Digital Human Symposium(Workshop)

Digital Human Workshop 2005 (March 3rd)
  • Date: March 3, 2005
  • Place: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation)B (7th floor MIRAI CAN Hall)
  • Sponsors: JST CREST
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (DHRC)
  • The number of Attendees: 290
Program

9:30On-site Registration
10:10-10:20Opening address: Prof. Takeo KANADE(Director of DHRC)
10:30-11:20 Bio-mechanichal Simulation and Somatosensory Estimation of the Human
Professor Yoshihiko NAKAMURA (University of Tokyo)
11:20-12:05 Automatic Motion Generation for Virtual Humans and Humanoid Robots
Dr. James Kuffner (DHRC Researcher, Carnegie Mellon Univ.)
12:05-13:30Lunch
13:30-14:20 Human-Centered Robotics
Professor Oussama Khatib (Stanford University)
14:20-15:10 Expression of the emotions with the motion in a physical theater
Mr. Shigeru Araki (Mime artist, CG animation artist)
15:10-15:30Coffee Break
15:30-16:15 Digital manikins for design and engineering
Dr. Masaaki Mochimaru (DHRC Deputy Director)
16:15-16:30Closing Address Prof. Takeo KANADE (DHRC Director)
16:30-17:30Openhouse of DHRC
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Digital Human Workshop 2004 (March 12th)
  • Date: March 12, 2004
  • Place: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation)B (7th floor MIRAI CAN Hall)
  • Sponsors: JST CREST
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (DHRC)
  • The number of Attendees: 280
Program

9:30On-site Registration
10:10-10:20Opening address: Prof. Takeo KANADE(Director of DHRC)
10:20-11:10Keynote Speech
"Location Aware Computing"
Dr. John Krumm (Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA)
11:10-11:40Main Topic (1)The Digital Human and the Human Centered Environment
"Observation and Simulation Technique for human in daily life"
Dr. Yoshifumi NISHIDA(DHRC team leader)
11:40-13:00Lunch
13:00-14:30Main Topic (2)The Digital Human and the Human Centered Environment
"Robotic Room and Hyper Robot"
Prof. Tomomasa SATO(The Univ. of Tokyo)
"Knowledge Database and Accident Estimation Model for Preventing Child Accidents"
Yoichi MOTOMURA(DHRC Senior Researcher)
"Approaching Child Accident Prevention"
Dr. Tatsuhiro YAMANAKA(Ryoku-en Child Clinic)
14:30-14:45Coffee Break
14:45-16:45Research Report of DHRC
"Digital Human that senses and acts"
Dr. Toru NAKATA(DHRC Researcher)
"Digital Human for Human-Centered Design -Digital Hand and Digital Manikin-"
Dr. Masaaki MOCHIMARU(DHRC Deputy director)
Digital Human that support human
Dr. Satoshi KAGAMI(DHRC team leader)
"Real-time data processing for humanoid robot (Project of JST CREST)"
Dr. Toshihiro MATSUI(DHRC Deputy Director,Principal Research Scientist)
16:45-16:55Closing Address Prof. Takeo KANADE (DHRC Director)
17:00-18:30Openhouse of DHRC
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Digital Human Workshop 2003
  • Date: March 6, 2003
  • Place: AIST Tokyo Waterfront 4F
  • Sponsor: JST CREST
  • The number of attendees: 290
Program

10:00-10:10Opening AddressProf. Takeo KANADE (Director of Digital Human Laboratory)
10:10-11:00Plenary Talk (1)Prof. Daniel Thalmann (EPFL)
11:00-11:50Plenary Talk (2)Dr. Marc Raibert (President, Boston Dynamics)B)

13:00-13:10Brief introduction of Digital Human Research CenterDr. Toshihiro MATSUI
13:10-13:45Digital Human for Human Centered DesignDr. Masaaki MOCHIMARU
* Body Scanner, Measurement of fit and deformation
* Application example of human centered product design
13:45-14:20Digital Human for Understanding HumanDr. Toru NAKATA
* MAIMON-Trial to measure state of mind from body motion -
* Digital Human that Errs
14:20-14:35Break
14:35-15:10Digital Human for Human Centered EnvironmentDr. Yoshifumi NISHIDA
* Enabling Environment
15:10-15:45Digital Human PlatformDr. Satoshi KAGAMI
* Humanoid robot for presenting modeled human motion-For realizing biped-robot at the speed of human walk

16:00-18:00Open house: Digital Human Laboratory
3D high-speed whole body scanner (scanning in less than 2 seconds)
Portable 3D foor scanner (Athletes foot measurements at field)
Digital Hand (For designing mouse and cellphones
Real-time Motion Generation (Giving motion to CG characters)
* Humanoid Operation Demonstration
* Enabling room that translates what you're doing (New style of English Learning System)
and more.
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Digital Human Workshop 2002 "Digital Human Modeling -Motion Generation-"
  • Date: March 4, 2002
  • Place: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (7th floor)B MIRAI CAN Hall)
  • The number of attendees: 270
  • As a part of [AIST workshop in the field of life science]
Program

13:30[Keynote Speech] Simulation of Human Reach Motions for Ergonomics Analysis
Prof. Don B. ChaffinDirector, Human Motion Simulation Laboratory, The University of Michigan
14:00A Survey of Motion Generation for Digital Humans
Dr. Masaaki MOCHIMARUDeputy Director, Digital Human Laboratory
14:10Motion Planning for Digital Human
Dr. James KuffnerAdjunct Faculty, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University (Digital Human Laboratory, AIST)
14:30Human Gait Simulation for Rehabilitation Applications
Dr. Kazunori HASESenior Researcher, Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering, AIST
14:50Making realistic virtual human movements based on human motion measurement
Dr. Takashi YOKOISenior Researcher, Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering, AIST
15:10Intelligent Recycling of Motion Capture Data
Prof. Shigeru KURIYAMAAssociate Professor, Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology
15:30Multiresolution Method to Create Motion by the Musculoskeletal Model
Dr. Taku KomuraSpecial Postdoctoral Research Fellow , RIKEN
16:10-17:10Speakers from Private Companies
We invited some people from companies who engaged in this area from the viewpoint of "Measuring", "Modeling", and "User". Short presentation was by made on the current technology and what they expected in the future. Speakers were from: Mitsubishi Research Institute)B,Vicon Motion Systems Ltd.,OGIS-RI,KOEI,Mazda,Nissan, et al.
17:10Closing Address
Yoshihiro NAKAMURAResearch Coordinator, AIST
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Digital Human Workshop 2001
  • Date: February 14, 2001
  • Place: Tokyo Dome Hotel
  • The number of attendees: Keynote speeches 650, Other speeches 350
Program

9:00Opening Address
Keynote Speech
9:10Prof. Takeo KANADECarnegie Mellon University
10:00Prof. Norman BadlerUniversity of Pennsylvania
10:30Dr. Mitsuo KAWATOATR Human Information Processing Res. Lab.
Invited Talk
11:10Dr. Naoki SUZUKIThe Jikei University
11:30Dr. Kazuo MIKIToyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.
11:50Prof. Yoji YAMADATOyota Technological Institute
12:10Lunch Break
Inviited Talk
12:40Prof. Hirochika INOUEThe Univ. of Tokyo
13:10Dr. Jessica HodginsGeorgia Institute of Technology
13:30Dr. Toshiyo TAMURANational Institute for Longevity Sciences, Chubu National Hospital
14:00Prof. Gill PrattMIT
14:20Prof. Chris AtkesonGeorgia Institute of Technology
14:40Prof. Tomomasa SATOThe Univ. of Tokyo
15:00Coffee Break & Exhibition
Presentation from Private Companies
17:00Banquet
19:00Closing
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