Abstract

In future telecommunications, it is expected that people will be able to communicate with each other in the cyber/virtual space with objects and information from the physical/real space they are located. The successful key to realize such rich telecommunication is to unlock “communication with nonverbal information” by appropriately conveying the subtleties of “non-spoken signals”, which plays an important role in our daily interpersonal understanding. In this talk, the future of rich telecommunication through appropriate transmission and reception of nonverbal information will be discussed.

Biography of the Speaker

Yoshifumi Kitamura is Deputy Director and Professor at Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University. From 2023, he also serves as Director of the Interdisciplinary ICT Research Center for Cyber and Real Spaces. His research interests include interactive content design, human computer interactions, 3D user interfaces, virtual reality, and related fields. He has been active in academic and professional communities, and serves in positions such as Japan Liaison for IFIP TC-13 (Human-Computer Interaction) (2012-), the Liaison for Japan and Chair of ACM SIGCHI Asian Development Committee (2015-2021), Chair of Japan ACM SIGCHI Chapter (2016-2021), Steering Committee Chair of ACM VRST, SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 Conference Chair, ACM CHI 2021 General Chair, and so on.