The 16th Hosei University IIST ColloquiumThis colloquium invites Prof. Timothy K. Shih and Prof. Wen-June Wang
from National Central University, Taiwan. Prof. Timothy K. Shih is aDistinguished Professor and the Vice Dean of College of EECS. Prof. WenJune Wang is a Chair Professor of Department of Electrical Engineering andthe Provost (Dean of Academic Affairs). They will give two talks titled“Development of a Guiding Device for the Blind People” and “From Finger
Tracking and Gesture Interpretation to Motion Understanding”.

Date and Time: 13:30-15:30 Nov. 26, 2019㗌㘩: 2019 ⹛ 11 㛯 26 㗌 13:30-15:30

Venue: Multimedia Hall, Hosei University Koganei Campus
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Host: Hosei University IIST: Institute of Integrated Science and Technology
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Lecturer: Wen-June Wang, Chair Professor Provost (Dean of Academic Affairs), National
Central University, Taiwan
Abstract:
We are developing an integrated system to facilitate visually impaired people in daily activities.
The system will ensure that users have both safe outdoor activities and convenient indooractions. Using Deep Learning technologies, our team is designing and implementing a navigation
device, whether it is wearable or carried via a robot, to help visually impaired persons to travelon the road, recognize around environment and communicate with the device. In this talk, a few
important issues will be addressed, which include the implementation of the guiding robot,
visual system for finding obstacles and their distances, navigation assistant, street information
recognition system, natural language dialog, indoor supporting system for dangerous signs. The
talk will include a few video demonstrations to show our implemented system.
Biography:
Wen-June Wang received his Ph.D. degree in the Institute ofElectronics from National Chiao-Tung University of Taiwan in 1987.
Prof. Wang is presently a Chair Professor of Department of ElectricalEngineering and the Provost (Dean of Academic Affairs), National
Central University. He was the Dean of College of ElectricalEngineering and Computer Science, National Central University,Taoyuan City, Taiwan. He was also a Chair Professor and the Dean ofthe Research and Development Office of National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan in
2007~2009. In 2005~2007, he was the Dean of College of Science and Technology, National ChiNan University, Nan-Tou, Taiwan. He was a visiting scholar for one year in the Department ofMechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA in 1994 and a half year at theUniversity of Louisville, Kentucky, USA, from September 2016 to February 2017. Moreover, Prof.
Wang obtained the honor of IEEE Fellow in 2008 and IFSA Fellow in 2016. Prof. Wang has
authored or coauthored over 175 refereed journal papers and 172 conference papers in theareas of fuzzy systems and theorems, robust and nonlinear control in large scale systems, andneural networks etc. His most significant contributions are the design of fuzzy systems and thedevelopment of robotics. His other research interests include the areas of robot control, neuralnetworks, artificial intelligent, and pattern recognition etc.

Title: From Finger Tracking and Gesture Interpretation to Motion
Understanding
Lecturer: Timothy K. Shih, Distinguished Professor, Vice Dean, College of Electronic Engineering& Computer Science Director, Innovative AI Research Center
National Central University, Taiwan
Abstract:
Video sensors are powerful devices which can make Human-Computer Interaction intuitive andefficient. The fundamental techniques include tracking postures and gestures based on RGB andDepth information. With the recent development of Deep Learning models, precise finger
tracking and understanding the meanings of human gestures further make HCI techniques more
powerful. This talk starts from illustrating some basic features of device raw data. Feature
selection and noise removal methods are discussed. A few important Deep Learning modules
are then presented. These models are based on 3D CNN, GRU, and LSTM, with a few newly
proposed methods. The talk demonstrates a few interesting projects such as virtual musicalinstruments, virtual puppet show, gesture for interactive TV, virtual keyboard, and 3D in air handwriting.
Biography:
Timothy K. Shih is a Distinguished Professor and the Vice Dean of Collegeof EECS at the National Central University, Taiwan. He is also the Directorof Innovative AI Research Center. He was the Dean of the College ofComputer Science, Asia University, Taiwan and the Chairman of the CSIE
Department at Tamkang University, Taiwan. Prof. Shih is a Fellow of theInstitution of Engineering and Technology (IET). He was also the founding
Chairman Emeritus of the IET Taipei Local Network. In addition, he is asenior member of ACM and a senior member of IEEE. He was the founder and co-editor-in-chiefof the International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, USA. He is the Associate Editorof IEEE Computing Now. And, he was the associate editors of the IEEE Transactions on LearningTechnologies, the ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, and the IEEE Transactions onMultimedia. Prof. Shih was the Conference Co-Chair of the 2004 IEEE International Conference
on Multimedia and Expo (ICME’2004). Prof. Shih has received research awards from National
Science Council of Taiwan, IIAS research award from Germany, HSSS award from Greece,
Brandon Hall award from USA, and the 2015 Google MOOC Focused Research Award. Professor
Shih was named the 2014 Outstanding Alumnus by Santa Clara University.