May 1st, 12
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Prof. Ian Oakley will be giving a talk about “Embodied Interaction”
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Date : 3th (THU) May 2012, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Place: Department of Mechanical Engineering
C1 Seminar Rm(#1121)
Speaker : Dr. Ian Oakley (Assistant Professor, University of Madeira)
Abstract: Embodied cognition, an emerging perspective on the human mind, argues that thought is not an abstract process confined to the brain, but rather a leaky one that spreads out to incorporate the body and environment in order to optimally solve problems. Through a series of illustrative examples, this talk will highlight how the theories of embodied cognition can influence the design of a broad range of interactive systems. Ultimately, it argues that visions of the mind fundamentally shape the design of interactive systems and promotes the embodied viewpoint as the best candidate to support the design of the next generation of richly expressive physical and sensory interfaces.
Bio: Ian Oakley is a founding member of the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, an assistant professor at the University of Madeira and an adjunct assistant professor at the HCI Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He holds a BSc (Joint Honours First Class) in Computing Science and Psychology and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Glasgow, UK. His work experience includes 3 years of post-doctoral experience with MIT MediaLab Europe in Dublin, Ireland and 2 years experience at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in South Korea. His research focuses on the design, development and evaluation of multi-modal interfaces and he has published on this topic in both leading conferences (such as ACM CHI) and journals (such as the IJHCS). Finally, he is, although he no longer sounds like it, Scots.
Host: Prof. Dong-Soo Kwon(Tel. 3042, kwonds@kaist.ac.kr)
Apr 18th, 12
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An alumni, Seung-Hwan Mun, who is working at Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., got a “Jang Young Shil Award” for inventing a automation system.
This award was given in the name of the Minister of Science and Technology of Korea.
Congratulations !
Apr 18th, 12
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A company, Fastech(http://www.fastech.co.kr/), established by an alumni, Jin-Il Song, achieved the 1 million USD export during 2010.
Congratulations !

Apr 15th, 12
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Two students will be presenting their work at EuroHaptics 2012.
- Dongbum Pyo
: Development of an Impact-Resonant Actuator for Mobile Devices
- Semin Ryu
: A Novel Miniature Kinaesthetic Actuator based on Magnetorheological Fluids
Mar 18th, 12
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From smart Devices to smart Factories
-the beginning of the 4th industrial revolution-
by Dr. Detlef Zuehlke
Professor for Production Automation Univ. of Kaiserslautern
and Director Innovative Factory Systems Deptm. IFS
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence DFKI
67663 Kaiserslautern Germany zuehlke@dfki.de / www.smartfactory.eu
Abstract:
Our daily life depends more and more on the advantages of information and communication technologies. Information and communication is available anywhere, anytime with any content for any user using any device and any access. No doubt, we are entering the era of ubiquitous computing where computers are becoming smaller, more powerful, invisible and permanently networked. But in our factories the old traditions are still hold: a lot of paperwork, many cables and traditional interaction devices. But as modern ICT technologies are penetrating our homes and lives they will penetrate our factories in future as well. In 2004, a group of German companies and researchers met to discuss the impact of these technologies on future factories. As a result the idea of the smart factory was conceived and made reality. The factory built in 2006 is based on a real production setting in a downsized but representative factory environment. Such a large-scale, real-life production process is the perfect testbed for new methods, concepts and technologies in and for the industrial field.
This presentation will address the changes and challenges we are facing in our future factories and will deduce the technologies and design paradigms from the gathered experiences.

Time : 3. 23.2012 (Fri.), 02:00 pm
Location : E2-2, 1F, 1120
(Refer to this site : http://ie.kaist.ac.kr/isyse_eng/dep_contact/dep_contact.html)

Feb 19th, 12
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Byung-Kil Han and Seung-Chan Kim will be presenting their works in Haptic Symposium 2012.
- Physical mobile interaction with kinesthetic feedback
Byung-Kil Han, Seung-Chan Kim, Soo-Chul Lim, Dongbum Pyo, Dong-Soo Kwon
- Authoring High Resolution Haptic Feedback on Touchpads
Seung-Chan Kim, Ali Israr, Ivan Poupyrev

Feb 6th, 12
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Ju-Hwan Seo, Jei-Han Lee, and Yongho Jo joined TCL as MS students from Spring 2012.
Welcome to TCL !
Dec 14th, 11
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A research on haptic code-entry conducted by Andrea Bianchi, a Ph.D student, was featured by NewScientist.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228425.000-haptic-codeentry-makes-pins-a-touch-harder-to-steal.html

Nov 30th, 11
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Professor Dong-Soo Kwon was inaugurated as the 9th chairman of Korea Robotics Society(KROS) on 24th November, 2011.
KROS was established in 2003 to promote exchange of information and research activities and academic-industrial cooperation on robotics in Korea, which will not only contribute to technological advances but also promote good fellowship among the members.




Nov 11th, 11
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A MS student KyungSu Chun will be participating the WSK-TNg Summer School from Nov 11 to Nov 17.
The theme of the school is “Robots in the Ubi-Cloud: Ubiquitous and Cloud Paradigms in the future of Robotics.”
http://www.rt-gcoe.waseda.ac.jp/WSK-TNg2011/

Aug 12th, 11
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A Ph.D student Seongyong Koo will be researching in CoTeSys(Cognition for Technical Systems, http://www.cotesys.org/) located in Germany for next 1 year as a part of Erasmus Mundus Build on Euro Asian Mobility program.
Jul 3rd, 11
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Speaker: Prof. Ian Oakley (Assistant Professor, University of Madeira)
Place: Department of Mechanical Engineering C1 Seminar Rm(#1121)
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Date
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Title
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| 1st |
5th July, 10am-12am |
Haptic, Multimodal and Tangible Interfaces: Past, Present and Future |
| 2nd |
12th July, 10am-12am |
Experimental Design |
| 3rd |
14th July, 10am-12am |
Statistical Testing |
| 4th |
19th July, 10am-12am |
Psychophysical Studies |
| 5th |
21th July, 10am-12am |
Human Factors: An Introduction |
| 6th |
26th July, 10am-12am |
Human Factors: Control and Display Design |
| 7th |
28th July, 10am-12am |
Human Factors: Automation Design |
Bio: Ian Oakley is a founding member of the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, an assistant professor at the University of Madeira and an adjunct assistant professor at the HCI Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He holds a BSc (Joint Honours First Class) in Computing Science and Psychology and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Glasgow, UK. His work experience includes 3 years of post-doctoral experience with MIT MediaLab Europe in Dublin, Ireland and 2 years experience at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in South Korea. His research focuses on the design, development and evaluation of multi-modal interfaces and he has published on this topic in both leading conferences (such as ACM CHI) and journals (such as the IJHCS). Finally, he is, although he no longer sounds like it, Scots.
Host: Prof. Dong-Soo Kwon(Tel. 3042, kwonds@kaist.ac.kr), Student : Byung-Kil Han (hanbk@robot.kaist.ac.kr)
Jun 1st, 11
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Byung-Kil Han, Tae-Heon Yang, Seung-Chan Kim will be presenting their works at the 4th IEEE Worldhaptics conference (Joint Eurohaptics conference and IEEE Haptics Symposium).
Apr 19th, 11
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At KAIST there is the tradition to welcome spring with what we call the Strawberry Party; all KAIST students and professors take advantage of the beautiful weather for a picnic in the gardens of our school campus, surrounded by blooming cherry blossoms trees. And guess what: we eat strawberries!
Apr 15th, 11
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Sang-Ik Ahn will be presenting his work on “Zero-moment point feedback balance control of leg-wheel hybrid structures by using dynamic decoupling and control allocation” at the IEEE ICRA 2011.
Mar 7th, 11
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An English-teaching robot stands in front of children at an elementary school in Daejeon, 140km south of Seoul on December 11, 2009. Robot teachers — who never get angry or make sarcastic remarks — have been a hit with pupils during a pilot project in some South Korean schools, a government report said. (Knowledge Economy Ministry/AFP/Getty Images)
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/robots_part_iii.html
Mar 1st, 11
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Seri Sun joined TCL as a researcher from Spring 2011.
Her research topic is about HRI.