Prel. Programme - SCIFI-IT'2020 - 4th Annual Science Fiction Prototyping Conference, March 23-25, 2020, De Krook, Ghent, Belgium

Dear Colleague,

Please find hereafter the preliminary programme
for the 4th annual SCIFI-IT'2020 - Science Fiction
Prototyping Conference, which will be held at de Krook,
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium from March 23-25, 2020.
(https://visit.gent.be/en/see-do/de-krook)

Conference link with extra info is on:
https://www.eurosis.org/conf/scifi-it/2020/index.html

Read about the keynote and invited speakers here
https://www.eurosis.org/conf/scifi-it/2020/keynote.html

Read about the workshops here
https://www.eurosis.org/conf/scifi-it/2020/workshops.html

Hotel information can be found here
https://www.eurosis.org/conf/scifi-it/2020/hotel.html

The online registration form is linked on:
https://www.eurosis.org/conf/scifi-it/2020/email-registration.html

Beware the general timing below is advisory
and can undergo minor changes in the final programme.
(such as adding in an extra visit and tutorials)
The social programme will be added in this month as will
the extra sessions organized by Ghent University.
We envisage a guided visit on the 24th of March to the Design Museum
https://www.designmuseumgent.be/en/

Regards
Philippe

Preliminary programme

Session Timing



  • 09.00-17.00   Registration
  • 09.00-09.45   Welcome Address and introduction to SCIFI-IT'2020
  • 09.45-10.30   Keynote Speaker
  • 10.30-11.00   Coffee Break
  • 11.00-12.30   Session
  • 12.30-13.30   Lunch
  • 13.30-14.30   Invited Speaker
  • 14.30-15.00   Coffee Break
  • 15.00-17.00   Session
  • 17.00-   Free Evening or Concert (TBC)


  • 08.30-17.00   Registration
  • 09.00-10.00   Invited Speaker
  • 10.00-10.30   Coffee Break
  • 10.30-11.30   Session
  • 11.30-12.30   Invited Speaker
  • 12.30-13.30   Lunch
  • 13.30-15.00   Workshop
  • 15.00-15.30   Coffee Break
  • 15.30-17.30   Visit
  • 19.00-23.00   Conference Dinner


  • 09.00-09.30   Registration
  • 09.00-10.00   Invited Speaker
  • 10.00-10.30   Coffee Break
  • 10.30-12.30   Workshop
  • 12.30-12.45   Closing Session

Sessions organized by Ghent University will be added shortly

Keynote

SCIFI_KEY_01

The Rise of the Nonhuman


Leonel Moura, Lisbon, Portugal

Invited Speakers

SCIFI_INV_01

Artificial Thinking: A Multi-Agent System of Insight in a Stream of Perceptions?


Joël Colloc, Université of Le Havre, Le Havre, France

SCIFI_INV_02

Head Shot! Playing Politics in Computer Games


Joseph DeLappe, Professor of Games and Tactical Media Division of Games and Art, Abertay University, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

SCIFI_INV_03

Applied History. Developing meaningful connections between Past, Present and Future


Harm Kaal, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Jelle van Lottum, Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, The Hague, The Netherlands

SCIFI_INV_04

Virtual Reality as an Experiential Art Form


Iris van der Meule, AKV St.Joost Den Bosch, Den Bosch, The Netherlands

Workshops

SCIFI_WORK_01

AI Decision taking and Ethics


Cees J.M. Lanting, DATSA Belgium Consulting, Leuven, and Erik Mannens, Ghent University-IMEC, Ghent, Belgium

SCIFI_WORK_02

Multi-Platform Medical Virtual Reality Training


Ivan De Boi, Faculty of Applied Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp and Pieter Jorissen, Department of Industrial Sciences and Technology, Karel de Grote University College, Hoboken, Belgium

Sessions

Human-Machine Interfaces

AI_02

Pragmatic Model for Human Role definition in Mixed Intelligence Solutions


Anton Ivaschenko, Arkadiy Krivosheev, Tatiyana Nikiforova, Samara State Technical University, Samara, Russia

AI_04

Categorical Data as a Stone Guest in a Data Science Projects for Predicting Defective Water Meters


Giovanni Delnevo, Marco Roccetti and Luca Casini, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum ‐ University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

DRIVE_01

An attempt to Model Decision Processes for Time-Constrained Applications


Izabella V. Lokshina, MIS, SUNY Oneonta, USA and Cees J.M. Lanting, DATSA Belgium Consulting, Leuven, Belgium

Immersive Technologies

MIL_01_INT

Lessons Learned and new Research Opportunities in Immersive Technologies for Defence Applications


Charles Hamesse and Rob Haelterman, Department of Mathematics, Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium

INT_01_HEALTH_AI

A Taxonomy of Contemporary Artificial Intelligence Techniques used in Virtual Reality Training and Simulations


Ivan De Boi, Faculty of Applied Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp and Pieter Jorissen, Department of Industrial Sciences and Technology, Karel de Grote University College, Hoboken, Belgium

INT_02

UX Evaluation of VR Locomotion & Virtual Object Interaction Mechanics


Daniel P. O. Wiedemann, Peter Passmore and Magnus Moar, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London, United Kingdom

Future Data Management and Infrastructure

AI_01

The Barrier of Meaning in Archaeological Data Science


Luca Casini, Marco Roccetti, Giovanni Delnevo, Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Nicolò Marchetti and Valentina Orrù, Department of History and Cultures,
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

MIL_03

A Comprehensive Study of Data Protection in Public Cloud Computing


Zied Trifa, Sonia Amamou and Maher Khmakhem, MIRACL Research Center, Sfax, Tunisia

DAT_01

Recursive Decomposition Model for the Big Data Exchange


Anton Ivaschenko, Samara State Technical University and Anastasia Stolbova, Samara National Research University, Samara, Russia

HEALTH_01

Using Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Healthcare on a Wide Scale: The Issues and Challenges to Overcome


Izabella V. Lokshina, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, USA and Cees J. M. Lanting, DATSA Belgium Consulting, Leuven, Belgium

FUTURE EUROSIS EVENTS
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https://www.eurosis.org/conf/foodsim/2020/
ISC'2020, June 8-10, 2020, UCD Dublin, Ireland
https://www.eurosis.org/conf/isc/2020/
GAME-ON'2020, September 23-25, 2020, Department of Communication and Art, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
https://www.eurosis.org/conf/gameon/2020/
ESM'2020, October 21-23, 2020, LAAS, Toulouse, France
https://www.eurosis.org/conf/esm/2020/
MESM'2020-GAME-ON ARABIA'2020, November 2020, Dubai (TBC)
ISC'2021, June 2-4, 2021, University of Malta, Valletta, Malta
ESM'2021, October 2021, Link Campus University, Rome, Italy

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