The analysis of science fiction narratives is valuable to explore possible futures. This article analyzes the representation technology in television series Years and (2019), a co-production by BBC HBO created Russell T Davies. audiovisual narrative depicts key problems present near future, enabling identification new socio-technological paradigms. We applied method Causal Layered Analysis (CLA...

This position paper describes a vision of how Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) situation awareness and threat assessment [1], [2] can benefit from the use of Gesture-Directed Sensor-Information Fusion (GDSIF). It describes a concept of operations for the war fighter’s use of electronic wireless-communication gloves (eGloves) to communicate, plan, and react while wearing Missi...

After a brief description of the role and functions of digital information systems, we examine, within the conception of these systems, the decisive breaks resulting from technological advances. Then, we clarify the problem of “Capitalizing on Company’s Knowledge” in order to introduce a vision of a digital information system centered on the knowledge-worker desktop and three hypothesis on whic...

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have the potential to radically transform commonly held perceptions of computing applications and usage. From environmental monitoring to assisting the aged in their everyday activities, the WSN concept offers an attractive vision of how computational technologies may positively influence everyday life. Hence there is almost unprecedented interest all technologic...

We present a computational framework for the grounding and semantic interpretation of dynamic visuo-spatial imagery consisting of video and eyetracking data. Driven by cognitive film studies and visual perception research, we demonstrate key technological capabilities aimed at investigating attention & recipient effects vis-a-vis the motion picture; this encompasses high-level analysis of subje...

The conference had two main objectives: To present papers with up-to-date knowledge which will enable participants to improve their ability to better understand, forecast, assess and eventually control technological change in the future; To provide colleagues and doctoral students with a clear vision of research priorities within the area of MOT and subsequently to set up a list of topics in or...

Science and Engineering of Cyber-Physical Systems (Dagstuhl Seminar 11441) Holger Giese, Bernhard Rumpe, Bernhard Schätz, and Janos Sztipanovits . . . . . . . . 1 Data Mining, Networks and Dynamics (Dagstuhl Seminar 11451) Lars Elden and Andreas Frommer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Analysis of Dynamic Social and Technological N...

Reflection on one’s own behaviour and practice is an important aspect of lifelong learning. However, such practice and the underlying assumed principles are often hidden from the learner’s vision, and are therefore difficult to evaluate. Social interactions with others stimulate the learner to re-asses and reflect on the nature of the learner’s own behaviour and practice, such as in professiona...

Technological innovations have had a profound influence on how we study the sensory perception in humans and other animals. One example was the introduction of affordable computers, which radically changed the nature of visual experiments. It is clear that vision research is now at cusp of a similar shift, this time driven by the use of commercially available, low-cost, high-fidelity virtual re...