HIS seminar #11 - Sensors & Monitoring: sensor networks, in 東京 (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Horizons <http://horizons.free.fr/his/eng/seminars/2008-05-28_his-seminar_11.htm>

The 11^th seminar dealt with sensors & monitoring. Dr Platon (JSPS fellow, NII) presented his research on data retrieval and his research on sensor networks at 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics).

Slides of the presentations:

• Dr PLATON Eric: Working on Security in Wireless Sensor Networks (PDF)
  

Date: 28 May 2008 (10:00-11:15)
Location: 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics), Tokyo, Japan
Language: English
Registration fees: None
Attendees: 5 persons
Organization: Dr DUVAL Sébastien, 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics)

HIS seminar #10 - Data Processing: data retrieval and multilingual opinion analysis, in 東京 (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Horizons <http://horizons.free.fr/his/eng/seminars/2008-02-26_his-seminar_10.htm>

The 10^th seminar dealt with data processing. Dr Evans (NII) presented his group's activities on data retrieval and his research on multilingual opinion analysis at the 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics).

Slides of the presentations:

• Dr EVANS David: Overview of the NTCIR Information Access Evaluation Workshop (PDF)
• Dr EVANS David: Multilingual Opinion Analysis at the NTCIR Evaluation (PDF)
  

Date: 26 February 2008 (15:30-17:00)
Location: 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics), Tokyo, Japan
Language: English
Registration fees: None
Attendees: 8 persons
Organization: Dr DUVAL Sébastien, 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics)

HIS seminar #9 - Ubiquitous Computing: location-awareness in ubiquitous computing and human needs in wearable computing, in 東京 (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Horizons <http://horizons.free.fr/his/eng/seminars/2007-10-04_his-seminar_9.htm>

The 9^th seminar dealt with ubiquitous computing. Mr Hoareau (SOKENDAI, NII) and Dr Duval (NII) presented, respectively, location-awareness in ubiquitous computing and human needs in wearable computing at the 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics).

Slides of the presentations:

• Mr HOAREAU Christian: Ubiquitous Computing, Location-Awareness and Query Processing (PDF)
• Dr DUVAL Sébastien: Needs in Wearable Computing: a User-centred Approach (PDF)
  

Date: 04 October 2007 (15:30-17:30)
Location: 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics), Tokyo, Japan
Language: English
Registration fees: None
Attendees: 10 persons
Organization: Dr DUVAL Sébastien (国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics))

HIS seminar #8 - Linguistic Support: annotation of multilingual biomedical texts and dictionary reversal for German-Japanese, in 東京 (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Horizons <http://horizons.free.fr/his/eng/seminars/2007-06-14_his-seminar_8.htm>

The 8^th seminar dealt with linguistic support. Dr 川添 (Kawazoe) (NII) and Dr Doan (NII) presented their research on the annotation of multilingual biomedical texts, then Dr Apel (NII) introduced his research on dictionary reversal for German-Japanese at the 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics).

Slides of the presentations:

• Dr 川添愛 (KAWAZOE Ai): Semantic Annotation in BioCaster: its Design and Challenges (PDF)
• Dr DOAN Son: The Roles of Named Entities and Their Roles in Classifying Annotated Biomedical Texts (PDF)
• Dr APEL Ulrich: Dictionary Reversal – Building a German-Japanese Dictionary from Japanese-German Data, Using Vocabulary Analysis, User Cooperation and Approaches from Natural Language Processing (PDF)
  

Date: 14 June 2007 (15:00-17:00)
Location: 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics), Tokyo, Japan
Language: English
Registration fees: None
Attendees: 19 persons
Organization: Dr DUVAL Sébastien (国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics))

HIS seminar #7 - Data Processing: automatic construction of knowledge resources, in 東京 (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Horizons <http://horizons.free.fr/his/eng/seminars/2007-05-17_his-seminar_7.htm>

The 7^th seminar on Horizons for Information Societies was about data processing. Mr Picard (FT R&D) presented his research on the automatic construction of knowledge resources at France Telecom R&D (France) and at the 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics).

Slides of the presentation:

• Mr PICARD Etienne: Automatic Extraction from Web Corpora of Characteristic Properties of a Concept (PDF)

Date: 17 May 2007 (14:30-15:30)
Location: 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics), Tokyo, Japan
Language: English
Registration fees: None
Organization: Dr DUVAL Sébastien (国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics))

HIS seminar #6 - Data Processing: XML similarity, in 東京 (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Horizons <http://horizons.free.fr/his/eng/seminars/2007-05-10_his-seminar_6.htm>

The 6^th seminar on Horizons for Information Societies was about data processing. Dr Chbeir (LE2I) presented his research on XML similarity at the Laboratoire Electronique, Informatique et Image (France).

Slides of the presentation:

• Dr CHBEIR Richard: XML Similarity (PDF)

Date: 10 May 2007 (15:00-16:00)
Location: 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics), Tokyo, Japan
Language: English
Registration fees: None
Organization: Dr ANDRES Frédéric (国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics))

HIS seminar #5 - Data Processing: search and clustering, in 東京 (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Horizons <http://horizons.free.fr/his/eng/seminars/2007-04-26_his-seminar_5.htm>

The 5^th seminar on Horizons for Information Societies was about data processing. Dr Houle (NII) presented his research on search and clustering at the 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics). This seminar was recommended for any and all users of search, clustering, or classification techniques in their work. No special background in these areas was assumed.

Slides of the presentation:

• Dr HOULE Michael: A Combinatorial Approach to Search and Clustering (PDF)

Date: 26 April 2007 (15:00-17:30)
Location: 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics), Tokyo, Japan
Language: English
Registration fees: None
Organization: Dr DUVAL Sébastien (国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics))

HIS seminar #4 - Virtual Humans: emotion simulation, in 東京 (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Horizons <http://horizons.free.fr/his/eng/seminars/2007-04-04_his-seminar_4.htm>

The 4^th seminar on Horizons for Information Societies was about virtual humans. Mr Becker (Universität Bielefeld) presented his research on emotion simulation at the Universität Bielefeld (University of Bielefeld) and 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics).

Slides of the presentation:

• Mr BECKER Christian: Emotion Simulation for a Virtual Human: Implementing the As-If Body-Loop in a Cognitive Architecture (PDF)

Date: 04 April 2007 (15:00-16:00)
Location: 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics), Tokyo, Japan
Language: English
Registration fees: None
Organization: Dr DUVAL Sébastien (国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics))

HIS seminar #3 - Quantum Information: basic concepts in quantum physics and applications of entanglement and quantum optics, in 東京 (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Horizons <http://horizons.free.fr/his/eng/seminars/2007-02-22_his-seminar_3.htm>

The 3^rd seminar on Horizons for Information Societies was an introduction to quantum information. Mr Louis (NII) and Dr Van Loock (NII) presented, respectively, basic concepts in quantum physics and applications of entanglement and quantum optics at the 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics).

Slides of the presentations:

• Mr LOUIS Sébastien: Basic Concepts in Quantum Physics (PDF)
• Dr VAN LOOCK Peter: Applications of Entanglement and Quantum Optics (PDF)
  

Date: 22 February 2007 (15:00-17:00)
Location: 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics), Tokyo, Japan
Language: English
Registration fees: None
Organization: Dr DUVAL Sébastien (国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics))

HIS seminar #2 - Affective Interface Agents: emotional agents for time management and interaction based on physiological signals, in 東京 (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Horizons <http://horizons.free.fr/his/eng/seminars/2006-12-05_his-seminar_2.htm>

The 2^nd seminar on Horizons for Information Societies was about affective interface agents. Dr Richard (JSPS fellow, NII) and Dr Prendinger (NII) presented their research on, respectively, emotional agents for time management and interaction based on physiological signals at the 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics).

Slides of the presentations:

• Dr RICHARD Nadine: Interface Agents Expressing Emotions: What For? (PDF)
• Dr PRENDINGER Helmut: Affective Interaction with Life-Like Interface Agents (PDF)
  

Date: 05 December 2006 (15:00-17:00)
Location: 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics), Tokyo, Japan
Language: English
Registration fees: None
Organization: Dr DUVAL Sébastien (国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics))

HIS seminar #1 - Data Processing: semi-supervised clustering and inter-modal analysis, in 東京 (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Horizons <http://horizons.free.fr/his/eng/seminars/2006-11-01_his-seminar_1.htm>

The 1^st seminar on Horizons for Information Societies was about data processing. Dr Grira (NII) and Dr Martinet (JSPS fellow, NII) presented their research on, respectively, semi-supervised clustering and inter-modal analysis at the 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics).

Slides of the presentations:

• Dr GRIRA Nizar: Semi-Supervised Clustering in Image Databases (PDF)
• Dr MARTINET Jean: Inter-Modal Analysis for Document Annotation: an Information Theoretic Approach (PDF)
  

Date: 01 November 2006 (15:00-17:00)
Location: 国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics), Tokyo, Japan
Language: English
Registration fees: None
Organization: Dr DUVAL Sébastien (国立情報学研究所 (National Institute of Informatics))