| Name | Research Interests |
| Assoc Prof A S Madhukumar | Modulation and multiple access schemes for future broadband systems
Advanced signal processing algorithms for wireless communication systems
Cognitive radio systems: algorithms and architectures
Cooperative Radio Systems for Mobile multi-hop networks
Ultra wideband radio systems for wireless personal area networks |
| Assoc Prof Alexei Sourin | Shape modeling, shared virtual environments, haptic interaction, new user interfaces, 3D web visualization, virtual surgery, scientific visualization, music visualization. |
| Assoc Prof Alton Chua Yeow Kuan | Dr Chua’s research interests lie mainly in information and knowledge management, with a particular focus on user-generated content. The themes of his research include community question-answering system, online reviews and rumors in social media. For example, he studied the quality of answers submitted to Yahoo!Answers and whether prompt answers were necessarily of good quality. He also investigated the way questions ought to be phrased to maximize their chances of attracting good answers. On online reviews, he has identified a number of factors that make a given reivew helpful to other users. Another related line of inquiry is the distinctions between authentic reviews and fake reviews. Given the prevalence of online rumors in recent times, Dr Chua's efforts have been trained on understanding the virality of rumors, and how the ill effects of rumors can be curbed through the use of counter-rumors. |
| Assoc Prof Anamitra Makur | Compressed Sensing,
Filterbanks and Multirate Signal Processing,
Signal/Image/Video Compression and Processing |
| Assoc Prof Andrea Nanetti | Dr. Andrea Nanetti—as a scholar, who started his research vocation in historical studies at the advent of computer operating systems with graphical user interfaces—has always been fascinated by the exponential growth of interdependencies between artificial actions (i.e., made by humans) and computational operations, in terms of both quantity and quality (i.e., actions completed by electronic devices able to store and process data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to them in a variable program or machine learning, which allows algorithms to learn through experience, and do things that we are not able to program). With this interest, he is proposing the theoretical need to direct traditional disciplinary knowledge toward a formal science of heritage (i.e., the treasure of human experiences), which will focus on how data and information—now encoded in complex interactions of written, pictorial, sculptural, architectural, and digital records, oral memories, practices, and performed rituals—may be inherited by machine learning algorithms. This state-of-the-art science pioneers integrated action plans and solutions in response to, and in anticipation of, the exponential growth of emerging needs in our increasingly complex human society. In practice, the research uses multidisciplinary and trans-disciplinary methods to identify case studies for interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary teamwork investigations.
Since 2007, Dr. Nanetti's main research project is EHM-Engineering Historical Memory (http://www.engineeringhistoricalmemory.com, since 2015 on Microsoft Azure). EHM is both an experimental methodology and an ongoing research project for the organization of historical information in the machine learning age. He first theorized it as a Visiting Scholar at Princeton University in 2007. Since his arrival at NTU in 2013, Dr. Nanetti has been working on the globalisation of his research interests. Starting from his background studies on the world as seen from Venice through its chronicles and diaries (1205-1433), he opened the range of the investigation of other coeval historiographical traditions, in Chinese, Arab, Russian, and Persian. EHM develops and tests new sets of shared conceptualizations and formal specifications for content management systems in the domain of the Digital Humanities, with a focus on how to engineer the treasure of human experiences to serve decision making, knowledge transmission, and visionarios. In practice, his research develops and applies computationally intensive techniques (e.g. pattern recognition, data mining, machine learning algorithms derived from other disciplines, interactive and visualization solutions). From a theoretical point of view, he mainly works on history of historiography and studies new ontologies for the semantic web, inspired by Derrida's notion of trace, Ginzburg's "thread and traces" theory, and last but not least Umberto Eco's semiotics (e.g. 2007 Dall'Albero al Labirinto, published in English in 2015 as From the Tree to the Labyrinth).
In his long-term strategic fit at the NTU School of Art, Design and Media, Dr. Nanetti is working on the creation of a new generation of knowledge aggregators, which aims to test how new interactive media solution in immersive environments can improve the century-old experiences in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. |
| Assoc Prof Andy Khong Wai Hoong | Adaptive filters
Acoustic source localization
Acoustic system identification
Seismic signal processing
Speech dereverberation |
| Assoc Prof Anilkumar K Samtani | Prof Samtani's areas of expertise are in intellectual property law and information technology law. His current research works focus on trademarks and bilateralism in intellectual property rule-making. |
| Assoc Prof Arul Indrasen Chib | Dr. Arul Chib pursues action-oriented research in varied cross-cultural contexts. His research agenda focuses on the impact and role of mobile phone in (a) healthcare systems in resource-constrained environments of developing countries, and (b) transnational migration to developed countries. He investigates the key factors influencing the adoption of technology for positive health outcomes, and has engaged in the design and development of healthcare technology systems spanning online and mobile platforms. He increasingly interested in issues of power, with one research trajectory focusing on the intersection of gender with technology, and the role of agency and appropriation in the achievement of goals ranging from socio-economic development, human well-being and empowerment, and societal change. He has published over 60 research articles. Global collaborations with IDRC, Red Cross Red Crescent, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Vision have led to research grants of S$ 5Mn.
At the Singapore Internet Research Center, Dr. Chib has led the SIRCA programme (established 2008), mentoring 30 emerging country researchers in Asia, Africa and Latin America, with mentoring events in Atlanta, Bangkok, Cape Town, Jamaica, Mauritius and Singapore. The SIRCA III programme is currently focused on theory-building in the area of Open Development, and runs till 2017.
Dr. Chib's contributions have led to a number of research awards, including the 2011 Prosper.NET-Scopus Award for the use of ICTs for sustainable development. This award was accompanied by a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, one of the highest honours within the European scholarly tradition. He has been awarded fellowships at Ludwig Maxmilians University and University of Southern California, and the Best Graduate Student Award of S. I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University. He serves on the editorial boards of Human Communication Research, Communication Yearbook, and Mobile Media and Communication, and is Senior Editor of The Electronic journal for Information Systems in Developing Countries.
Dr. Chib’s research in as many as a dozen countries has been profiled in the media ranging from the United Nations Chronicle to the Singaporean press. He has lectured at numerous global events and presented the keynote speech at the Media Health Communication Conference 2012 in Munich Germany. He is the General Conference Chair for ICTD2015, and a member of the organizing committees of the IFIP 8.6 2013 and ICTD 2012. He has been an expert speaker at events organized by UNESCO, UN-APCICT.
Dr. Chib has worked at the local level with non-governmental agencies such as INPPARES, Nyaya Health, Text to Change, Udaan, UNICEF and World Vision, securing external grants worth over S$ 5 million. Arul has lived and worked extensively in India, Indonesia, China, Peru, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States of America.
Most recently, Associate Prof Arul Chib has released the SIRCA II co-edited volume ‘Impact of Information Society Research in the Global South’ (New York: Springer; ISBN 978-981-287-380-4). The international scholarly community has taken a variety of approaches to question the impact of information society research on populations in the Global South. This book addresses two aspects-Impact of research: How is the research on ICTs in the Global South playing a role in creating an Information Society? (for example, policy formulation, implementation in practice, and shaping of public opinion), Secondly, what does the Research on Impact reveal: What is the evidence for the impact of ICTs on society? The volume brings together a multiplicity of voices from developing countries and approaches within the social scientific community to address these vital questions. |
| Asst Prof Astrid C Kensinger | Graphic Design history, typography, mapping, live art as communication and participation art. Currently working on three funded research and design projects using GPS, video and site-specific research in South East Asia and Europe. |
| Prof Ben Alvin Shedd | Prof Ben's research concerns creating effective science and technology media about very large and very small phenomena seen on displays from handheld size to multi-story high screens. He received a 1989 summer long Residential Creativity Fellowship from the Alden B. Dow Creativity Center, Northwood University where he began his EXPLODING THE FRAME research comparing small screen and giant screen imagery and creating a new filmic language for effective giant screen production. This research began for producing IMAX giant screen films and continues today with ever larger high-resolution digital screens and full dome immersive presentations where the edges of the screen frame are outside our field of vision. |
| Mr Benjamin Alexander Slater | Screenwriting Craft and Practice
Fiction, Narratives & Storytelling
Interactive & Experiental Narratives
Film Histories & Criticism
Creative Writing |
| Assoc Prof Benjamin Seide | Interdisciplinary collaboration of art and technology
Visual Effects as a aesthetic and narrative device in film
Development of new animation and visual effects relevant techniques
Animation and Visual Effects specific project management systems
Immersive media experiences such as 360 degree films, Virtual Reality (VR) and stereoscopic film
My current research interests in the field of animation, visual effects and interactive are particularly in these three areas:
1) The role of visual effects as an aesthetic and narrative device in film-making
2) The exploration of immersive technologies such as stereoscopy, dome projections and virtual reality applications
3) The development of software tools to support the production process of visual effects at universities and small to medium size (SME) studios
These specific interests have evolved organically from my previous research projects and my animation practice as visual effects artist and supervisor.
Through my experience in the visual effects industry, I have identified a lack of tools supporting the production process of complex visual effects at universities and small to medium size studio teams. The aim of my research is to develop solutions to fill this gap in form of software tools, which could potentially be used by other universities in the field of art and media. |
| Assoc Prof Biju Dhanapalan | Biju Dhanapalan has research interests in the following areas:
Digital animation and visual effects practice led research covers areas of feature films, commercials and TV serials; the interdisciplinary collaboration of art and technology in new media and interactive exhibits; 3D immersive technology in air traffic control systems; Motion analysis of classical dance forms; intuitive pedagogical tools for math learning. Multi-surface projections, Interactive Stereoscopy and Alternate Education. Inquiry into the play of 'song and and dance' in Indian cinema and its role in the narrative arc of films |
| Assoc Prof Cai Jianfei | Jianfei's major research interests include digital media processing, multimedia compression, communications and networking technologies. Currently, he focuses on the cross-discipline research among the areas of multimedia, computer graphics, computer vision and networking technologies. |
| Assoc Prof Cai Yiyu | His interest in Interactive & Digital Media (IDM) mainly includes Tactile/Haptic VR System Design, GPU-accelerated Digital Media Processing, Serious Games and Simulation, and Computer-aided Design.
He has been doing research in the intersection of IDM, and Bio & Medical Sciences covering from Computer-assisted Surgery to Volumetric Cellular Image Processing to Phase I/II Drug Clinical Trial Design to Protein Docking. In MedTech field, he pioneered the research and development on Cardiovascular and Intracardiac Interventional Simulation for pre-treatment planning and training application.
He is also active in industry-oriented research working closely with Engineering and Education sectors. |
| Assoc Prof Cham Tat Jen | Cham Tat Jen has worked on a number of research areas within computer vision.
(1) Matching and registration in images. 1994-96: matching partially observed image curves under different perspective projections. 1998: wide-baseline image mosaicing. 2002-present: matching between approximate 3D models and visible/thermal imagery. 2005-present: matching images related by high-level abstract concepts. Achievements: best paper prize in BMVC'94, best paper prize in ECCV'96; CVPR'97 oral, CVPR'98, T-PAMI (1999), CVPR'05, CVPR'07, CVPR'08; 2 DSTA grants worth $630K.
(2) Human tracking, modeling and understanding. 1998-2001: detailed tracking of humans as articulated figures in monocular video. 2003-: human activity recognition. Achievements: CVPR'99 oral paper cited 250+ times, 2 ICCV'99 orals with one cited 100+ times, CVPR'01 oral paper cited 50+ times; 6 US patents; invited talk at Pixar in 1999; various aspects of the framework has been implemented elsewhere, including at MIT, INRIA and IBM Research.
(3) Projector-camera systems. 2001-: novel interfaces using projector-camera systems, including an active shadow-elimination system for projector displays, and interactive interior relighting system simulating multiple light sources with a single projecor. 2003-2005: photometric calibration. 2005-2006: oblique out-of-focus compensation. Achievements: PROCAMS'05 best paper prize; CVPR'01, CVPR'03, CVPR'06, T-VCG (2007); 1 US patent and 1 ITTO-sponsored filing; material used in MDA IDM video (on MDA IDM website) and TeIN2 video; consultation with MINDEF Future Systems Directorate.
(4) Accelerated online machine learning. 2004-: online accelerating speed of inference during the processing of online learning for vision-based object detectors. 2007-: fast detection and learning for Adaboost-based face detectors. Achievements: CVPR'07 oral, ICCV'07 oral (note: 1 of only 2 1st-2nd author pairings in the world to achieve 2 oral papers in CVPR and ICCV 2007, out of 2500+ submissions), CVPR'08; PhD student received ICCV'07 student travel grant; PREMIA 2nd best student paper prize in 2007 (prized awarded for top Singapore student papers published in any pattern recognition-related journal or conference); open source PyCV package released and has been downloaded worldwide many times. |
| Assoc Prof Chan Syin | Dr Chan Syin's research interests include multimedia information retrieval, web information extraction, ontology applications and multimedia understanding. |
| Assoc Prof Chau Lap Pui | Fast signal processing algorithms
Light-field imaging
VLSI for signal processing
Human motion analysis |
| Assoc Prof Chen Chun-Hsien | Assoc Prof Chen Chun-Hsien's areas of expertise are Industrial/Product Design, Knowledge Engineering, and Decision Support Systems. His current research work focuses on collaborative/human-centric/consumer-oriented product design and development, knowledge management, decision support systems and artificial intelligence in product/engineering design. |
| Assoc Prof Chen Hsueh-hua | Dr. Chen’s research interests include the interplay between culture and communication, how technology brings changes in communication behaviors, the social impact of digital media and intergroup relations. Particularly, she investigates the ways in which individuals negotiate their identities and social relationships through interpersonal interaction cross cultural boundaries both in real life and virtual communities.
•Chen, V.H.H. (2014, Dec). Online Participation and Public discourse: A case study in Singapore. In Proceedings of Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government, Asia 2014, Hong Kong.
•Chai, S. L., Chen, V.H.H. & Khoo, A.C.E. (2011, May) Social Relationships of Gamers and their Parents. Paper to be appeared in proceeding of 2nd World Conference on Psychology, Counseling and Guidance, Antalya, Turkey.
•Sri, R. M.H., & Chen, V. H.H. (2010, June). Identity Negotiation of the Black African Diaspora through Discourse with Singaporeans. In proceedings of International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, Paris, France. (Student class paper)
Special attention has also been paid to the impact of new media on minority groups such as school children, migrants, women and older adults.
•Chen, V.H.H. & Chng, S.E.G. (2015 May). Parental Monitoring and Youths’ Online Risky Behaviors: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Effects. Paper to be presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Project PI)
•Tzuo, P.W., Chen, D., & Chen, V. H.H. (2013). A Student-Centered Method of Incorporating Computer Games into School: A Study in Singapore. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher. (Project PI)
•Chib, A. and Chen, V. H. H. (2011). Midwives with mobiles: A dialectical perspective on gender arising from technology introduction in rural Indonesia. New Media and Society, 13(3), 486-501.
To enhance understanding of the ways new media technology and human communication interrelate, Dr. Chen has worked on several interdisciplinary projects that investigate specifically video game design for educational and social purposes.
•Tzuo, P.W., Ong, J. I. P., Yang, C. H., & Chen, V. H.H. (2012). Reconceptualizing pedagogical usability of and teachers’ roles in computer game-based learning in school. Educational Research and Reviews, 7(20), 419-429. (Project PI)
•Klopfer, E., Sheldon, J., Perry, J. & Chen, V. H. H. (2011). Ubiquitous games for learning (UbiqGames): Weatherlings, a worked example. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2011.00456.x (Project PI)
•Chu Yew Yee, S. L., Gu, Y. X., Chen, V.H.H. & Duh, H. B. L. (2010). A Game Design Method Empowering Children and Adults. IEEE Learning Technology Newsletter (Special Issue on Game-Based Learning), 12(1). (Project PI)
•Mehrabi, M. & Chen, V.H.H. (2010, November) Interactivity in Massively Multiplayer Online Games: A Concept Explication. In proceeding of 7th ACM International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.
•Duh, H.B.L., Chu Yew Yee, S. L., Gu, Y. X., Chen, V.H.H. (2010, July) A Narrative-Driven Design Approach for Casual Games with Children. In the Proceedings of the 37th International Conference and Exhibition of Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Los Angeles, USA. (Project PI)
The most recent project gamifies the process of attitude change towards cultural diversity to facilitate social integration. Future projects will focus on utilizing game mechanisms to promote empathy and social inclusion towards marginalized groups and achieve positive intergroup relations. |
| Prof Chen I-Ming | 1) Mechatronics system design: cable-driven systems, biomorphic robots, entertainment robots;
2) Wearable sensors and haptic devices;
3) Body sensor network, wireless sensor network and sensor grid;
4) Reconfigurable automation;
5) Parallel kinematics machines (PKM);
6) Micro- and nano-manipulation systems;
7) Spherical actuators and smart material based actuators;
8) Robotic locomotion. |
| Assoc Prof Chen Lihui | Dr. Chen's research interests include machine learning algorithms/soft computing (fuzzy logic and neural networks) with applications to data mining, web intelligence, image processing and pattern recognition. She has been actively working in those areas for many years on projects at various levels. Currently her research focus is on some basic researches in data mining as well as its applications which may have significance in information search and retrieval on Internet.
Ongoing Research Projects:
. Machine Learning and Mining Techniques for Web Intelligence, Information Retrieval
. Clustering Methods in Text/Web Mining
. Novel techniques for Document Summarization |
| Assoc Prof Chia Liang Tien | His research interests can be broadly categorized into the following areas, Internet related research with emphasis on the Semantic Web, Multimedia Understanding through media analysis, annotation and adaptation, Multimodal data fusion and Multimodality Ontology for Multimedia.. He has published over 100 refereed research papers. |
| Assoc Prof Chng Eng Siong | Specialisations include: speech and signal processing, microphone arrays and pattern classifications. |
| Assoc Prof Chong Yong Kim | Prof Chong's areas of expertise are Parallel and Distributed Multiprocessor Systems, Adaptive and Active Noise Control, and DSP-based Audio and Image Processing. His current research works involves Perceptual Subband DCT JPEG Image Coding System, DSP-Based Digital Media Processing and Integrated Headsets using the Adaptive Hybrid Active Noise Control System. |
| Assoc Prof Chua Hock Chuan | Image and Video Processing. Digital Media. Software & Programming technologies. |
| Mrs Cristina Gonzalez Ruiz | Language Learning Strategies
Developing Language Skills in the Classroom
Effects of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Curriculum and Course Design |
| Assoc Prof Daniel Keith Jernigan | Modern and Contemporary British Literature; Modern and Postmodern Drama; Narrative Theory; Playwriting |
| Asst Prof Davide Benvenuti | Character Animation 3D and 2D
Animation tools development and new interface
Real time rendering and animation
Game engine development and improvement
Motion capture techniques and applications
Non realistic rendering and animation |
| Assoc Prof Deepu Rajan | Image and video processing, computer vision, multimedia signal processing. |
| Prof Dorrit Vibeke Sorensen | Digital cinema and multimedia art
Visual music and experimental animation
Stereoscopic digital photography/film/video
Interactive art and architectural installation
- new display technologies
- new materials
- embedded systems
- physical and ubiquitous computing
- ambient media and health esthetics
- wireless and mobile media
Low cost and sustainable computing/media
Traditional material cultures and digital media; global visual culture; alternative social networks.
Creativity; art and science; art and technology; transdisciplinarity.
Author of articles and chapters on digital art and new media. |
| Asst Prof Duffy Andrew Michael | Journalism in Singapore
Cross-cultural journalism education
Online journalism education |
| Asst Prof Elke E. Reinhuber | In her current artistic research, Elke Reinhuber investigates on the correlation between decisions and emotions and explores different strategies of visualisation and presentation. Her PhD thesis suggests 'Counterfactualism' as a new category for fine arts and humanity, dealing with the retrospective analysis of turning points in life.
- Counterfactual Thinking
- Immersive Environments
- Augmented Reality
- Imaging Technologies |
| Prof Er Meng Hwa | 1. Array Signal Processing
- Robust Broadband and Narrowband Beamforming Techniques
- Basic Array Theory & Pattern Synthesis Techniques
- Partially Adaptive Array Design
- Microphone Array Design
- Audio Beam Loudspeakers
2. Image Processing and Computer Vision
- Image Processing of VLSI Chips
- Images Resolution Enhancement Techniques
- Medical Imaging
3. Satellite Communications
- LEO Satellite Communications Technology
4. Optimization Techniques
- Constrained and Unconstrained Optimization Techniques
5. DSP Applications & Implementations
- Surround Sound System
- RSA Cryptosystem
- Microphone Array
- Audio Beam Loudspeakers
Secured and completed a total of 24 research projects with an accumulative grant of $20,873,595. |
| Prof Foo Shou Boon, Schubert | Professor Schubert Foo's research areas cover multimedia technology, Internet technology, multilingual information retrieval, digital libraries, information literacy, knowledge management and social media innovations. |
| Asst Prof Galina Mihaleva | As for professional practice,she has been designing Couture Collections and accessories under the label
''GALINA COUTURE''.(www.galinacouture.com)
Her resent intrests and explorations are in the area of Fashionable Technology,which refers to the intersection of
design, fashion, science, and technology.
Kinetic Dress, Scottsdale, Arizona 2011-Present
● Original costumes made in collaboration with dance and technology specialist Jessica Rajko
● Workshop, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association convention in 2012
Telematic Dress, Tempe, Arizona 2008-Present
● Costume that enables dancers to perform together when they are in different locations
● Collaboration with Nottingham-Trent University (United Kingdom) and Arizona State University
Motionᵉ, Tempe, Arizona 2004-2005
● Costumes with embedded sensors that affected the light and sound of a dance concert
Sensory Chameleon Bodysuit, Tempe, Arizona 2004
● Smart Second Skin clothing designs with the Biodesign Institute's Center for Applied Nanobioscience at Arizona State University and the Sensory Design & Technology of Cambridge, England
● Presentation at Wired Magazine's NextFest in San Francisco, California in 2004
Paper Interiors: a dance exploration or real and virtual dimension, Tempe, Arizona 2002
● Costumes for a 3D multimedia-based dance performance by choreographer Jennifer Tsukayama
● Performance at the American College Dance Festival at Arizona State University |
| Prof Gan Woon Seng | His research interests include directional sound beam (AUDIO BEAM SYSTEM), active noise control, adaptive signal processing, psycho-acoustical signal processing, and spatial/3D audio processing. |
| Assoc Prof Goh Hoe Lian, Dion | Dion Goh has extensive experience in the areas of social media practices and perceptions, gamification techniques for shaping user perceptions and motivating behavior, and mobile information sharing and seeking. |
| Assoc Prof Goh Wooi Boon | Human Computer Interaction, Computer Vision |
| Assoc Prof Gray Hodgkinson | Brief Biography
Gray Hodgkinson is a digital media designer and researcher, with a specific interest in computer animation, animated narrative and visual research methods. Gray has been developing and leading animation education for 17 years, 14 of those at Massey University, New Zealand, and has been instrumental in creating links between tertiary institutes and industry in New Zealand and internationally. Gray has presented papers on animation research and pedagogy at Melbourne, Germany, the U.K., Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea. In recent work, Gray has been exploring the inclusion of 3D virtual reality to animation. Animation and virtual reality share a common fundamental in that they both take place inside an artificially constructed world. This commonality provides a starting point to explore how narrative and direction is affected when virtual reality is employed.
Selected Publications
The research poster and how it consolidates and communicates key concepts of a research inquiry Intellect Journal – Design Principles & Practices Journal. Co-author with Mike McAuley, Newcastle. 2017
Displaced (Animated movie) 18 international festivals and 8 awards 2015
Lock up your stories – here comes virtual reality Asia Animation Forum 2016. Bucheon, Sth Korea. Proceedings 2016
Virtual Reality will break your narrative Society of Animation Studies Conference 2016 Singapore (Aural presentation) 2016
Taking animation project learning into the virtual environment Siggraph Asia 2015 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2818506 Kobe, Japan, ACM Library 2015
A new medium for animation – stereo virtual reality Asia Animation Forum 2015 Bucheon, Sth Korea. Proceedings 2015
Bro’ town – an animated representation of New Zealand indigenous and Pasifika cultures Society of Animation Studies Conference 2015 Canterbury (Aural presentation) 2015
Displaced – a symbolic narrative PopCAANZ 2015 Wellington. Proceedings 2015
Using animation, symbolism and discovery to convey a global social issue. Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2013. Chesapeake, VA: AACE. www.editlib.org/pv/112162 Victoria Ed-ITLib 2013
Teaching design thinking Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2013. Chesapeake, VA: AACE. www.editlib.org/p/112161/ Victoria Ed-ITLib 2013
Story-building techniques for animation using the power of symbolism and semiotics to increase narrative depth and meaning. Society of Animation
Studies Conference 2012 Melbourne (Aural presentation) 2012
The seduction of realism Siggraph Asia 2009 Japan ACM, ACM Digital Library 2009
Dolphins and the haka: animation education in New Zealand, FMX 2009 Conference Presentation + abstract Stuttgart (Aural presentation) 2009
Why do new interfaces scare me? Exploring affective design principles in user interface design, Ed-Media conference proceedings, Vienna Ed-ITLib 2008
Creating Quality – How do we develop excellence in our students?, Siggraph-Taipei conference proceedings Taipei Aural 2006
3D Interface inspired by constructivist art principles. Ed-Media, Ed-Media conference proceedings. Montreal Ed-ITLib 2005
Personal Website: www.designspace.co.nz |
| Assoc Prof Guan Yong Liang | 1) Modulation, coding, and signal processing
- UWB signal processing
- Dirty-paper coding
- MIMO coding
- Turbo/LDPC coding
- Multi-carrier modulation
- Wideband CDMA
2) Channel modeling
- Power line communication channels
- Multi-carrier channels
- UWB channels
3) Digital watermarking for information security
- Dirty-paper watermark coding
- Biomedical image watermarking
- Compressed video watermarking
- Watermark attacks and counter-attacks |
| Assoc Prof Hans-Martin Rall | Research profile Asst/Prof. Hans-Martin Rall
Asst/Prof. Rall's research interests are mainly in the areas of digital animation development and interdisciplinary research in art and technology.
He is a renowned director of independent animated short films, with 8 major film-funding grants awarded to him by German and European institutions.
Since 1997 Hannes Rall has built a strong reputation for adapting literature successfully
in his animated short films:
“The Raven“ (1999) and ”The Erl-King“(2003) , adapted from the famous poems by E.A. Poe and J.W. von Goethe respectively, have been screened in over 120 film festivals
world wide and won multiple awards.
His work was shown in group-and solo-shows in galleries in 20 countries worldwide since 2004.
-Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
-National Museum Singapore
-State Gallery of the Arts Stuttgart, Germany
-Bangkok International Film Festival
-Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Beirut
-Egyptian Opera House, Metrogalerie, Kairo
-Cinematheque. Tel Aviv
-Goethe-Institut Damaskus
-Goethe-Institut Ramallah
-Seika Art Academy, Kyoto
-Osaka European Film Festival
-Auckland University of Technology, NZ
-Pataka Museum Wellington, NZ
-Muzium dan Galeri Seni Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang
"Tradigital Mythmaking":
-Goethe-Institut Singapore/Singapore International Film-Festival
-Goethe Institut Kuala Lumpur/Univesrsiti Teknologi Mara Kuala Lumpur
Asst/Prof. Rall was awarded a 86 000,- SD tier 1 research grant by NTU in 2006.
“Tradigital Mythmaking-Singaporean-Animation for the 21st Century” :
In this project Prof. Rall explores the development of genuinely Southeast Asian animation styles, which are not derived from Western or Japanese concepts.
His book “Tradigital Mythmaking” was published in Singapore in 2009.
In 2010 he was awarded a second tier 1 research grant in the amount of SD 150 000,- to
continue and expand his research in “Tradigital Mythmaking-The Next level”:
In close cooperation with the Co-PI Prof. Seah Hock Soon from the School of Computer Engineering,
Asst/Prof. Rall is exploring the development of digital tools for the adaptation of Asian
mythological stories in local art styles.
External research funding
2007 Film production funding by the Film Funding Board of Baden Württemberg (MFG Filmförderung) for the film “The Cold Heart”
2004 Script-development funding by the MFG Baden-Württemberg for the animated shortfilm „THE COLD HEART“.
2003 Reference-filmfunding for the film ”The Erl-King“ by the FFA Berlin.
2000 Production-funding for „The Erl-King“ MFG Baden-Württemberg
2000 Production-funding for “The Erl-King”by the Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film.
2000 Reference-funding for “The Raven”by FFA, Berlin
1997 Production-funding for the short film “The Raven”by the MFG Baden-Württemberg
1994 Script-development funding for animated series „Dicki“ by MEDIA-program
Research areas:
-Exploring Asian culture and history to develop unique and original animation styles, which are not derived from Western concepts.
(Current research project: “Tradigital Mythmaking”)
-Development and application of new digital technology to visualize Asian art styles in animation (Current research project: “The Living Line” Co-PI: Prof. Seah Hock Soon SCE,
10 000,-SD mini seed grant by Institute for Media Innovation NTU)
-The adaptation of literature for animation
(Current research project: “The Cold Heart”, 25 minute animated short film
adapted from the novel by Wilhelm Hauff, 90 000,- Euro film-funding grant
by MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg).
-Marketing animated short films in the 21st century (URECA research project)
-History of German animation
-History of Southeast Asian Animation |
| Dr Heng Kok Hui, John Gerard | Current Research:
Automated physio-neuro rehabilitation platform for recovery of hand function after stroke (Smart)
Automated Neuro-Motor Stroke Rehabilitation Device - A Platform for Functional Recovery of Paralyzed Hand after Stroke (POC- NRF)
Wheel chair Gap Crossing mechanism (TRD – NRF)
Unified Platform for acceleration functional return with EMG orthosis for accelerated stroke rehabilitation. (NMRC)
SEMG/EEG driven orthosis for accelerated rehabilitation for stroke patients
Multi Level Haptics Systems
Assistive Technology
Rehabilitation Systems
Other Research Interest Areas:
Exoskeleton Systems
Teleoperation/Telepresence Systems
Legged vehicles, Autonnomous Vehicles
Mechanical and Mechatronics System Design |
| Assoc Prof Hsu Wen Jing | High Performance Computing; Parallel and Distributed systems;
Resource Scheduling; Multi-core Computing; Energy-efficient Scheduling; Green Computing;
Peer-to-peer systems; Personal Positioning; Location-aware systems and applications; |
| Prof Huang Guangbin | Extreme Learning Machine, Neuroscience, machine learning theories and algorithms, human-computer interface, data analytics, video analytics, robotics. |
| Assoc Prof Hui Siu Cheung | Assoc Prof Hui Siu Cheung's areas of expertise are data mining, Web mining, information retrieval, natural language processing, mathematical data mining, intelligent tutoring systems and Semantic Web. His current research works focus on information retrieval, text mining, natural query processing and Semantic Web. |
| Assoc Prof Ina Conradi Chavez | Area of research:
-Public Art
-Fine Art
-Procedural Interactive Installation
-Computer Generated Animation
-Digital experimental animation
- Stereoscopic 3D
- Interactive Media
-360 Immersive Media Displays
The research delves into an exploration of trandisciplinary visual art media, researching and integrating emotive and subjective abstract image making in digital, traditional and non-traditional forms. Drawing on the ideas of the merging of digital painting, avant-garde film-making and sound cultures, current work aims to craft immersive, interactive and 3D animated installation using digital image, seeking innovative convergence of art and technology to transform spaces into novel experiences.
11.2011-10.2017 MOE AcRF Tier 1 “Immersive Animated Canvas: Merging New Media Art and Technology for Immersive Cinema and Visualization Experiences", PI Ina Conradi (Asst Prof), Co-Pi Ben Alvin Shedd, (Professor) NTU ADM
1.3.2011-28.02.2014 MOE AcRF Tier 1 RG 55/10 (M52090031) "3D Stereo Animated Pictorial Space: Towards New Aesthetics in Contemporary Painting" PI Ina Conradi (Asst Prof), Co-Pi Dr Xiao Wei Sun, EEE (Assoc Prof) NTU
15.8.2011--31.12.2013 IMI Seed Grant, (M4080760.B40) "Unframed", PI Ina Conradi (Asst Prof), Co-Pi Mark Chavez (Asst Prof) NTU ADM
01.01.2008-28.2.2010 MOE (AcRF) Tier 1 RG105/10 (M52090000) “Digital Imaging in Singapore", PI Ina Conradi (Asst Prof) NTU ADM
02/2009-02/2011 MOE (AcRF) Tier 1 “Exploring kinetoaudiovisual parameter mapping strategies for virtual instrument performance and interactive installation,” PI Per Magnus Lindborg, Co-PI Ina Conradi Chavez (Asst Prof), NTU ADM (5% Involvement)
01.10.2010-30.11.2011 IMI Seed Grant, (M4080629.B40) "Stereo Pictorial Spaces", PI Ina Conradi (Asst Prof) Co-Pi Dr Xiao Wei Sun, EEE (Assoc Prof), NTU ADM
01.12.2010-31. 05.2012 IMI Seed Grant: “EEG-based Immersion and 3D Interaction: E-learning, Art, and Medical Application”, PI Olga Sourina Co-PI Ina Conradi (10%) NTU ADM |
| Prof Isaac V Kerlow | Animation Theory and Research, Computer-Aided Printmaking, Computer Animation, Digital Art, Digital Interfaces, History of Computer Animation, Interdisciplinary Studies, New Media Theory and Practice, Popular Art, Storytelling, Visual Arts, Typography, Visualization, Visual Literacy |
| Assoc Prof James Patrick Williams | Professor Williams is trained in the symbolic interactionist tradition of sociology, a social-psychological perspective that foregrounds language and meaning as key dimensions of understanding the everyday life.
Prof Williams' research focuses on two specific areas of interest: youth sub/cultures, and digital media cultures. Much of Prof Williams' publications in recent years have centered on the construction of subcultural selves/identities among young people who feel in some way separate from mainstream society. His main contributions to sociology have been theorizing (1) the role new media technologies play in facilitating the development and diffusion of subcultures and subcultural identities and (2) theorizing the social construction of subcultural authenticity. His second interest relates to the increasing salience of fantasy and digital games in everyday life. He has co-edited two books related to fantasy and video games and is interested in issues of role-identity and deviant behavior within digital environments. |
| Mr Jeffrey Hong Yan Jack | Transportation Vehicle Design
Wearable Technology
Interaction Design - interactive objects, environments, and experiences.
Form exploration using Generative Modeling techniques.
3D Laser scanning and reverse engineering.
Human perception, spatial cognition, and interaction within Virtual Environments.
Simulation and presentation of real-life phenomena through the use of computer graphics software. |
| Assoc Prof Jiang Xudong | Xudong Jiang's areas of expertise are pattern recognition, computer vision, biometrics, signal and image processing. His current research works focus on statistical pattern classification, feature extraction from image, fingerprint recognition, human face detection and recognition, multimodal biometric fusion, and visual object detection and recognition. |
| Mr Julian Gough | Julian Gough is particularly interested in the way in which new technologies create new artforms, while changing the nature of, and audience for, old artforms. |
| Assoc Prof Jung Younbo | Dr. Jung has published research on the use of new interactive technologies in medical interventions (e.g., virtual reality and haptics-enhanced systems for learning motor functions in stroke rehabilitation; and patient/clinician distribution platform with tele-rehabilitation application), the Internet and computer training for seniors to cross the digital divide, the effects of social robots' embodiment on their meaningful social interactions with humans, and the use of videogames and social TV for seniors' subjective well-being and intergenerational bonding. His work has appeared in International Journal of Human Computer Studies, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, Journal of Cultural and Evolutionary Psychology, ,Computers in Human Behavior, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, and proceedings of CHI and IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops. Currently, Dr. Jung examines the effects of virtual social interaction on marginalized populations in various media forms. |
| Prof (Adj) Karl Wolfgang Mueller-Wittig | Associate Professor Dr. Wolfgang Mueller-Wittig areas of expertise are computer graphics, real time rendering, Virtual & Augmented Reality, and GPGPU. Current research work focus on the use of GPU for high performance computational biology (e.g., bio-sequence alignment). He is also involved in the SMART-CENSAM (Centre for Environmental Sensing and Modeling) project and responsible for the development of a visualization platform for interactive evaluation and exploration of dynamic environmental models. Further research include cultural heritage (e.g., Virtual Peranakan) and the generation of new learning environments using interactive & digital media (e.g., Augmented Reality Chinese Language Learning Game, Virtual NanoTechZoo, Augmented Physics Lab). |
| Assoc Prof Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher | Chris Khoo's current research projects are:
- Digital intelligence (WKWSCI Academic Research Cluster funding)
- Automatic multidocument summarization of research articles
- Autmatic extraction of treatment information from a medical database
- Automatic sentiment analysis of multiple Web genres
- Human categorization behaviour
- Integrated clinical decision support system for wound care management
- Knowledge organization of websites, portals & learning object repositories |
| Prof Koh Soo Ngee | Speech Processing, Coding, Enhancement and Recognition.
Secured scramblers and encoders
Blind Source Separation and Communication Signal Processing.
Computer-Aided Language Learning |
| Prof Kot Chichung, Alex | signal processing for communication, biometrics, image forensics and information security |
| Asst Prof Kristy H.A. Kang | Dr. Kang's research interests include urban studies, histories and theories of digital media arts, database cinema, animation, spatial and mobile narrative, and media and ethnic studies in the U.S. and Asia. |
| Dr Kym Campbell | Mobile media and communication
Media communication and performance
Visualising data from a cinematic perspective |
| Assoc Prof Lang Chin Ying, Josephine | Dr. Lang's areas of expertise are in organizational behavior, strategic management, and knowledge management. Her current research works focus on the decay of knowledge clusters, the impact of social networking sites in business, and the particularities of executive training and development. |
| Assoc Prof Law Choi Look | Dr. Choi Look LAW's areas of expertise are microwave circuits and wireless systems. His research interests are digital beam forming array antenna, ultra-wideband microwave circuits, wideband channel characterization and modeling, radio frequency identification, wireless networking and positioning systems.His current research work focus on high linearity high efficiency microwave power amplifiers for OFDM sytems and scalable precision positioning systems using ultra-wideband impulse radio. |
| Prof Lee Kwan Min | See Biography |
| Assoc Prof Lee Yong Tsui | His research interests lie mainly in computer related areas, such as computer graphics, geometric modeling, computer-aided design and manufacturing, and related applications. More specifically, he current focus is in computer-aided conceptual design, looking at the problem of converting design sketches into 3D models, which can then be ?beautified? to become CAD models. He is also studying the simulation of vehicle collisions, as an impartial assistant to judicial litigation on road accident cases. |
| Prof Leung Cyril Sik | Digital communications, wireless communication networks, sensor networks, ubiquitous computing, elderly-friendly technologies, digital/social signal processing, security and privacy, trust computational models, information theory |
| Assoc Prof (Adj) Lim Joo Hwee | Dr. LIM Joo Hwee's areas of expertise are computer vision, pattern recognition, and computational intelligence. His current research works focus on scene/object recognition, content-based image retrieval, medical image analysis, and cognitive vision. |
| Assoc Prof Lim Yee Fen | All aspects of law connected with information technology, including Artificial Intelligence law, Autonomous Vehicles law, Internet law, data protection law, privacy law, data analytics law, intellectual property law, cybersecurity and cybercrime law, e-commerce law, tort law, encryption law, and electronic signatures law.
Hannah also has a special interest in moral philosophy, especially its role in guiding law and law making. To this end, she has written one article on medical negligence law from a moral philosophical perspective. |
| Assoc Prof Lin Feng | Dr Lin's research interest includes biomedical informatics, biomedical imaging and visualization, computer graphics, and high-performance computing. Currently active funded projects include: AcRF - Nonrigid graphics shaders for GPU, AcRF - Physiologically-Based Modelling and Visualization of a Beating Heart, AcRF - Properties and Interactions of Functional Modules of the Human Brain Across the Life Span, AcRF - Computational Optical Precision Measurement, AcRF - Elucidate Novel Roles of Unliganded Progesterone Receptor in Breast Cancer, National Science Foundation - Size Detector of Bio-nanoparticles Integratable to Microfluidics, AcRF - In Silico Modelling of Ageing and Stem Cell Based Rejuvenation on Waddington’s Epigenetic Landscape. Completed projects include: AcRF - Full Field Optical Measurement for Transient Phenomena, A-Star/BMRC - Creating an In Vivo Navigational Cellular Fluorescence Imaging System with Dynamically Optimized Endomicroscopy, AcRF - Real-time Diagnostic Endomicroscopy, A-Star/SERC - Collaborative Creation and Application of Interactive Digital Media over the Internet, AcRF - Cellular Fluorescence Imaging with Endomicroscopy, AcRF - Dynamically Adaptable Neurocomputer and Its Application to Recognition of Steroid Hormone Response Elements, SingHealth Foundation Development of a Real-time Fluorescence Endoscopy Diagnostic System for the Early Detection of Oral and Bladder Cancers, NTU/BPE Cluster SEED Funding - Gene Expression Profiling with Oligonucleotide Microarray Technology, SCE ER Lab Research Programme Grant DNA Chip Design Programme, BMRC&NMRC Joint Research Fund - Elucidation of Expression Profiles of Genes in Alpha-fetoprotein Positive and Alpha-fetoprotein Negative Hepatocellular Carcinoma by cDNA Microarray Analysis, AcRF - Design and Simulation of Artificial Bone Implantation, NMRC Research Fund -Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: 3D Imaging for Staging and Treatment Planning, AcRF - Design and Development of Bio-medical Devices Using Rapid Prototyping (RP) Techniques, AcRF - Real-time Dynamic Simulation, MOH & Singapore Totalisator Research Fund - Transforming Medical Ultrasound Scanning into 3-Dimensional Real-time Organ Imaging to Aid Clinical Diagnosis. |
| Asst Prof Liu Sze Yeung, Elvis | High-Performance Computing, Military Simulation Systems, Computer Games, Distributed Virtual Environments, Parallel and Distributed Simulations, Physical Modeling, Collision Detection |
| Assoc Prof Louis-Philippe Demers | To investigate Design, Digital Media and Media Arts from the interactive and embodied media perspectives.
To investigate Artistic, Aesthetic and Technological impact of digital media on humans under the following paradigm: As digital media, pervasive and ubiquitous computing are increasingly being part of our every day life, the researches focus on the human - the role of the body - at various levels
of the digital domain experience. Beyond the sole paradigm of Human Computer Interfaces (HCI), these researches will analyze and implement projects across the spectrum of Art & Design while correlating those to the spectrum of being close to the body -objects-, to a broader sphere -space- and finally to a
global container -culture-.
Keywords:
Social and Emotive Robotics, Entertainment Robotic, Robotic Toys, Hybrid Media, Interactive Media, Interaction Design, User Experience, Intelligent Objects, Wearable, Physical Computing, Ubiquitous Computing, Kinetic Architecture, Public Space, Public Art, Tangible Media, Haptic Devices, Multi-Touch, Surface Computing, Multi-User Environments, Theatre, Stage Design, Lighting Design, Live Performance Technologies, Augmented and Mixed Realities. |
| Assoc Prof Ma Maode | Wireless Networking, Wireless Network Security, MAC layer Protocol Design, Performance Evaluation of Computer Networks |
| Assoc Prof Mao Kezhi | Machine Learning, Deep Learning for Big Data, Information Fusion, Image/Video Analytics and Scene Understanding, Knowledge Extraction and Discovery |
| Asst Prof Mariana Andrade | Mariana Andrade’s research interests span four main areas: IT business value, embedded economy, competitive dynamics and data analytics. She is especially interested on exploring the granular mechanisms through which IT and other technologies influence firm performance and ultimately firm survival. Her research thrives to analyze overlooked and emergent phenomena that have relevant impact on corporations, such as technological innovation in emergent economies and interfirm linkages in hypercompetitive environments. Within these domains, she is currently involved in various multi-disciplinary projects that investigate the role of IS in business performance and innovation in both developed and developing world contexts.
Her research has been published in the Academy of Management Proceedings and the Proceedings of the International Conference of Information Systems and presented in leading international conferences such as the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, International Conference of Information Systems, Americas Conference of Information Systems, and Strategic Management Society Conference. Her work has received one of the Best Paper Awards from the premier international conference of management scholars (Academy of Management Annual Meeting). Moreover, she has received several awards and scholarships, including a fellowship from the National Science Foundation and the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Reaching Out Award from the HKSAR Government, and The University of Hong Kong postgraduate fellowship. |
| Asst Prof (Adj) Marius Erdt | Statistical Shape Modeling, Computer Aided Diagnosis, Automated Segmentation and Registration of 2D and 3D data, Volume Rendering and Visualisation, Automated Image based Quality Control, Machine Learning for Visual and Medical Computing, Augmented and Virtual Reality |
| Dr Mark Alan Cenite | Media law and ethics, and relevant social science research to inform policy. Intellectual property. |
| Prof May Oo Lwin | May O. Lwin's research interests are mainly in the areas of strategic communication and health communication. In particular, in the area of health, she examines how digital communication can influence food intake, exercise, and communicable diseases and cardiovascular health. Her research in the area of cyberwellness looks at how family and parental communication influences children and adolescents' user behavior. In the area of sensory marketing, she has conducted research on scents, auditory factors and culture-specific symbolism in advertising. She has co-authored a number of marketing books and book chapters, including the best-selling Clueless Series (includes titles like Clueless in Advertising and Clueless in Marketing Communications) and a leading textbook for Asia, Principles and Effective IMC Practice. |
| Prof Miao Chun Yan | Dr. Jaclyn, Chunyan Miao's area of expertise are Agent, Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), Agent Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE), Semantic Web/Grid, Agent Augmented Interactive Media/gaming/storytelling, Agent Mediated e-services?mobile agents for wireless communications. Her current research works focus on infusing intelligent agents into interactive new media (virtual, mixed, mobile and pervasive media) to create novel experiences and dimensions in game design, interactive narrative and other real world agent systems. |
| Assoc Prof Mohammed Yakoob Siyal | Computer vision
Image processing
Medical image processing
Biometric-bases security
E-commerce
Watermarking
Computer architecture
IT |
| Prof Nadia Magnenat Thalmann | Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann’s interests are mainly on Virtual humans, both on the creative and the algorithmic side. One recent interest is to model the physiological Virtual Human, including specific individual modelling of organs.
Among recent topics of interests :
- Interactive Autonomous Virtual Humans and Social Robots
- Modelling personalities, emotions, memory processes and relationship models
- Physics-based modelling of deformations of soft tissue
- Segmentation methods for MRI data
- 3D Fabrication |
| Assoc Prof Ng Wee Keong | Data Analytics and Data Mining
Information Security, Trust and Privacy
Social Networks and Informatics
Cloud Computing and Applications |
| Dr Owen Noel Newton Fernando | Human-Computer Interaction
Natural Interfaces and Interactions
Multimodal Interfaces & Interactive Systems
Mobile Augmented Reality |
| Assoc Prof Pina Marziliano | - Digital signal and image processing
- Sampling theory and applications
- Biomedical signal and image processing
- Watermarking and information security
- Perceptual quality metrics for multimedia |
| Assoc Prof Qian Kemao | Dr Qian's areas of expertise are optical metrology, image processing and computer animation. |
| Assoc Prof Qiu Lin | Social Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Cyberpsychology, Computer-mediated Communication, Engineering Psychology, Human-computer Interaction, Computational Social Science |
| Assoc Prof Randall Martin Packer | Catalysts of Multimedia
Catalysts of Multimedia is a historical investigation of the artists, engineers, philosophers and their visions that have catalyzed and shaped the media-saturated environment we live in today. Weaving the various branches of art, science, technology, philosophy, and sociology – as well as the multiplicity of media, inventions, forms, and artistic genres – the histories are unearthed for their rich interplay of aspirations, research, and artistic/technological accomplishment.
Composing with Media
In contemporary multimedia art, musical and visual composition have blurred with the advent of new digital technologies, such that sound and visual media can easily be transposed, controlled and integrated through their reduction to data. Sound can be visualized, and images can be heard, either can be the control source of the other. Where does this sensibility derive from? This research underscores the fundamental changes in aesthetic thinking resulting from the integration of the arts: music, visual art, dance, architecture, literature, and theater. For not only has a new medium been born, but a new artist as well, one who practices a form of artistic activity that is here referred to as composing With media.
Art of the Networked Practice
This research explores the resulting impact of emerging peer-to-peer forms. Within the arts and sciences, we are seeing an explosion of Do it Yourself (DIY ), or Do it With Others (DIWO) manifestations in various cultural, scientific, and educational arenas. Socially-designed DIY events such as Hackathons and Maker Faires are emblematic of the surging interest in collective forms of creativity in large part catalyzed by the Internet and the World Wide Web. A growing number of artists who refer to their medium as “net art” or “art of the social practice” are engaged in forms of relational art that emphasize collaboration, collective narrative, and audience participation.
The Artist as Mediator
Historically, the term “avant-garde” carries the implication of the artist as social warrior, fighting and defending ideological and philosophical terrain. The artist’s exploration of inner meaning through aesthetic investigation has potency when externalized in the outer world through the expression of art, with the potential of transforming the social sphere. Ideologies are symbolic forms through which social action can take place, leading to proposals or models (sometimes in the form of manifestos) that call for change. The work of the artist thus becomes a critical lens on the changing landscape of cultural and political conditions in an increasingly technological and globalized world.
The Post Reality
With the rapid-fire ingestion of media, overtaking our experience of the physical world, we are clearly losing the distinction between that which is real and that which is not, between the real and imaginary, between the physical and the virtual. The digital natives coming of age in a hyper-connected, mediated society have no other concept of reality: they are the indigenous inhabitants of the post reality.
The Third Space
The third space fundamentally represents the fusion of the physical (first space) and the virtual (second space) into a third space that can be inhabited by remote users simultaneously or asynchronously. This research explores the creative potential of the third space for artistic creation, performance, education, collaboration, and play. Despite the pervasiveness of broadband technology and the free tools available for real-time connectivity (ie. Skype, Facetime, etc.), we have barely tapped the potential for the exploration of live, networked experience. This exploration of the creative dimensions of the third space ha |
| Prof Seah Hock Soon | Prof Seah Hock Soon has more than 20 years experience in Computer Graphics and Imaging research. His current research areas are in geometric modeling, image sequence analysis with applications to digital film effects, automatic in-between frame generation from hand-drawn sketches, augmented reality, and advanced medical visualization. |
| Assoc Prof Ser Wee | Prof Ser's expertise areas are sensor array signal processing and signal classification techniques.
His current research works focus on robust beamforming and DOA estimation techniques for microphone array, location estimatin techinques for ambient intelligence, detection and classification techniques for sound based as well as radiowave based healthcare and surveillance applciations, integrated audio-video signal processing, audio scene analysis and speech emotion analysis for natural human-computer interaction, as well as EEG brain signal analysis. |
| Assoc Prof Soong Boon Hee | Research interests in the area of Ad Hoc and Wireless Sensors Networks, Mobility Management, Network Planning and Capacity Optimisation, and Adaptive Video Rate Control. |
| Assoc Prof Sun Aixin | Information Retrieval; Text/Web Mining; Social Computing; Multimedia |
| Prof Sun Chengzheng | Professor Sun's current research focuses on collaborative Internet computing, which lies at the intersections of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), distributed systems and computer communication networks, human-computer interaction, and software engineering. Major applications of his research include: collaborative productivity systems (e.g. collaborative word processors, slide authoring and presentation tools, spreadsheets, web page design tools, graphics drawing tools, and image/photo editors), collaborative design and engineering (e.g. collaborative Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) systems), and collaborative virtual environments (e.g. collaborative distributed simulation, virtual enterprise, and network-based multi-user games). |
| Mr Sven Pfrommer | Sven Pfrommer’s areas of research interests include: advertising communication, art and advertising, visual communication and technology, photography in advertising, brand communication, |
| Dr Ta Nguyen Binh Duong | Distributed Machine Learning, Green Data Centres, Cloud Security, Distributed Systems, Networked Virtual Environments |
| Prof Tan Ah Hwee | Prof Tan's research areas include intelligent agents, cognitive and neural systems, machine learning, knowledge discovery and text mining.
His current projects focus on Silver Assistants for Ageing in Place (with UBC-NTU Research Centre of Excellence for Active Living of Elderly - LILY), Learning and Memory (with DSO National Laboratories), and Joint Situation Awareness Modelling and Collaborative Reinforcement Learning (with STE-NTU Corp Lab). |
| Prof Tan Yap Peng | Image and Video Processing; Multimedia Computing; Computer Vision; Pattern Recognition; Machine Learning; Data Analytics. |
| Assoc Prof Teh Kah Chan | Dr. Teh Kah Chan's areas of expertise and research interests are as follows:
1. Signal Processing for Communications
2. Performance Analyses for Wireless Communication Systems
3. Cognitive Radio and Cooperative Systems
4. Radar Signal Processing
5. Cybersecurity |
| Prof Theng Yin Leng | Theng's research interests are mainly in user-centred design, interaction design and usability engineering. She has participated in varying capacities as principal investigator, co-investigator and collaborator in numerous research projects in the United Kingdom and Singapore since 1998. In the area of research, Dr.Theng’s philosophy is about doing worthwhile, scientifically-based experimental Human-Computer Interaction in understanding users and their interactions, especially for Information Systems, in her earlier research on the World Wide Web and Digital Libraries, and with recent focus on interactive systems/devices for Healthcare and Education. Her main research interest is to develop innovative tools, techniques, methods and models to assist in the design and evaluation of interactive systems/devices, making research relevant and impacting society. From 2003 to 2015, as a PI, she has garnered a total of slightly over S$3M as PI and about S$2M as Co-PI and Collaborator. Dr. Theng has more than 200 papers and publishes widely in top-tiered international journals and conferences. Recent interests include applying user issues to elderly & technologies, games for health, health informatics, smart nation & metrics. |
| Assoc Prof Tung Lai Lai | My current research interest includes examining the cognitive and behavioral issues of participants in virtual communities. Another separate research track looks at website effectiveness from the dual-perspective of web-designers and users. |
| Assoc Prof Vladimir Todorovic | Todorovic's areas of expertise include: experimental and documentary film, and generative art
selected creative projects:
2015. Karst, feature
2014. Fluid Boundaries, feature
directed by: Daniel Rudi Haryanto, Jeonghyun Mun, Vladimir Todorovic
2013.
Disappearing Landscape, feature film
2011.
Five Stages of the Myth, with Syntfarm
Formations, generative film, with Syntfarm
2010.
Silica-Esc, generative movie
2009.
The Snail on the Slope, generative movie,
NilDegree, computer game,
Groundpulse, mobile seismometer, with Syntfarm,
Synt-hazards, rapid prototypes – objects, public art commission, with Syntfarm,
“Gardenhost” urban intervention project - with Fabrizio Galli, Ing Ing and Yang Ying,
2008.
Syntboutique, installation, with Syntfarm,
Ad-Hoc, performance, with Syntfarm,
2007.
KA, performance, with Syntfarm and BTC, performance with Syntfarm,
Prague Soil, with Syntfarm,
Metazoa Ludens - augmented reality games for pets, with Mixed Reality Lab Singapore,
2006.
Transcoded Nature – mixed reality game, with Raster,
Cycloglyphs - GPS based media exploration of Belgrade, with Raster, |
| Assoc Prof Wang Ping | - Multimedia wireless communications
- Distributed resource allocation
- Quality-of-service (QoS) provisioning
- Medium access control, call admission control, and congestion control
- Cross-layer design |
| Assoc Prof Wen Yonggang | Cloud Computing and Data Centre
Multimedia Communication and Computing
Big Data Analytics
Mobile Communication and Computing
Green Information and Communication Technologies |
| Ms Wong Pei Wen | Pei Wen Wong's research interests are mainly in the areas of strategic communication, marketing, digital and social communication and international public relations. |
| Assoc Prof Xie Ming | Intelligent Vehicle, Humanoid Robot, Machine Intelligence. |
| Assoc Prof Yap Kim Hui | Dr. Yap's main research interests include image/video processing, media content analysis, computer vision, human-computer interaction, and computational intelligence. |
| Assoc Prof Yeo Chai Kiat | Her research focus is on Heterogeneous and robust MANETs, Pervasive Wireless Access and Seamless Mobile Communication in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, IP Mobility, overlay networks and Peer-to-Peer Systems, Speech Enhancement and Processing. |
| Assoc Prof Yeo Puay Hwa Jesvin | Theoretical and practical influences on creative concept development in the design-visual communication process
Interdisciplinary Creativity; Art & Design in everyday life; Design Trends and Forecasts; Designers as Entrepreneurs
Typography Design; Experimental Typography; Pangram; Book Design; Isotype
Sustainable Design; Inclusive Packaging Design; Innovative Packaging Design; Corporate Identity and Branding System;
Knowledge Visualization
Visual Research – Material Culture; Asian Cultural Identity
Digital Media; Radio-frequency identification; Wireless
Heritage Studies; Cultural Studies
Singapore Studies: Learning more about the culture, the history, and the people. |
| Assoc Prof Yeo Song Huat | Dr. Yeo's areas of expertise are in robotics and mechanisms. His current research works focus on cable-driven mechanisms, motion capture system, and modular robots. |
| Assoc Prof Yuan Junsong | Computer vision, video analytics, human computer interaction, multimedia search and data mining, biomedical image analysis |
| Assoc Prof Zheng Jianmin | Dr Zheng's areas of expertise are computer aided geometric design and computer graphics. His current research work focuses on T-splines, subdivision surfaces, interactive digital media processing, and sketch-based modeling. |
