I am at the ICSR2011 conference and I am satisfied with the conference venue, the attendance and the quality of the papers. Looks like our hard work payed off. The keynote of Takahashi-san was highly interesting and the dinner-cruise through Amsterdam worked out fine. Congrats to the team!
Author: Christoph Bartneck
New citation tracking tools from Google
Google has finally send out its invitations to its new “My Citations” service. It allows you to track your publications and citations on one easy page. My own profile is available here. Interestingly, Microsoft send me an email today as well reminding me of their Academic Search that does require Silverlight and that was able to track less citations. Here is what Microsoft has to say about my publications.
Neutral Zone
The ESTA Visa application procedure for the USA is aware of the existence of the Neutral Zone. However, it still refuses to accept Klingon as a nationality.
Game Simulator
I wish I had the money to build a system like this:
Nao Haka Performance
We worked on a Haka performance this week. A Kinnect senses the movements of the human performer and the system maps this onto the Nao (thanks to Ben Suay). The two main lessons learned have been that the system is not yet robust and that the Nao is struggling with the explosive and aggressive movements of the haka. Maybe this will be another student project. I also learned the necessity of consulting with Maori experts before attempting to replicate their culture. I truly payed off. Henare Te Aika Puanaki’s performance was amazing. He stomped so hard that the camera shook and we have to re-calibrate the vision studio setup.