last update: April 9, 2007
Thanks for all of your supports.
All videos have been uploaded on YouTube.
(Link to the Nightmarket 2006 Talk series)
Please check Daniel Chen's blog for related news. http://danielnmc.blogspot.com/2006/06/nightmarket-2006-fin.html
We're looking forward to seeing you in Nightmarket 2007.
Jackie Lee
Nightmarket 2006 Organizer
< Nightmarket 2006 MIT Media Lab team interviews on Intelligent Time, July, 2006> Link to Intelligent Time, PDF 11 pages (including Jackie, Francis, Edward, Chaochi, and Wu-Hsi)
< ITRI Special Report on Nightmarket 2006>
Workshop on Interaction Design, Augmented Reality, and Telecommunication in Taipei, Taiwan
June 16(Fri.), 17(Sat.), 18(Sun.)
Nightmarket 2006
Host by
MIT Media Laboratory
National Taiwan Museum of Fine
Arts
ITRI Creativity
Laboratory
Co-Host by
NEXT
Consortium
NTU Ubicomp Laboratory
NCKU Information
Architecture Laboratory
Center for Art and Technology,
Taipei National University of the Arts
Institute
for Information Industry
Sponsored by
Council
for Culture Affairs, Taiwan
Ministry of Economic Affairs,
R.O.C.
AsusTek Computer Inc.
Intel Taiwan
Bandwave Technology
Introduction: 
Download Nightmarket 2006 Summery
Nightmarket 2006 is a design
and prototyping workshop for creative designers/artists and skilled scientists/practitioners.
Since the successful workshop event- Asia
Reality 2005 workshop in Taichung, we experienced great creativity and energy
of graduate, undergraduate students, and researchers in Taiwan. It made us to
think about how to extend the passion of creating Taiwanese interactive arts
installations. Why not we do it again? We found that providing a resourceful
environment and gathering interdisciplinary people are the keys for a successful
workshop and great inventions.
By bringing top artists/scientists and their perspectives and technologies,
this workshop provides a resourceful environment and gathering inter-disciplinary
people. Nightmarket 2006 also creates a stage where universities, industrial
companies, and art galleries and museums can talk to each other. Nightmarket
2006 benefits students to have an interdisciplinary perspective and skills from
the three-day lecture and workshop.
Nightmarket experience is easy for Taiwanese people to think with. Because it's so close to Taiwanese people's life, it contains great resources for making interesting arts. Nightmarket experience was a hot topic in Asia Reality 2005 workshop. Several striking prototypes came up related to the Nightmarket theme, i.e. Eat-Eat-Eat, Screaming Market, Taiker KTV, and Shadow Talk. Those four prototypes will also be demonstrated in Nightmarket 2006 by their inventors.
Eat-Eat-Eat, Screaming Market, and Taiker KTV will be presented in SIGGRAPH 2006 in Boston on July 30- Aug. 3, 2006.
In Nightmarket 2006, media artists / scientists and several invited guests will gather together for a three-day marathon workshop. Ideas will be quickly prototyped by utilizing powerful prototyping systems we brought. For examples, Jackie Lee and his Attentive Interaction Design Toolkit will emphasize on interpreting human attentive behavors for interactive space design. Jurgen Scheible and his python-driven Nokia phones will make it easy to let data go through your cellphone or any bluetooth devices. Hyemin Chung and her peer-to-peer sensing/transmitting hardware will enable us to design ways of transmitting our feelings to someone far away. Edward Shen and his commonsense-based natural language processing toolkit will make it easier to browse through and to make use of large media corpus. Francis Lam and his sociable virtual community will make ideas and materials easily accessible online. We expect that great ideas will come out and got implemented by our handy software and hardware resources during the workshop.
Blog:
http://nm2006.ixdesignlab.com/
Location:
Taipei, Taiwan
Organization
Co-chairman
Jackie Lee, Ph.D
Candidate
ITRI/NEXT Fellow, MIT Media
Laboratory
jackylee@media.mit.edu
+886 952 992 019
+1 617 253 4564
Wen-Jean Hsueh, Ph.D
Creativity Lab,
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
hsuehwj@itri.org.tw
Prof. Hao-Hua Chu,
Ph.D
Ubicomp Lab,
National Taiwan University
hchu@csie.ntu.edu.tw
+886 2 2362 5336 ext. 518
Prof. Taysheng Jeng,
Ph.D
Information
Architecture Lab, National Cheng Kung University
tsjeng@mail.ncku.edu.tw
+886 6 275 7575 ext. 54158
Project
Manager
Ohno Chih-Wen Hsieh
NCTU
ohno@ixdesignlab.com
Peggy Pei-Yu Chi
NTU
xpeggy@gmail.com
Innovation
and Legal Consultant
Heather
Yi-Hsin Tsai, Lawyer
LLM, Harvard Law School
Agenda
June 10,
2006 (Saturday)
05:00 pm- 7:00pm Pre-workshop and Introduction @ NTU CSIE
building front door.
http://nm2006.ixdesignlab.com/?p=21
Agenda:
1. Introduction of Nightmarket 2006.
2. Seed Technology brief overview: How to grow new arts/technology from the
context of nightmarket.
3. Jackie's Attentive Interaction Design Toolkit.
4. Hyemin's Peer-to-peer sensing and acuating module- Tmote Sky.
5. Francis's db-db.com.
6. Jurgen's Python on Nokia phones and new interactivity.
7. Edward's Storied Navigation.
8. Ohno's handy technologies.
9. Conclusion/Discussion.
--
June
16, 2006 (Friday)
Workshop
08:30 am Registration
09:00 am Nightmarket 2006 Opening
Introduction (by Jackie Lee)
Greetings by VIP guests
Opening
Talks:
Media
Technology in Nightmarket Experience
Jackie Lee,
Ph.D Candidate
MIT Media Laboratory
Creativity
in Nightmarket Experience
(Wen-jean will present this on 6/18 Sunday)
Wen-Jean Hsueh, Ph.D
Creativity Lab,
Industrial Technology Research Institute
Ubiquitous
Computing in Nightmarket Experience
Prof.
Hao-Hua Chu, Ph.D
Ubicomp Lab,
National Taiwan University
Information
Architecture in Nightmarket Experience
Prof.
Taysheng Jeng, Ph.D
Information
Architecture Lab, National Cheng Kung University
Special
Talk:
Rights
between Ideas, Innovation and Industry
Heather Yi-Hsin Tsai, Lawyer
LLM, Harvard Law School
10:00 am- 10:30 am Coffee break
10:30 am- 01:30 pm Talks on Arts, Sciences, and Technology in Nightmarket
Interfacing
Ambiquity in Nightmarket
Michael Lin
MIT Architecture
Connecting
Feelings in Nightmarket (will be presented by Jackie)
Hyemin Chung
MIT
Media Laboratory
Taking
Care in Nightmarket
Fanny
Liao
Domus Academy
Beyond
Communication in Nightmarket
Chaochi
Chang
MIT
Media Laboratory
(20 min coffee break)
Micro-Scale
Repetitions in Nightmarket
Daniel
Chao
MIT
Architecture
Narrating
Experience in Nightmarket
Edward
Shen
MIT
Media Laboratory
Sharing
Surprises in Nightmarket
Jurgen
Sheible
Helsinki
Media
Laboratory
Getting
Familiar in Nightmarket
Francis
Lam
MIT
Media Laboratory
01:30 pm Lunch break
02:30 pm Workshop begins
07:00 pm Reception
Live Demos
Eat-Eat-Eat
Wingly
Shih, Yu-Chun Oreo Huang
Screaming
Market
Bowbow Yang-Ting Shen, Kristy Liao, Yu-Dang Chen
Taiker
KTV
Daniel Ding-Han Chen, Ian Jang, Sottie Huang
Bubbles
Justin Lee
--
June
17, 2006 (Saturday)
Workshop
09:00 am Keynote speech
Innovation through Design and Prototyping
Prof. Ted Selker, Ph.D
MIT Media Laboratory
10:00 am Prototyping
12:30 pm Lunch break
01:30 pm Reports and critics
03:00 pm Prototyping
07:00 pm Dinner
--
June 18,
2006 (Sunday)
Presentation
02:00
pm Workshop summery
Overall
Introdution by Jackie Lee
Student group presentation
03:00 pm Artists/Scientists Summery
Jackie
Lee
Michael Lin
Fanny
Liao
Edward Shen
Jurgen Sheible
Francis Lam
Chaochi Chang
Daniel Chao
Wu-Shi Li
04:00
pm Live Demos + Discussion
06:00
pm Closing reception
Closing
comments by Jackie Lee +
VIPs
Wen-Jean
Hsueh, ITRI Creativity Lab
Prof. Hao-Hua
Chu, NTU
Prof. Taysheng Jeng, NCKU
--
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Ted
Selker Ph.D., MIT Media Laboratory
selker@media.mit.edu, http://www.media.mit.edu/~selker
He is an Associate Professor at the MIT Media Laboratory and the Director of
the Context-Aware Computing Group. Context aware computing strives to create
a world in which people's desires and intentions cause computers to help them.
The lab is recognized for its work in creating environments that use sensors
and artificial intelligence to create so-called virtual sensors; adaptive models
of users to create keyboardless computer scenarios. Ted is also Director of
Counter Intelligence, a forum discussing kitchens and domestic technology, lifestyles
and supply changes as a result of technology. Ted is creating the Industrial
Design Intelligence forum to discuss the need to understand cognitive science
and quantitative experiments in doing product design. Additionally, in March
2004, Ted was named co-Director of the MIT/Caltech Voting Project. He was the
inventor of IBM
Trackpoint device. He received Top 50 Scientific American Award in 2005.
--
Media Artists/Scientists.
N1. Street Arts, Games, and
Food in Nightmarket
Capturing
Joyfulness, Connecting Feelings, Interfacing Ambiguity
Attentive
Interaction Design Toolkit
Sensors and peer-to-peer RF communication (Tmote)
Jackie
Lee
Context-Aware Computing Group, MIT Media Laboratory
jackylee@media.mit.edu , http://www.media.mit.edu/~jackylee
Jackie Lee is a ITRI/NEXT Fellow at MIT Media Laboratory. He interested
in augmenting everyday objects and interactive arts. He was born in Taipei near
the one of the famous nightmarket in Taiwan- Tong-Hua Nightmarket. He studied
Architecture at National Cheng Kung University for his Bachelor and Master degree.
His invention- Lover's
Cups were reported on major scientific and design publications, such as
Discovery
Channel , National Geographic (to appear),
New
Scientists, and CHI
2006. His latest invention- HiTV project
(with Hyemin and Chaochi) will be presented in SIGGRAPH
2006. He is currently a Ph.D researcher at MIT
Media Laboratory.
Hyemin
Chung (She won't
be able to come. Jackie will be her representative.)
Electronic Publishing Group, MIT Media Laboratory
ence@media.mit.edu , http://www.media.mit.edu/~ence
Hyemin is a Human-Computer Interaction researcher in the Electronic Publishing
Group at MIT Media Laboratory. She co-invents the Lover's
Cups (with Jackie) and HiTV
(with Chaochi and Jackie). She is currently working on the GlobalMind,
the largest multilingual commonsense project. She is also interested in designing
sensor networks. Before coming to MIT, she studied computer science and engineering
in Seoul National University in Korea. She worked as a researcher at ICU Digital
Media Lab, Korea.
Michael
Chia-Liang Lin
MIT Architecture
mcllin@mit.edu
Michael is a master candidate at MIT Architecture. He had two-year experience
for doing food business in one of the most famous night-marketplace in Tang-shiu.
He loves to think about design in various ways and resolves their ambiquity
logically. He will bring his both Architecture perspectives and nightmarket
experience to enrich this workshop.
N1 Workshop Assistants:
Bowbow Shen, bowbowshen@hotmail.com
Daniel Chen, daniel@arch.nctu.edu.tw
Kenghao Chang, khchang@csie.org
--
N2. Cyber-Nightmarket
Getting Familiar,
Micro-Scale Repetitions
Sociable virtual community
Francis
Lam
Sociable Media Group, MIT Media Laboratory
francis@media.mit.edu
, http://db-db.com/portfolio/
Francis is a pixel-art and web artist
interested in the aesthetics and social patterns of online spaces. Prior to
coming to the MIT Media Lab he got a BS in computer science from the Chinese
University of Hong Kong and a BA in design from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Alongside of his study, he has developed interests in various art and design
domains. In 2000, he created an online design playground (http://db-db.com)
as an outlet for his creative talent, and a platform to connect like-minded
individuals. His work has been featured in various publications and exhibited
worldwide including, Hong Kong, Japan, Austria and USA.
Daniel
Yi-Hsiang Chao
MIT Architecture
yihsiang@mit.edu
Daniel is interested in cultural patchworks which can be treated as alternative
strategies to architecture and urban design. To him, architecture includes not
only functional buildings fixed on the ground but also art forms penetrate the
urban spaces. He believes in multidisciplinary practice, operating in the space
between architecture, art, and landscape. Recently, He is doing research on
architectural scale issues.
N2 Workshop Assistants:
dab, dab_ko@hotmail.com
Justin Lee, Justin_Lee@asus.com.tw
--
N3. Mobility in Nightmarket
Sharing Surprises, Beyond Communication,
Taking Care
Python
on Nokia S60 Cellphone (Nokia 6600, 6630, 6670, 7610, 6681, N70, N90)
Speech and communication Interfaces
Jurgen
Scheible
Media Laboratory, University
of Arts and Design Helsinki, Finland
jscheib@uiah.fi , http://www.mobilenin.com/
Jurgen Scheible is a researcher, engineer, programmer, project manager,
music and video artist. He has extensive knowledge on mobile technology and
learning. Currently he runs the "Mobile
Hub" which is a prototype development unit at the Media Lab of the
University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland. There he focuses on Mobile
applications and Cross Media applications including Mobile Gaming, Mobile Media,
Mobile Messaging, Bluetooth Hotspots, Ad-hoc Networks, Location Based services,
Mobile Learning and iTV. He also develops software tools and user interfaces
for group audience participation to interact with rich media and games on large
screens.
Chaochi
Chang
Speech
Interface Group, MIT Media Laboratory
ccchang@media.mit.edu
Chaochi is a master candidate in the Speech Interface Group at MIT Media Laboratory.
He loves creating new interfaces for people to communicate with each other and
machines more efficiently and joyfully. He is currently working on "Monkey
Business" project- a novel interface for implicit group communication.
His HiTV project
(co-invented with Hyemin and Jackie) will be presented in SIGGRAPH 2006. Besides
new communication interfaces, Chaochi is also interested in wireless/mobile
technologies and services ranging from securities research of Wi-Fi to location
based game platform on mobile devices.
Fanny
Ying-Yi Liao
M.D.& MA., Italy Milan Domus Academy + UK Wales University Arts & Design
fannny92@gmail.com
Fanny was a medical doctor before she decided to become a designer. She studied
arts and design at Domus Academy in Italy and Wales Univ. in UK. She did various
projects in interior / industrial / fashion / branding design. She won the first
place of 2003 Milan Ermengildo Zegna Design Award. Fanny will contribute her
knowledge about people with considerate thoughts on design. <Fanny's
latest news>
N3 Workshop Assistants:
Chao-Wei Pan, r94922141@ntu.edu.tw
Tsung-Hsiang Chang, vgod@csie.ntu.edu.tw
David Chawei Hsu, chawei.hsu@gmail.com
--
N4. Stories in Nightmarket
Narrating Experience
Commonsense computing and storytelling (Python
Quickstart Guide)
Edward
Shen
Software Agent Group, MIT Media Laboratory
edward@media.mit.edu , http://www.media.mit.edu/~edward
Edward is a ITRI/NEXT Fellow at MIT Media Laboratory. He is an Artificial
Intelligence researcher with great interests in media and storytelling. He is
currently working on a natural language interface for collection-based story
navigation at the MIT Media Laboratory. His other projects include a fashion
recommendation system ("What am I gonna wear?") and the GlobalMind
project. The art work, "Your
Memory, Connected" (collaborated with James
Teng), has also been selected into SIGGRAPH
2006 Art Gallery.
Wu-Hsi
Li
NTU (to appear at MIT Media Laboratory)
ppjoey@gmail.com , http://www2.ee.ntu.edu.tw/~b87020/
Wu-Hsi Li is an incoming researcher at MIT Media Laboratory. He received M.S.
and B.S. in Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University.
Currently, He is a research assistant in Professor Lin-Shan Lee's Speech Processing
Laboratory. He is experienced in programming and solving problems with the assistance
of computer. But in fact, He is an artistic person. Sometimes, He is almost
a paranoid in pursuing perfection. He has played the piano for more than 20
years, and he enjoys creating Latte Art in a cappuccino at home.
N4 Workshop Assistants:
Ting-Hsiang Huang, kghost@gmail.com
Peggy Chi, xpeggy@gmail.com
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Registered participants.