iWeek2021

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iWeek2021 is online!

iWeek2021 is online! It is time to start the preparation of 6th edition of iWeek! Year 2020 has been very special in many ways. Most of us have been working from home and not been able to travel outside our own cities or countries.

Despite this life goes on and we would like to keep good practices alive - like the annual iWeek!! The iWeek2021 will take place online during the dates 25-29 January 2021. We'd like to welcome all our old and new friends to participate in our iWeek2021. We look forward to sharing your expertise on the fields of Communication, Media and ICT! Main themes in 2021 are: CURIOUS CREATIVES, GAME DESIGN, INTERACTIVE WEB, IoT HARDWARE & EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, VIRTUALIZATION & CLOUD SERVICES, VR/AR and UX DESIGN.

Expert lectures and Networking

We will keep the good elements of being international even online. The online iWeek consists of Expert lectures and presentations from Finland and abroad / Workshops / Networking / Promotion of exchange possibilities in our partner institutions. We will also arrange a R&D workshop where you can network with other participants, present your current projects or new ideas for future cooperation.

We will use Zoom as a lecturing and co-working platform. This year we would also like to welcome students from your institutions to participate in this online event.

Register yourself

Did we get your attention? If you got interested ask how to join iWeek from our organizers. If you are already familiar with the concept here is a link to registration. Deadline for teacher/staff registration is 20 November 2020.

Henri Koukka
Senior Lecturer
Information and Communication Technology
LAB University of Applied Sciences
mobile: +358 44 708 0020
email: henri.koukka@lab.fi

Sari Horn
International Coordinator
LAB University of Applied Sciences
mobile: +358 50 387 1900
email: sari.horn@lut.fi

Lecturers

Aronen, Matti

Matti is a senior security consultant with a background in software development. Currently he performs mostly Red Teaming engagements, in which team simulates real world attackers against clients.

F-Secure

Barrezeele, Griet

Griet is a lecturer in IT, specialised in datamodelling en databases, systems analysis and Enterprise Content Management. I'm also international officer for IT-students and organiser of international projects

UC Leuven-Limburg, Belgium

Best, Saskia

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Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Erdmann, Carina

Carina Erdmann (* 1990, Cologne DE) is a multimedia artist and PhD researcher at Inter-Actions research unit LUCA School of Arts, based in Berlin and Brussels. With a background in theater and further education in audiovisual media, performance, critical theory and game design her artistic practice is marked by a synthesis of different disciplines and perspectives. In her research she develops and assesses 'Remote Live Action Gameplay', a hybridization of online gaming and performance.

LUCA School of Arts, Belgium

Hauke, Judith

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Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Katerborg, Erik

Erik is describing himself as creative Technologist, interested in the interactive web, games, animations and machine learning.

Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Linares, Jordi

Jordi is a Lecturer and researcher in Universitat Politècnica de València - Campus of Alcoi, PhD in Computer Science (Graphics and AI) and MSc in Artificial Intelligence
He works as a Head of the Interactive Technologies Lab (http://vertexlit.com) focused on researching and creating Human-Computer Interaction solutions, especially in VR/AR/XR and the use of AI (deep learning) technologies and Semantic Computing.

Universitat Politècnica de València

Morrison, John

John is as Lecturer in Digital Media and Interaction Design with practice and research interests focused on the ways lens-based media such as a AR & VR are providing new ways of knowing and understanding.

Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland

Quinn, Patrick

Patrick is a Senior Lecturer in Audio Technology at Glasgow Caledonian University with a current interest in streaming and the use of low cost network technologies in the creative industries.

Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland

Voltas, Jordi

Jordi's academic interests are generative design, 3D animation, technical drawing on engineering, 3D Modeling, and rendering techniques. He is also interested in industrial design and processes that involve final users in the design process. He is a local coordinator of Master Programm Design-Barcelona, ESEIAAT. He also has taken part in international cooperation programs on the Gambia. He is a vice-dean of students on ESEIAAT since 2011.

ESEIAAT - UPC, Spain

Wallin, Kalle

Kalle is 30-years old Technical Artist from Finland. "Completed my studies in Lahti University of applied sciences in 2015. After graduation I have worked with video streaming, virtual studio filming, Augmented- and virtual reality applications and product renderings. Currently I work at Rightware, a finnish software company, that provides modern HMI framework that combines 2D and 3D seamlessly."

Rightware Oy

 

 

 

 

Lectures

Here you will find descriptions of content for each lecture

Topic: What makes a security professional

Lecturer: Aronen, Matti
Time: Thursday 28th of Jan / 9-12 EET
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Topic: Virtual projects

Lecturer: Barrezeele, Griet
Time: Wednesday 27th of Jan 9-12 EET
Griet will present UC Leuven-Limburg and the (virtual) projects she is organising.

Topic: Crosscultural Design

Lecturer: Best, Saskia, Hauke, Judith
Time: Monday 25th of Jan / 13-16 EET
What are the differences between cultures and how can we incorporate the culture of the user in our design? When designing cross cultural products, designers not only have to deal with different languages, dialects and dimensions of national culture but also with cultural differences in color psychology and mental models. In this lecture/workshop Judith Hauke and Saskia Best will guide you through some of the important aspects for cross cultural design

Topic: PORTALS - Play with distance

Lecturer: Erdmann Carina
The online workshop will explore a hybridization of digital and physical play from a Game Design perspective. It takes place online in a remote collaboration with the students of the Meaningful Play course at LUCA, Genk (BE). Over the course of three days the participants will be engaged in play and design processes via online conference tools such as Jitsi or Discord. How can the surrounding environment be incorporated in worldbuilding? What are rules that enable meaningful dialogue? How to integrate movement into screen interactions? And can distant places share one physical game space?

Building a gesture-controlled browser game

Lecturer: Katerborg, Erik
Time: Thursday 28th of Jan / 13-16 EET
Using the webcam to detect gestures which control a small browser game. Technologies will be javascript and css.

Topic: A crash introductory course on AI, machine learning and deep learning

Lecturer: Linares, Jordi
Time: Tuesday 26th of Jan / 13-16 EET
There is no doubt we are living a dramatic paradigm change and new possibilities from a new hype in AI. With AlexNet in 2012, neural networks and deep learning have move AI to a new level difficult to imagine some years ago. There's no way back and new breakthroughs are emerging every year in this field approaching machines to the till now unique human cognitive possibilities. We will introduce the basic concepts of AI and families, and we will pay attention to machine learning and, more specifically deep learning. Skipping as much as we can the maths background, we will see why this is a before and after not only in computer science but in the future of science and technology and human society.

Topic: Importance of creativity and key principles from the MIT Media Lab for generating new understandings of digital media

Lecturer: Morrison, John
Time: Monday 25th of Jan / 9-12 EET
The topic is centred on learning from the mindsets and creative practices of pioneers, such as Georges Méliès, Dziga Vertov and Jean Rouch. Then applying these to help us move beyond functionalist views of technology to construct new possibilities beyond the current horizon of understanding.

Topic: Streaming for many

Lecturer: Quinn, Patrick
Time: Tuesday 26th of Jan / 9-12 EET
"Over the last year I have been involved in setting up and using low cost streaming systems at a music festival and for a local football club. The advances in network and AV technologies have allowed streaming of events to be made much more widely available, made all the more relevant in the current pandemic. I will be talking about these examples in comparison to mainstream broadcasting and sharing experiences from these real world examples."

Topic: Parametric modeling with Grasshopper - Rhino

Lecturer: Voltas, Jordi
Time: Thursday 28th of Jan / 9-12 EET
Parametric modeling using generative tools is an advanced method to obtain organic shapes. Highly used in Architecture and Industrial Design, Rhino-Grasshopper software allows users to generate, graphically and algorithmically, shapes that otherwise would be extremely high time-consuming.

Topic: Best practices for agile HMI development to accelerate UX-innovation

Lecturer: Wallin, Kalle
Time: Wednesday 27th of Jan / 9-12 EET
Automotive UX innovation requires processes which enable rapid HMI prototyping and fast design iteration, from the concept phase all the way through production.
What questions should be asked to ensure the final product feels polished and has a superior UX? What talent is needed in a team promoting new ways of working, including constant usability testing from the earliest stages of a project?
As a concrete example, we will take a look on highlights from a case study with a luxury OEM whose small HMI team created a distinctive, high-quality, multi-screen UX in a highly compressed schedule.

Schedule

 
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
9 - 12
Lecturer: John Morrison, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
Topic: Importance of creativity and key principles from the MIT Media Lab (Link to Zoom)
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12 - 13
LUNCH
13 - 16
Lecturer: Carina Erdmann, LUCA School of Arts, Belgium
Topic: PORTALS - Play with distance (Link to Zoom)
Lecturer: Saskia Best / Judith Hauke, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Topic: Crosscultural Design (Link to Zoom)

 
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
9 - 12
Lecturer: Patrick Quinn, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
Topic: Streaming for the Many (Link to Zoom)
Lecturer: -
Topic: -
12 - 13
LUNCH
13 - 16
Lecturer: Carina Erdmann, LUCA School of Arts, Belgium
Topic: PORTALS - Play with distance (Link to Zoom)
Lecturer: Jordi Linares, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Topic: A crash introductory course on AI, machine learning and deep learning (Link to Zoom)

 
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
9 - 12
Lecturer: Kalle Wallin, Rightware Oy, Finland
Topic: Best practices for agile HMI development to accelerate UX-innovation(Link to Zoom)
Lecturer: Griet Barrezeele, UC Leuven-Limburg, Belgium
Topic: Virtual projects (Link to Zoom)
12 - 13
LUNCH
13 - 16
Lecturer: All lecturers
Topic: Presentation of home universities (Link to Zoom)

 
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
9 - 12
Lecturer: Jordi Voltas, ESEIAAT - UPC, Spain
Topic: Parametric modeling with Grasshopper - Rhino (Link to Zoom)
Lecturer: Matti Aronen, F-Secure, Finland
Topic: What makes a security professional (Link to Zoom)
12 - 13
LUNCH
13 - 16
Lecturer: Carina Erdmann, LUCA School of Arts, Belgium
Topic: PORTALS - Play with distance (Link to Zoom)
Lecturer: Erik Katerborg, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Topic: Building a gesture-controlled browser game (Link to Zoom)

If you have something to ask:

General arrangement: Sari Horn
sari.horn@lut.fi

Technical questions: Henri Koukka
henri.koukka@lab.fi