• Pajani Mardamootoo – Machine Learning Impact PhD- Holobody: Advancing the future of mixed reality technologies

    TD121 Hybrid Meeting Space Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

    This presentation will introduce my PhD research project, ‘Volumetric Interaction’ (VI), a novel approach to human-virtual object interaction in VR that leverages body volumetric tracking. I will begin by outlining the limitations of current VR interaction methods and demonstrating the potential of VI to enhance embodiment and create more intuitive experiences. I will then detail

  • Jagan Charjee Pyaraka – A Minimal Key-Point Learning Framework for Robot Skill Transfer via HOI Recognition and Task Segmentation

    TD121 Hybrid Meeting Space Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

    This presentation will introduce my PhD research, “Minimal Key-Point Learning for Robot Skill Transfer from Videos.” I will begin by discussing key challenges in robotics, such as data scarcity, high computational costs, and the difficulty of adapting to new tasks. Next, I will outline my approach, explaining how minimal key-point tracking and neural networks enable

  • Professor Maaike Bleeker – “Can I take this robot apart?” When roboticists and theater makers meet

    TD121 Hybrid Meeting Space Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

    In this presentation, I will share experiences from several years of collaboration in which we brought together expertise from the arts and theatre, robotics, and academic research and invited guests with different expertise to join our process, including an acrobat, a spoken-word artist, puppeteers, dancers, a fashion designer, and a mime player. Our research builds

  • Stelarc – AUGMENTED, EXTRUDED AND AMPLIFIED BODIES: ALIVENESS, IDENTITY AND AGENCY

    AGSE202 Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

    We inhabit an age of Circulating Flesh, Fractal Flesh and Phantom Flesh. Organs are extracted from one body and inserted into other bodies. Hands from a cadaver can be attached to the arms of an amputee and be reanimated. By Fractal Flesh is meant bodies, bits of bodies and brains spatially separated but electronically connected,

  • MINA, 14th edition of the Mobile Innovation Network and Association’s Smartphone Film Festival

    ACMI Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia

    In its 14th edition MINA, the Mobile Innovation Network and Association, will present a public screening of smartphone, mobile and pocket films at ACMI on the 24th October, at Fed Square 27th to 29th October and online via MINAVault. MINA is the longest-running film festival dedicated to celebrating mobile and smartphone film-making internationally. MINA creates

  • Creative Technology and Transformative Storytelling Symposium

    EN106 CTMT / VCDRC AUT EN building, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

    Creative Technology and Transformative Storytelling Symposium Presented by Centre for Transformative Media Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia Virtual Creative Design Research Centre, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand/Aotearoa REGISTER HERE   In collaboration with Swinburne Documentary Research Group, Swinburne University of Technology Diversifying and Decentralising Creative Practice Research Group, Journal of Media Practice and Education

  • DISRUPT AI Community Connect – Meet Up

    CTMT Studio EN Building Swinburne University, EN106, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

      Back again by popular demand after a sold out event last round, this is round three of the DISRUPT AI Community Connect – bigger, better, and even more connected. Secure your spot via the link in bio, spaces are limited. What’s Happening 🦴 Community Connect & AI Meetup 🦴 Live AI Show and Tell