International Workshop on Digital Empathy
Monday, 31st October, 2016 in association with:
ULSTER UNIVERSITY 2016 CONVOCATION ANNUAL LECTURE
Great Hall (MD-102) Main MD Building
Ulster University, Magee
Derry ~ LondonDerry ~ LegenDerry Northern Ireland
Partners:
Faculty of Arts Research Graduate School UU Convocation Executive Committee UU Convocation
[HE]Arts of STEM
Arts & Humanities Research Instutute (AHRI) School of Creative Arts & Technologies
Institute for Research in Social Sciences
International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE) Computer Science Research Institute (CSRI)
Psychology Research Institute The Imagineering Quarter
Workshop Programme:
9.30am ``Workshop Introduction''
Prof. Jan Jedrzejewski, Dean, Faculty of Arts SESSION-I: Digital care
Chair: Dr. Murat Akser, Lecturer in Cinematic Arts, Ulster University (Magee)
9.45am ``Digital mental health: using online mobile applications in suicide prevention & mental illness treatment'' Prof. Siobhan O'Neill, Professor of Mental Health Sciences, Ulster University (Coleraine)
10.00am ``ARK empathy: Access Research Knowledge for Northern Ireland'' Prof. Gillian Robinson, Director of ARK, Ulster University (Magee)
10.15am ``Dignity and deception in robot companions for older people'' Dr. Amanda Sharkey, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield University, ENGLAND 10.30am ``Chatbots that care''
Prof. Mike McTear, Professor Emeritus, Ulster University & Granada University, SPAIN 10.45am ``SenseCare: empathetic smart environments
Dr. Ray Bond, Lecturer in Computing Science, Ulster University (Jordanstown) 11.00am REFRESHMENTS BREAK
SESSION-II: Digital music rehabilitation
Chair: Dr. Adam Melvin, Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, School of Creative Arts & Technologies (Magee) 11.30noon ``Humanising design: mixed methods analysis of impaired control-gesture capability''
Dr. Brendan McCloskey, Musician & Software Developer in Assistive Creative Technologies, Belfast
11.45pm ``Sounding human with data: The role of embodied conceptual metaphors and aesthetics in representing & exploring data sets'' Dr. Brian Bridges, Lecturer in Creative Arts & Technology, School of Creative Arts & Technologies (Magee) &
Dr. Stephen Roddy, PostDoctoral Researcher, Centre for Future Networks & Communications, Trinity College Dublin, IRELAND &
Dr. Alan Dormer, PostDoctoral Researcher, Digital Media & Arts Research Centre (DMARC), University of Limerick, IRELAND 12.00am ``Aesthetic resonance: history, present and future''
Dr. Tony Brooks, Associate Professor & Director of SensoramaLab, Aalborg University (Esbjerg), DENMARK 12.30pm PANEL-I DISCUSSION: ``How can robots care?''
Convener: Prof. Chris Nugent, Director, CSRI Panel Members:
Tony Brooks, Hugh McKenna, Frank Lyons, Goretti Horgan, Mike McTear 1.00pm LUNCH
SESSION-III: Robot ethics
Chair: Dr. Kevin Curran, Reader, School of Computing & Intelligent Systems, Ulster University (Magee) 2.00pm ``Religious and ethical implications of robotics''
Dr. David Glass, Senior Lecturer, Ulster University (Jordanstown) 2.15pm ``Robots like me''
Prof. Ipke Wachsmuth, Senior Professor, CITEC, Bielefeld University, GERMANY SESSION-IV: Digital emotions & sentiment
Chair: Prof. Paul Mc Kevitt, Head of Research Graduate School (Pro-Tem) 2.45pm ``A recommender system for media assets based on sentiment analysis''
Eleanor Mulholland, DEL-CAST Ph.D. Research Student, Ulster University (Magee) 3.00pm ``Emotional student models for game-based learning''
Dr. Karla Munoz, CEO, BijouTech, Co-Lab, Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) 3.15pm REFRESHMENTS BREAK
SESSION-V: Story Tales & Telling
Chair: Dr. Tom Maguire, Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies, Ulster University (Magee)
3.45pm ``Promoting interspecies empathy through digital play''
Alan Hook, Lecturer in Interactive Media, Ulster University (Coleraine) 4.00pm ``Digital StoryTelling on borders''
Adrian O'Connell, Ph.D. Research Student, Ulster University (Magee) 4.15pm ``Feelings in fairy tales & folklore''
Dr. Tanya Dean, Lecturer in Drama, Ulster University (Magee)
4.30pm PANEL-II DISCUSSION: ``Engineering empathy for the future of life'' Convener: Dr. David Glass, Ulster University (Jordanstown)
Panel Members:
Ipke Wachsmuth, Noel Sharkey, Tanya Dean, Alan Hook, Karla Munoz
5.00pm ULSTER UNIVERSITY 2016 CONVOCATION ANNUAL LECTURE
``Robots: to protect and serve''
Professor Noel Sharkey, Sheffield University, ENGLAND
SAMHAIN INTERVENTION: `AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL'
5.50pm VOTE-OF-THANKS, John O'Neill, Chair of Convocation Executive Committee
6.00pm REFRESHMENTS
7.00pm CLOSE & LEGENDERRY CARNIVAL PARADE
Exhibits/Software Demos:
Zone 1
Dr. Alan Dormer, PostDoctoral Researcher, Digital Media & Arts Research Centre (DMARC), University of Limerick, IRELAND &
Dr. Stephen Roddy, PostDoctoral Researcher, Centre for Future Networks & Communications, Trinity College Dublin, IRELAND Sensum
Adoreboard
Cyber Synopsis Ltd.
RepKnight
BijouTech, Co-Lab, LYIT, Letterkenny
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