The First International Conference on Culture and Computing
(Culture and Computing 2010): Exhibitions
Computer Games that Teach Intercultural Skills
Exhibitor
W. Lewis Johnson, Alelo Inc.
Content
The focus of this demo is on the role of learning technologies in promoting intercultural competence. I address the problem of intercultural competence by means of computer-based serious games. Videogame technology is used to create virtual worlds populated by non-player characters that speak and understand the target language, and behave in accordance with the norms of the culture. Conversational artificial intelligence technology enables learners to engage in spoken conversations with the non-player characters. This demo shows that videogame technology is useful to support learners and motivate them to broaden and deepen their knowledge of the target culture.
Image Culture which Three-Dimensional Video Develops
Exhibitor
Matsuyama Laboratory, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Content
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Langugae Grid Toolbox: Multilingual Collaboration Tool
Exhibitor
NICT Language Grid Project
Content
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Cultural Computing: ZENetic Computer
Exhibitor
Naoko TOSA, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University
Content
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"Sansui ZEN represented by Computer"
Hitch Haiku: A System for Generating Haiku
Exhibitor
Naoko TOSA, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University
Content
This system interactively aids users in creating haiku, poems with imagery-maximizing mechanisms, the shortest in the world. First, "kire-ji", words that indicate a transition in the poem, and particles are added to the word/phrase input by the user to make a five- or seven-syllable phrase. Second, phrases including terminology related to the user's input are located in a phrase database holding examples of haiku from the Japanese literary four-season calendar, ensuring the cultural validity of the haiku. These phrases are then "hitched" together to generate a haiku. Although this system periodically generates flawed haiku, the ability to generate haiku that support the expansion of users' cultural understanding has been confirmed through assessment experimentation.
I.plot: Hidden Relationships and Contextual Emergence of Language
Exhibitor
Naoko TOSA, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University
Content
The future of narrative in a project that studies the hidden relationships and contextual emergence of language.
"甲骨.PLOT"
Cultural Asset Restoration and Materials
Exhibitor
Content
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Production Equipments and Materials of Kyoto Traditional Paper
Exhibitor
Content
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Kyoto Traditional Arts & Crafts Tapestry Demonstration
Exhibitor
Hon-tudure KATSUYAMA Corporation
Content
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Building Digital Archives of Cultural Asset
Exhibitor
Ryukoku University Digital Archives Research Center
Content
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Tools for Document Oriented Studies, SMART-GS and Picture-Based Search Engine for Japanese Characters
Exhibitor
Susumu HAYASHI, Kyoto University
Kazu NAGAI, kyoto University
Kengo TERASAWA, Future University-Hakodate
Content
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Potentiality of Media Diversity Emerged by Analogy
Exhibitor
ARCS Incorporation
Content
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High Resolution Digital Archive of Pictures on Partitions in Ninomaru Palace of Nijo-jo Castle
Exhibitor
Information Solutions Division, Advanced Scientific Technology and Management Research Institute of KYOTO
Content
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Broadcast of Kyoto Contents by Mobile Technology
Exhibitor
Information Solutions Division, Advanced Scientific Technology and Management Research Institute of KYOTO
Content
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Integration between and Utilization of MANGA Contents and Digital Technology
Exhibitor
Kyoto International MANGA Musuem
Content
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Kyoto Laboratory for Culture and Computing
Exhibitor
Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Advanced Scientific Technology and Management Research Institute of KYOTO
Kyoto Research Park Corp.
Content
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