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The Role of Ecological Sanitation as a Climate Change Solution?Feb 9, 2020?Dr. Rebecca Ryals
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2021/1/29 6:52)
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Call for Applications: Governor General?s Gold Medal?Deadline: February 16, 2021
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2021/1/28 7:47)
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Governor General?s Gold Medal One gold medal is awarded to the student who has achieved the most outstanding academic record as a doctoral student. A second gold medal is awarded to the graduate student who has achieved most outstanding academic record as a Master?s student completing a thesis. Students must have submitted the final copy […]
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CGI 2021
from MIRALab
(2021/1/21 20:04)
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This year again, Computer Graphics International (CGI) 2021 is organized by MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland together with the Computer Graphics Society (CGS) and will be held in Geneva, Switzerland in September 6-10, 2021.
More info at http://www.cgs-network.org/cgi21/
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New publications
from MIRALab
(2021/1/21 20:03)
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Social robots and Digital Humans as Job Interviewers: A study of humans? reactions towards a more natural interaction.
Will be published at Human-Computer Interaction International (HCII) 2022.
Nadine Social Robot – EEG Experiment
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New publications
from MIRALab
(2021/1/21 20:03)
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Will soon appear
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PhD defence of Mr Simon Sénécal
from MIRALab
(2021/1/21 19:49)
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Last June 24th, 2020, Mr Simon Sénécal defended brilliantly via Zoom his PhD thesis on “Learning and Understanding Partner Dance through Motion Analysis in Virtual Environmenty”. His thesis was conducted under the direction of Prof. Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann .
Jury members:
Prof. Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
Prof. Jose Rolim
Prof. Bruno Herbelin
Prof. Andreas Aristidou
Summary:
Partner dance is a physical activity that is social and involves two partners dancing to music. Learning such dance is difficult and presents many challenges, such as finding a partner, learning the right skills, etc. Through the motion analysis of couples as entities with regards to tempos, we aim at developing new ways to understand and characterize partner dance. We are proposing a set of features that can extract high-level information from low-level data, usable enough to help design learning systems.
In the first place, we selected three main dance skills considered important for Sa ...
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Clean Energy Engineering: a holistic perspective for energy-sector leaders
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2021/1/20 5:11)
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As we find ourselves in the midst of the climate crisis ? the drivers of which are linked to other global sustainability crises, including biodiversity loss, pollution and the current pandemic ? there?s an urgent need for transformative change that acknowledges the interconnections between systems. We see this in policy and planning discussions around the […]
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Universal Well-Being Within Planetary Boundaries?Jan 26, 2021?Dr. Julia Steinberger
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2021/1/14 0:55)
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WEBINAR: The Ultimate Engineering Challenge: Universal Well-Being Within Planetary Boundaries Speaker: Dr. Julia Steinberger, University of Leeds When: Tuesday, 26 January 2021 | 12:30 – 1:30 PM Registration: Free, please register here Presented as part of Sustainable, Resilient and Equitable Re-Start, an online, bi-weekly seminar series focused on how we can work towards more sustainable, […]
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Call for Nominations: Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards?Deadline: March 5, 2021
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2021/1/13 6:46)
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Call for Nominations: Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards In recognition of the valuable role that Teaching Assistants play in our undergraduate programs, UBC annually awards sixteen Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards. Each Killam GTA Award includes a Certificate and $1,000.00. These awards seek to recognize teaching excellence within our institution and to underscore the importance […]
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New algorithm can identify cells that humans can?t
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2021/1/12 9:57)
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Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed an algorithm that can accurately identify different types of cells pictured in microscope photos, even when those cells are indistinguishable to the human eye. The advance may help pave the way for new technology ? a so-called ?electronic eye? ? that could help scientists rapidly identify […]
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