pierre et Marie Curie). His research concerns the modeling and the design of interaction between movement and sound, and the development of gesture-based interactive systems. He holds a master degree in physics and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Optics from EPFL (Switzerland). In From 1999 to 2003 he was a researcher at the University of California Irvine. In 2003 he joined IRCAM as a researcher on gesture analysis for music and performing arts. He was keynote or invited speaker at several international conferences such as the ACM TEI’13. As the coordinator of the “Interlude project”, he was awarded in 2011 the 1st Prize of the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition (Georgia Tech) and received the award “prix ANR du Numérique” from the French National Research Agency (category Societal Impact, 2013).

Jean-Marc Pelletier

Title: Audio-visual Congruence Effects and Music Design

Summary: Certain associations of sounds and visuals appear to many as more "natural" than others. From these interactions, we can isolate a number of principles to guide the design of musical tools and performances.

Bio: Assistant professor at Nagoya Zokei University. Based in Japan since 1999, my research interests span from interfaces for musical expression to game design.

Link: http://jmpelletier.com

Kenjiro Matsuo

CEO of Sound Art Unit invisible designs lab a.k.a dir

“New point of view for music and sound”

"Expand Music" is the concept of them. Presentation will be mainly about “Z-machines project”. How did them work for playing musical instruments etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkUq4sO4LQM

https://wired.jp/2014/04/19/squarepusher-robot-music/

Shigeyuki Hirai

Title:

Interactive Sound and Music Systems for Everyday Life

Abstract:

In this talk, the research project for the future of a smart house with various sensors and displays in Kyoto Sangyo University will be presented. The features of the research are functions of interactive sonification and/or playable environments as musical instruments in everyday life. Especially, this project deals with practical and useful systems developed for Japanese bathroom. For instance, Bathonify which is an interactive sonification system representing a bather's state with motions or vital signs in a bathtub, TubTouch and RapTapBath those have embedded sensors inside of a bathtub edge to work as a controller with various sound and music applications, and so on. Through this presentation, the possibilities and issues of facilities with incorporating interactive sound and music for everyday life are discussed.

Biography:

Shigeyuki Hirai is an Associate Professor in Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering at Kyoto Sangyo University. Prior to the present affiliation, he was a system engineer at OGIS-RI Co., Ltd. and a researcher at KRI Inc. He received Ph.D. degrees in engineering from Osaka University in 2002. His research interests are HCI, entertainment computing and music computing. For these fifteen years, he has worked in interactive systems for everyday life, especially research and development of smart house for Japanese life style with sound stuff. He is the member of ACM, IPSJ, IEICE, Human Interface Society and The Society for Art and Science.

http://www.cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp/~hirai/index-e.html

- http://hir.ai/

- http://ubiqmedia.cse.kyoto-su.ac.jp/?page_id=68

Suguru Goto

“My robot works for music and my sensor-based performance “

A public: « why are you making a robot for music? »

Me: « I want to go beyond the limit that an human player can do. »

A public: « Yeah, sure. The robot can eternally play any music without any complains and without any fees, hum? (Sniff) »

Me: « Having gone beyond the limit of human, I would like to be able to listen to music that I have never listened. »

A public: « Well, you know. A robot does not have any emotion and any feeling. »

Me: « The emotion and the feeling belong to music itself. A robot may possess intelligence to perform music with expression. Human thinks that they are too important to accept these, thus they do not share the emotion of music, when it is performed by non-human ».

A public: « You seem to have watched too many Scientific Fiction movies. »

Me: « HAL is not the story in future. It has been already realized. »

A public: « I’d prefer to go to a concert of warm and tasty music by human. »

Me: « What is the warm and tasty music? As I think more about music, I do not know even what is really the definition of music. »

A public: « Well, I do not know neither. But don’t you want to listen to good music? »

Me: « Certainly. But it is not a matter who plays and composes it. »

A public: « So that a robot is no longer a servant for human? That sounds great. (Sniff) »

Me: « In fact, as I work more robots, I appreciate more the complexities of human. However, I have never thought that a robot is a replacement of human. Human is too much used to the customs and traditions. I rather expect that a robot can do something different from human. That is to say a new art form."

Suguru Goto is a media artist, an inventor and a performer and he is considered one of the most innovative and the mouthpiece of a new generation of Japanese artists.

http://sugurugoto.com

Yoichi Nagashima

Bio-Sensing and Bio-Feedback Interfaces

The brief summery of presentation

I will report (with short demonstration performance) about new instruments applied by biological information sensing, biofeedback and multi-channel tactile sensors. Recently I developed three projects - (1) a new EMG sensor "Myo" customized to be used as double sensors, (2) a new brain sensor "Muse" customized to be used by OSC, and (3) an originally developed "MRTI (Multi Rubbing Tactile Instrument)" with 10 tactile sensors. The key concept is BioFeedback which has been receiving attention about the relation with emotion and interception in neuroscience recently.

The commercialized sensors "Myo" and "Muse" are useful for regular consumers. However, we cannot use them as new interfaces for musical expression because they have a number of problems and limitations. I have analyzed them, and developed them for interactive music. The "DoubleMyo" is developed with an original tool in order to use two "Myo" at the same time, in order to inhibit the "sleep mode" for live performance on stage, and in order to communicate via OSC. The "MuseOSC" is developed with an original tool in order to receive four channels of the brain-wave, and 3-D vectors of the head.

Even though not dealing the direct bio-signals, the tactile sensor is very interesting / important for human sensing. The "RT corporation" in Japan released the "PAW sensor" which is a small PCB (size 21.5mm * 25.0mm, weight 1.5g) with a large cylinder of urethane foam on it. The output information of this sensor is four channel voltages which is time-shared conversion, which means the nuances of rubbing / touching the urethane foam by fingers. Then, I developed a system to use 10 "PAW sensors" with egg-shaped plastic container for ten fingers. The performer can control ten fingers by rubbing tactile action, and a total of 16 parameters from the PAW sensors are realtime mapped - to generate four voices by formant synthesis algorithm and - to generate realtime Open-GL graphics by fractal algorithm.

Biography

Yoichi Nagashima, composer/researcher/PE, was born in 1958 in Japan. He learned and played some instruments: violin, recorder, guitar, keyboards, electric bass, drums, and vocal/choral music. He was the conductor of Kyoto University Choir and composed over 100 choral music, and studied nuclear physics there. As the engineer of Kawai Musical Instruments, he developed some sound generator LSIs, and designed some electronic musical instruments, and produced musical softwares. From 1991, He has been the director of "Art & Science Laboratory" in Japan Hamamatsu, produces many interactive tools of real-time music performance with sensor/MIDI, cooperates some researchers and composers, and composes experimentally pieces. He is also a key-member of Japanese computer music community. From 2000, he has been also the associate professor at SUAC(Shizuoka University of Art and Culture), Faculty of Design, Department of Art and Science, and teaches multi-media, computer music and media-art. As a composer of computer music, he collaborates many musicians in his composition: Piano, Organ, Percussion, Vocal, Flute, Sho, Koto, Shakuhachi, Dance, etc. In 2004, he organized and was the General Chair of NIME04, and he became the associate professor of master course of SUAC. He became the professor on April 2007. He supported over 120 works and projects of interactive/multimedia installations from 2000, composed/performed many works of computer music, and organized/performed many lectures/workshops in many places all over the world.

http://nagasm.org/ASL/TUA2017/index.html

#interfaces #robots #sensor

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fushikikei · 3 years

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The Other Side － Sep. 2021

Trailer: https://youtu.be/PYMSuaejnIc（紹介映像 / 1分） ◉会場京都芸術センター｜講堂

◉日時 -9月10日［金］18:30開演（18:00開場） -9月11日［土］14:00開演（13:30開場） -9月11日［土］18:30開演（18:00開場） -9月12日［日］14:00開演（13:30開場） ※12日［日］は、オンライン・ライブ配信も実施上演時間：約60分 --

彼らは、〈それは、かつて、そこに、あった〉を、今あらためて生み出し、ふたたび消滅させることで永遠化し救い出す（秋庭史典 / 美学者) 身体と、語り、映像、音響、照明、装置など、様々な要素を組み合わせて構成されるパフォーマンス。ーあるということ、ないということ舞台上の「現在」と、出演者の個人的 / 集合的な記憶としての「過去」を往復しながら、地続きの関係性とその断絶を巡って、複数の時間を折り重ねる。 --

演出・構成・映像：伏木啓

空間構成・装置：井垣理史音楽・音響：鈴木悦久ピアノ：山田亮 -- 出演：髙木理恵, てらにしあい -- 照明デザイン・オペレーション：福井孝子映像システム・オペレーション：中上淳二配信・音響技術・オペレーション：土井新二朗衣装：小林駿太朗

-- 制作：アトリエクーゲル制作協力：(同)尾崎商店, 渡邉裕史広報デザイン：則武輝彦協力：名古屋学芸大学

-- ◉ アフタートークゲスト： 11日［土］14:00｜加須屋明子（美学・芸術学 / 京都市立芸術大学教授） 11日［土］18:30｜わかぎゑふ（演出家 / 劇作家 / 玉造小劇店主宰） 12日［日］14:00｜秋庭史典（美学 / 名古屋大学大学院情報学研究科准教授）/ 前田真二郎（映像作家 / 情報科学芸術大学院大学[IAMAS] 教授）

主催：京都芸術センター（公益財団��人京都市芸術文化協会） / 伏木啓 Co-program カテゴリーD「KACセレクション」採択企画 --

The Other Side － Sep. 2021

Venue: Kyoto Art Center Direction, Video images: FUSHIKI Kei Space design, Object: IGAKI Masashi Music, Sound design: SUZUKI Yoshihisa Piano: YAMADA Ryo Cast: TAKAGI Rie, TERANISHI Ai -- ◉ Date

Sep.10th［Fri.］18:30 start (18:00 open) Sep. 11th［Sat.］14:00 start (13:30 open) Sep. 11th［Sat.］18:30 start (18:00 open) Sep. 12th［Sun.］14:00 start (13:30 open) ※ On the 12th (Sun), there will be a Live Streaming. Performance time: approx. 60 minutes -- Lighting design and operation: FUKUI Takako Video system and operation: NAKAUE Junji Live streaming, sound technique and operation: DOI Shinjiro Costume: KOBAYASHI Shuntaro -- Production management: atelier Kugel Associated production management: Ozaki Shouten LLC, WATANABE Hiroshi Graphic design: NORITAKE Teruhiko With the Support of Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences -- Organizer: Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation) / FUSHIKI Kei Selected project of Kyoto Art Center Co-program Category D "KAC selection"

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Các trường Nhật ngữ đào tạo du học Nhật Bản bằng tiếng Anh

Ưu điểm của chương trình đào tạo này đối với các sinh viên quốc tế đó là không cần tiếng Nhật, chương trình du học Nhật Bản bằng tiếng Anh còn hấp dẫn các sinh viên bởi đầu vào dễ, nhiều chính sách hỗ trợ và cơ hội việc làm cao.

Những trường Nhật Ngữ đào tạo bằng tiếng Anh:

1. Đại học Sophia

Trường đại học Sophia (上智大学 (Sophia University)) được thành lập vào năm 1913 tại Chiyoda, Tokyo Nhật Bản. Và trường đại học Sophia là một trong những trường đại học hàng đầu Nhật Bản được biết đến với mội trường quốc tế, với 12.000 sinh viên bao gồm cả đại học và sau đại học.

Là trường đại học cung cấp nhiều chương trình giảng dạy bằng tiếng Anh cho sinh viên quốc tế:

+ Comparative Culture

+ International Business and Economics

+ Faculty of Liberal Arts

+ Social Studies

+ Faculty of Science Technology – Green Science Program

+ Faculty of Science Technology – Green Engineering Program

+ Summer Session Chương trình sau đại học

+ M.A. in Global Studies

+ M.A. in International Business and Development Studies

+ M.A. in Japanese Studies

+ M.A. in Linguistics

+ Ph.D. in Global Environmental Studies

2. Đại học Nagoya

Trường đại học Nagoya còn gọi là Đại học tổng hợp Nagoya được thành lập vào năm 1871, trước đây là trường trung cấp dược và trước là một trong những trường được bảo trợ bởi Hoàng Gia.

Trường Đại học Nagoya cung cấp các chương trình đào tạo bằng tiếng Anh ngành kỹ sư ở cả hệ Đại học và sau Đại học.

Automotive Engineering (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Information Engineering)

Fundamenal Applied Physics (Engineering, Science)

Chemistry (Engineering, Science), Biological Science (Science, Agricultural Sciences)

Social Science-Law

Social Science-Economics

Japan-in-Asia Cultural Studies.

3. Đại học quốc tế Tokyo

Trường đại học quốc tế Tokyo (Tên quốc tế là Tokyo International University, viết tắt là TIU), được thành lập năm 1965, là một trong những trường được đánh giá cao về chất lượng giảng dạy, bằng cấp được công nhận tại Nhật Bản.

Đại học Tokyo ngoài các chương trình học bằng tiếng Nhật thì còn có có các chương trình English track – giảng dạy bằng tiếng Anh ở 2 chuyên ngành: Kinh tế học Quản trị và Quan hệ quốc tế.

4. Đại học Meiji

Trường đại học Meiji được thành lập vào năm 1881, là trường nghiên cứu Nhật Bản toàn cầu (SGJS), Meiji có các chương trình du học Nhật Bản bằng tiếng Anh, tập trung vào văn hóa Nhật Bản truyền thống và hiện đại và chương trình này đang rất thu hút các sinh viên quốc tế.

5. Đại học Waseda

Trường được thành lập cách đây 128 năm bởi ngài Shigenobu Okuma – là một nhà học giả và người lãnh đạo chính quyền nổi tiếng lúc bấy giờ tại Nhật Bản. Đại học Waseda được xem như là một biểu tượng trong thế giới học thuật tại Nhật và là một ngôi trường mơ ước của biết bao học sinh Nhật Bản. Trường có các chương trình đào tạo bằng tiếng Anh.

Khoa học xã hội

Nghiên cứu quốc tế

Kinh tế và khoa học chính trị

Kĩ thuật và khoa học sáng tạo

Kĩ thuật và khoa học cơ bản

Văn hóa, truyền thống và xã hội

Kĩ thuật và khoa học phát triển…

Ngoài ra còn nhiều trường khác có các chương trình du học Nhật Bản bằng tiếng Anh mà các bạn có thể tham khảo;

Đại học Osaka

Đại học Doshisha

Đại học Yamanashi Gakuin

Đại học Musashino

Đại học Kelo

Đại học Quốc tế Nhật Bản

Đại học Hosei

Đại học Hokkaido

Trên đây là những thông tin về các trường đào tạo du học Nhật Bản bằng tiếng Anh mà IT JAPAN có thể đưa ra cho các bạn để tham khảo. Với các chương trình này thì bạn không nhất thiết phải biết tiếng Nhật mới có thể đi du học được, các ngành đào tạo khá đa dạng, phù hợp với xu hướng ngành nghề của sinh viên.

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