2022 IEEE Symposium on Telepresence Videos

09-10 November 2022

Decades after it was first used to control operations in hazardous environments and in space, telerobotics, combined with autonomy, is getting ready to significantly impact our lives in major ways. In 1980, MIT Professor and AI pioneer, Marvin Minsky’s words predicted a revolutionary change: “Telepresence is not science fiction. We could have a remote-controlled economy by the twenty-first century if we start planning right now”. While the progression was slower, several recent events, in particular the global pandemic, provided a boost to the ‘tele’ revolution.

From tele-health to tele-education and teleoperation products and applications that will irreversibly change how we work and live, telepresence will have a major impact on quality of life.

After a successful workshop in 2021, IEEE Future Directions Committee organized a Symposium on Telepresence to facilitate research and developments for 09-10 November 2022.

 

On-Demand Videos

The 2022 IEEE Future Directions Telepresence Symposium sessions were recorded and are now available on-demand. Each session has been divided into separate videos for each speaker. Browse presentation list below and click on session titles to view the videos.

 

Session List

  • D1A1: TeleEducation, (Chair: Carla Ramírez)
    • Carla Ramírez: Introduction to TeleEducation
    • Adrian Adascalitei: Implementation of Blended Teaching and Learning, including Online Laboratories
    • Lorenza Abbate: Telepresence Robots for Educational Settings: a Model to Support Virtual Inclusion
    • Agustín Barrera: Augmented Reality in Education
    • Susana Catalina Peña Parás: Tech Week at Hall Immersive Room
    • Carla Ramírez: Reflections for the Future in Tele-education
  • D1A2: Telepresence Technologies and Applications, (Chairs: Nikhil Deshpande and Gunter Nimeyer)
    • Carlos Vallespi-Gonzalez: The Challenge of Telepresence
    • Jeffrey Delmerico: Spatial Intelligence and the Industrial Metaverse
    • Carolina Cruz-Neira: XR Interfaces for Telepresence
  • D1B1: Ethics, Privacy and Security (Chair: Thomas Sheridan)
    • Peter Hancock: A Conversation on Human Factors
    • Allisa Dalpei: Connecting Sea and Shore: Development of a Teleoperation Framework for Deep Sea Vehicles
    • Woodrow Barfield: Musings on Law and Telepresence
    • Marc Rotenberg: AI/Digital Policy
    • Thomas Sheridan: Telepresence: Actual and Virtual – Are we ready for the metaverse?
  • D1B2: Human Experience and Data Analytics. Entrepreneurship. Societal Impacts (Chair: Adrian Stoica)
    • Jeff Linnell: Formant
    • Yaoping Hu: XR Platform for Interactive Analytics of Complex Data
    • Tom Gedeon: Immersive Teleconferencing via Responsive AI
    • Maria Palombini: Transforming the Telehealth Paradigm: Connectivity, Accessibility, Security, and Privacy for All
    • Tamás Heidegger: Long Distance Tele-surgery: Are We There Yet?
    • Tariq Rahim Soomo: Developing Countries Perspectives
  • D2A: Roadmap towards a Telepresence Society (Chair: Jan van Erp)
  • D2B1: Telehealth and Telemedicine (Chair: Farokh Atashzar)
    • Roozbeh Jafari: Digital Medicine for Cardiovascular Health
    • Paolo Bonato: Using Digital Health Technology to Enable Tele-Rehabilitation Interventions
    • Sujit Dey: Personalized and Precise mHealth Care Using Existing Devices and AI
  • D2B2: ANA Avatar XPRIZE (Chair: David Locke)
    • David Locke: ANA Avatar XPRIZE: Overview & Finals Recap
    • Colin Peartree: Winning Team Technology & Panel
    • Jacki Morie: The Judge Experience Panel

 

Session D1A1: TeleEducation (Chair: Carla Ramírez)

Carla Ramírez: Introduction to TeleEducation

Carla Ramírez, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México, introduces the TeleEducation session.

 

Adrian Adascalitei: Implementation of Blended Teaching and Learning, including Online Laboratories

Adrian Adascalitei, Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi,” Iași, Romania

 

Lorenza Abbate: Telepresence Robots for Educational Settings: a Model to Support Virtual Inclusion

Lorenza Abbate, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

 

Agustín Barrera: Augmented Reality in Education

Agustín Barrera, Grupo Scanda

 

Susana Catalina Peña Parás: Tech Week at Hall Immersive Room

Susana Catalina Peña Parás, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México

 

Antonio Negrete Juárez: Academic Experiences in the Metaverse of the Tec Virtual Campus

Antonio Negrete Juárez, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México

 

Carla Ramírez: Reflections for the Future in Tele-education

Carla Ramírez, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México, wraps up the TeleEducation with an interactive session.

 

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D1A2: Telepresence Technologies and Applications (Chairs: Nikhil Deshpande and Gunter Nimeyer)

Carlos Vallespi-Gonzalez: The Challenge of Telepresence

Carlos Vallespi-Gonzalez, Facebook Reality Labs Research, Meta, USA

 

Jeffrey Delmerico: Spatial Intelligence and the Industrial Metaverse

Jeffrey Delmerico, Microsoft Mixed Reality and AI Lab, Zürich, Switzerland

 

Carolina Cruz-Neira: XR Interfaces for Telepresence

Carolina Cruz-Neira, University of Central Florida

 

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D1B1: Ethics, Privacy and Security (Chair: Thomas Sheridan)

Peter Hancock: Human Factors

Peter Hancock, University of Central Florida, has a conversation with Thomas Sheridan on Human Factors in Telepresence.

 

Allisa Dalpei: Connecting Sea and Shore: Development of a Teleoperation Framework for Deep Sea Vehicles

Allisa Dalpe, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, discusses telepresence in deep sea exploration.

 

Woodrow Barfield: Musings on Law and Telepresence

Woodrow Barfield, University of Washington

 

Marc Rotenberg: AI/Digital Policy

Marc Rotenberg, Georgetown/Center for AI and Digital Policy

 

Thomas Sheridan: Telepresence: Actual and Virtual – Are we ready for the metaverse?

Thomas Sheridan, MIT

 

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D1B2: Human Experience and Data Analytics. Entrepreneurship. Societal Impacts (Chair: Adrian Stoica)

Jeff Linnell: Formant

Jeff Linnell, Formant, USA

 

Yaoping Hu: XR Platform for Interactive Analytics of Complex Data

Yaoping Hu, University of Calgary, Canada

 

Tom Gedeon: Immersive Teleconferencing via Responsive AI

Tom Gedeon, ANU, Australia

 

Maria Palombini: Transforming the Telehealth Paradigm: Connectivity, Accessibility, Security, and Privacy for All

Maria Palombini, IEEE, USA

 

Tamás Heidegger: Long Distance Tele-surgery: Are We There Yet?

Tamás Heidegger, Óbuda University, Hungary

 

Tariq Rahim Soomo: Developing Countries Perspectives

Tariq Rahim Soomo, IEEE Karachi Section, Pakistan

 

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D2B1: Telehealth and Telemedicine (Chair: Farokh Atashzar)

Roozbeh Jafari: Digital Medicine for Cardiovascular Health

Roozbeh Jafari, Texas A&M University, USA

 

Paolo Bonato: Using Digital Health Technology to Enable Tele-Rehabilitation Interventions

Paolo Bonato, Harvard University, USA

 

Sujit Dey: Personalized and Precise mHealth Care Using Existing Devices and AI

Sujit Dey, University of California, San Diego, USA

 

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D2B2: ANA Avatar XPRIZE (Chair: David Locke)

 

David Locke: ANA Avatar XPRIZE: Overview & Finals Recap

David Locke, Senior Program Director, ANA Avatar XPRIZE, provides an overview on the competition and a recap of the finals.

 

Colin Peartree: Winning Team Technology & Panel

Colin Peartree, Team Relations Manager, ANA Avatar XPRIZE, leads a panel of winning team members.

 

Jacki Morie: The Judge Experience Panel

Jacki Morie, Senior Advisor, ANA Avatar XPRIZE, leads a panel of competition judges.

 

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General Chairs: Jan van Erp and Saeid Nahavandi, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Program Chair: Adrian Stoica, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Gunter Niemeyer, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.