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Dr. Vangelis Lympouridis: Design and prototyping in Whole Body Interaction

Speaker: Dr. Vangelis Lympouridis, USC School of Cinematic Arts

Talk Title: Design and prototyping in Whole Body Interaction

Series: CS Colloquium

Abstract: The increasing interest in Whole Body Interaction (WBI) emerges in parallel with the development of new technologies for motion tracking, such as Microsoft's Kinect and a wide range of miniature inertial sensors, as well as a broader discussion on the design methodologies and the application of interactive systems in various contexts. WBI systems are expected to deliver meaningful digital responses based on the tracking and analysis of human actions. Body controlled applications need to be realized within a multidimensional design space and must operate through a wide spectrum of contexts. Artistic applications require a different design approach and an open ended collaboration schema for their realization. This presentation discusses various approaches and technologies for WBI design and prototyping in artistic, interactive entertainment and health application contexts.

Biography: Dr. Vangelis Lympouridis is a visiting scholar at USC's School of Cinematic Arts and works for the Creative Media & Behavioral Health Center within the Interactive Media Division. He was awarded his PhD on "Design Strategies for Whole Body Interactive Performance Systems" from the University of Edinburgh and holds an MSc in Sound Design from the same university and a BFA(Hons) in Sculpture and Environmental Art from the Glasgow School of Art. He is interested in technologies for body tracking and the design of whole body interactions primarily for music, dance, theater, interactive entertainment and rehabilitation applications. He has published and participated to various conferences such as NIME, SMC, ACM SIGCHI, ACM SIGGRAPH, IEEE VR, The Bodycomputing conference and selected papers and his academic profile can be found at his academia.edu page. Vangelis has presented and exhibited personal and site-specific work during workshops and residencies in the UK, US, Canada, Greece, Portugal and Italy, and was a member of the team representing Greece at the 11th Venice Biennial of Architecture in 2008,with the interactive installation “Athens by Sound”.

A copy of his PhD thesis can be downloaded here.

Host: Gerard Medioni

Location: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - 107

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Assistant to CS chair