ERCIM News 103

Budapest, 14-15 October 2024 Submission deadline: 10 June  2024.  Notification of acceptance: July 10th, 2024.  Accepted contributions should be presented on-site. For the third edition of...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/ib/forum-beyond-compliance-2024-research-ethics-in-the-digital-age-call-for-contributions

18 September 2024, Dubrovnik, Croatia Edge AI represents a novel computing paradigm designed to facilitate local data storage and processing, with AI algorithms enabling data treatment directly...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/ib/edge-ai-meets-swarm-intelligence-call-for-papers

by Lou Schwartz, Valérie Maquil and Mohammad Ghoniem (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology) Wall-sized displays (WSDs) are large interactive displays with specificities to consider w...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/r-i/designing-for-wall-sized-displays-challenges-from-the-field

ERCIM organised a webinar on 22 March 2024 on AI standardization in support of the EU AI act, following the European Parliament's approval of the Act on 13 March 2024. This marked the transition ...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/jea/ercim-webinar-on-ai-standardization

Experts from across Europe gathered on 16 April 2024 in Brussels at the Maison Irène et Frédéric Joliot Curie to discuss the rapidly evolving landscape of generative AI and large language mode...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/jea/ercims-visionary-event-on-generative-ai

Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik is accepting proposals for scientific seminars/workshops in all areas of computer science, in particular also in connection with other fields....

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/ib/dagstuhl-seminars-and-perspectives-workshops-call-for-proposals

Florence, Italy, 17 September 2024 The renowned international SAFECOMP Conference takes part this year in Florence, Italy, from 17-20September, the first day being reserved for several parallel...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/ib/43rd-safecomp-conference-and-19th-decsos-workshop

In an era where secure and transparent voting is crucial, VCAST emerges as a platform for online voting, ready for its official launch in January 2024. Developed by Stéphane Glondu, a research e...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/ib/vcast-set-to-launch-in-2024

Peter Grünwald, senior researcher in the Machine Learning group at CWI and part-time professor of Statistical Learning at Leiden University, has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. The grant, to...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/ib/peter-gruenwald-receives-erc-advanced-grant-for-statistical-theory

by the guest editors Ioannis Chatzigiannakis (Sapienza University of Rome and CNIT), Holger Graf (Fraunhofer IGD), Manos Kamarianakis (University of Crete), and Aris Lalos (ISI) Extended Realit...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/extended-reality-introduction-to-the-special-theme

by Muhannad Ismael, Roderick McCall and Joan Baixauli (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology) Using mixed reality (MR) head-mounted displays (HMDs) for fluid simulations (FS) is challe...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/fluid-simulation-in-mixed-reality

by Julien Lomet (Univ Paris 8, Univ Rennes 2, IRISA), Ronan Gaugne (Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA) and Valérie Gouranton (Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA) Collaborative virtual ...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/collaboration-in-a-virtual-reality-artwork-co-creation-and-relaxation-beyond-technology

by Katharina Hölzle (Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO and University of Stuttgart) and Matthias Aust and Steffen Braun (Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO) ...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/putting-the-human-first-and-second-challenges-of-building-a-human-centred-industrial-metaverse

 by Valérie Maquil, Lou Schwartz and Adrien Coppens (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology) As part of the ReSurf project running at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technolog...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/workspace-awareness-cues-to-facilitate-mixed-presence-collaborative-decision-making-on-wall-sized-displays

by Filip Škola, Václav Milata and Fotis Liarokapis (CYENS) This article introduces an intelligent Extended Reality (XR) teaching assistant communicating with the users in natural language. Th...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/extended-reality-intelligent-assistant-for-education

by Alexandre Kabil (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Inria), Ronan Gaugne (Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA), Michel Beaudouin-Lafon (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Inria) The French National Re...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/continuum-the-french-research-infrastructure-for-collaborative-interaction-and-visualisation

by Marco Di Benedetto, Giulio Federico and Giuseppe Amato (CNR-ISTI) The power of Generative AI is employed towards a detailed reconstruction of large environments, overcoming short-range and s...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/spatio-temporal-reconstruction-of-large-environments-with-artificial-hallucinations

by Moonisa Ahsan, Irene Viola and Pablo Cesar (CWI) VOXReality is an ambitious project funded by European Commission, focusing on voice-driven interactions by combining Artificial Intelligence ...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/voxreality-voice-driven-interactions-in-xr-spaces

by George Fatouros and John Soldatos (INNOV-ACTS Limited) The use of Extended Reality (XR) technologies for industrial workers’ training provides immersive and cost-effective learning experie...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/personalised-context-aware-xr-training-applications-driven-by-large-language-models

by Karolina Wylężek, Irene Viola and Pablo Cesar (CWI) Museums’ objects, often having outlived their owners, continue telling the story of the past and educate us about the history. Sadly, ...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/reaching-behind-the-glass-fashion-exhibition-and-social-virtual-reality

by Maria di Summa (CNR-STIIMA), Nicola Mosca (CNR-STIIMA), and Angelo Cardellicchio (CNR-STIIMA) The railway sector has always played a key role in communication systems and today, safety stand...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/virtual-and-augmented-reality-monitoring-and-planning-system

 by Anderson Maciel (Técnico Lisboa), Catarina Moreira (University of Technology Sydney), and Joaquim Jorge (Técnico Lisboa) Desktop-based virtual colonoscopy has been proven to be an asset ...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/immersive-virtual-colonoscopy

by Anaëlle Martin (CCNE) On 18-20 October 2023, the ERCIM Ethics Working Group co-organised with the CNPEN, the French National Committee for Digital Ethics, and the University of Porto, the s...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/jea/beyond-compliance-2023-forum-on-digital-ethics-in-research

by Lukas König, Martin Pirker, Simon Tjoa, Peter Kieseberg (St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences)  Information security is becoming increasingly important due to the growing threats in ...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/r-i/distributed-information-security-auditing-using-blockchains

by Davide Basile, Maurice ter Beek, Felicita Di Giandomenico (CNR-ISTI), Laura Carnevali and Alessandro Fantechi (University of Florence) Researchers from the Software Technologies Lab (STLAB) ...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/r-i/advanced-integrated-evaluation-of-railway-systems

by Kübra Yayan (Eskisehir Osmangazi University), Yunus Emre Esen (LTG), Uğur Yayan (Eskisehir Osmangazi University) Embarking on an innovative journey, the XR4HRC (Excellence in Extended Real...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/a-new-dimension-of-learning-exploring-the-impact-of-xr4hrc-on-training-efficacy

by Silvia Rossi, Irene Viola (CWI) and Pablo Cesar (CWI and TU Delft) Thanks to the recent advance of Extended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, researchers in the Eur...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/transmixr-enabling-the-future-of-media-experiences-through-social-xr

by Asterios Leonidis, Maria Korozi and Constantine Stephanidis (FORTH-ICS) Recent advancements in Extended Reality (XR) technology, have expanded the scope of potential applications, enabling h...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/enhancing-user-experience-with-tangible-interactive-systems-through-extended-reality

by Irene Viola, Jack Jansen, and Pablo Cesar (CWI)  Extended Reality (XR) telecommunication systems promise to overcome the limitations of current real-time teleconferencing solutions, by enab...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/vr2gather-a-platform-for-adaptive-multiparty-social-xr-communication

by Alessandro Pollini, Tania Sabatini and Sara Traversari (BSD Design) In manufacturing, Human-Line Interactions (HLI) are characterised by three aspects: the operator’s loss of situational a...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/proximity-machinery-through-distributed-augmented-reality-design-for-training-the-resilient-operator-5-0

by Michael Prodinger, Rita Stampfl, Marie Deissl-O'Meara (University of Applied Sciences Burgenland) The innovative and collaborative Extended Reality (XR) learning environment, which empowers ...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/interactive-xr-for-collaborative-distance-education

by Dave Raggett (ERCIM) The Web grew exponentially on the back of open standards, rapidly eclipsing proprietary alternatives. The same principle will apply to the Immersive Web. This article in...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/open-standards-for-the-immersive-web

by Ioannis Kavouras, Emmanuel Sardis and Anastasios Doulamis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) Visualise today the city of tomorrow! The rapid evolution of the computer graphics...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/nature-based-solutions-multi-scale-intervention-planning-assisted-by-extended-reality-technologie

by Stylianos Mystakidis (University of Patras) Spatial computing, extended reality (XR) and the Metaverse are emerging technologies with the potential to transform education and training. Howev...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/towards-passion-driven-learning-in-extended-reality-with-meaningful-gamification-and-escape-room-games

by Gerasimos Arvanitis (University of Patras, AviSense.ai), Aris S. Lalos (ISI, ATHENA R.C.), and Konstantinos Moustakas (University of Patras) In recent years, Extended Reality (XR) technologi...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/cooperative-situational-awareness-in-traffic-environments-using-ar-technologies

by Fabio Carrara (CNR-ISTI) Immersive and user-friendly experiences will win the Extended Reality (XR) game in the long run. However, setting up good VR/AR scenarios often requires manual asset...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/bridging-virtual-and-physical-worlds-through-ai

by Marco Callieri, Daniela Giorgi (CNR-ISTI), Andrea Maggiordomo (University of Milan) and Gianpaolo Palma (CNR-ISTI) Successful Extended Reality (XR) applications require 3D contents able to p...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/creating-high-quality-3d-assets-for-realistic-xr-solutions

Chatzigiannakis Ioannis (Sapienza University of Rome and CNIT), Giordano Silvia (University of Applied Science of Southern Switzerland - SUPSI), Orphanoudakis Theofanis (Hellenic Open University)...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/the-xr2learn-project-approach-to-empowering-immersive-learning-and-training-leveraging-european-xr-industry-technologies

by Gianpaolo Palma and Paolo Cignoni (CNR-ISTI) We introduce a system designed to enhance engagement in VR experiences using sensorised replicas of real objects created through 3D printing. Thi...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/touch-sensing-3d-replica-for-augmented-virtuality

by John Soldatos (INNOV-ACTS Limited), Georgios Makridis (University of Piraeus Research Center) and Fotis Liarokapis (CYENS Centre of Excellence) Extended reality (XR) is a term that covers al...

https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en137/special/xr5-0-human-centric-ai-enabled-extended-reality-applications-for-the-industry-5-0-era