Tim Merritt (Postgraduate Research Scholar )

Postgraduate Research Scholar (NGS Scholarship, PhD Student) ACCEPTED / PUBLISHED PAPERS Khoo, E.T., Merritt, T., Cheok, A.D., Designing a Mixed Reality Intergeneration Entertainment System. Springer book chapter: Engineering of Mixed Reality Systems. (to be published). Khoo, E.T., Merritt, T., Cheok, A.D., Designing Physical and Social Intergeneration Family Entertainment. Interacting with Computers. Special Issue: Enactive Interfaces, volume 21, issue 1-2, pages 76-87, January 2009. Merritt, T., Cheok, A.D., 2008. Cute Engineering. In the proceedings of the 2008 Young Investigators’s Forum on Culture Technology (KAIST, Korea August 22-23, 2008). YCT2008, KAIST, Korea 81-87. Khoo, E., Merritt, T., Fei, L.F., Liu, W., Rahaman, H., Prasad, J., Marsh, T. 2008. Body Music: Physical Exploration of Music Theory. In Proceedings of the 2008 ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Videogames (Los Angeles, California, August 10, 2008). Sandbox ’08. ACM, New York, NY, 35-42. Merritt, T., Cheok, A.D., Shared Browser: When the web browser becomes a shared lens. In the forthcoming proceedings of the 2008 4th International Conference on Multimodality (Singapore, July 30, 2008). ICOM-4 2008. A.D. Cheok, R.T.K.C. Tan, T. Merritt, O.N.N. Fernando, Y.P. Sen and D.T.K. Nguyen. 2008. Empathetic Living Media. ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems DIS 2008, February 2008, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 465-473. Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Tim Merritt, and Chenxi Zhang, “Introduction to Kawaii Engineering: Analysis of Cute Interactive Systems,” Proc. of the DIS2008 Workshop on Cute Interactive Media,  Cape Town, South Africa, February 2008 (Online: www.cutemedia.org), pp. 4-6. Adrian David Cheok, Masa Inakage,  Masahiko Inami,  Michiko Ohkura, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, and Tim Merritt, “Designing Cute Interactive Media,” DIS2008: Designing Interactive Systems, Cape Town, South Africa, February 25th, 2008 (Workshop Proposal). Cheok, A. D., Inami, M., Fernando, O. N., Inakage, M., and Merritt, T. R. 2007. Explorations on interactive interfaces using cuteness. In Proceedings of the 2nd international Conference on Digital interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts (Perth, Australia, September 19 – 21, 2007). DIMEA ’07, vol. 274. ACM, New York, NY, 3-3. Khoo, E.T., Merritt, T., Cheok, A.D., Lian, M., and Yeo, K., Age Invaders: User Studies of Intergenerational Computer Entertainment. Entertainment Computing ICEC 2007, 6th International Conference, Shanghai, China, September 15-17, 2007, Springer, Volume  4740, 231-242. Merritt, T., Sullivan, H.T., Hackney, M.T.,  2007. Accessibility Issues in Mobile Spatial Audio Interfaces. In Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Human-Computer interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Singapore, September 9 – 12, 2007). MobileHCI ’07. pp. 37-39. Häkkinen, M.T., Sullivan, H.T., Merritt, T.,  2007. Mobile Interfaces for Preparedness and Warning Information: Design Issues for People with Disabilities  . In Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Human-Computer interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Singapore, September 9 – 12, 2007). Mobile ’07. pp. 21. AWARDS Mindtrek 2008 Nokia Ubimedia Award.  Third Place.  Babbage Cabbage: Empathetic Biological Media 2nd Best Paper – Body Music: Physical Exploration of Music Theory. In Proceedings of the 2008 ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Videogames (Los Angeles, California, August 10, 2008). Sandbox ’08. ACM, New York, NY, 35-42. Best Master’s Thesis 2008 University of Jyväskylä, Department of Humanities.

Yukihiro Morisawa

Accepted/Published papers Book Chapters Adrian David Cheok, Timothy Merritt, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Yukihiro Morisawa, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Isuru Sawbagya Godage, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma,Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Kenning Zhu, Miyuru Dayarathne, Makoto Danjo, Marc Tuters, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Michelle Narangoda, “Cute Interactive System”,  Art and Technology, Springer (Accepted for publication). Journals A Study of Low-Cost Music-Sharing Service in the Asia Region. Bulletin of Saitama Women’s Junior College Bulletin of Universities and Institutes ,2006 / 12 , 151-171 Effects and problems of paid-system for sending information through streaming-media. Bulletin of Saitama Women’s Junior College Bulletin of Universities and Institutes ,2004 / 12 ,53-64 A study of the physically Based simulation Technology in 3DCG. Bulletin of Saitama Women’s Junior College Bulletin of Universities and Institutes ,2002 / 12 ,67-80 A New Generation Business System Using the PDA. Bulletin of Saitama Women’s Junior College Bulletin of Universities and Institutes ,2001 / 12 , 107-116 A study of the Digital Animation Production System in an image Mass-produced Age. Bulletin of Saitama Women’s Junior College Bulletin of Universities and Institutes ,2001 / 12 , 297-311 Conference Papers Adrian David Cheok,Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Yukihiro Morisawa, Kasun Karunanayaka, Makoto Danjo, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Michelle Narangoda, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Miyuru Dayarathna, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, James Keng Soon Teh, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Kris Hoogendoorn, Junsong Hou, WeiWang Thang. Petimo: Children’s companion for safe social networking, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Emerging Technologies, Yokohama,Japan. December 2009 (Accepted for publication). Adrian David Cheok,Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Yukihiro Morisawa, Kasun Karunanayaka, Makoto Danjo, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Michelle Narangoda, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Miyuru Dayarathna, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, James Keng Soon Teh, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Kris Hoogendoorn, Junsong Hou, WeiWang Thang. Petimo: Enhanced tangible social networking companion for children, ACE’09 2009 Poster, Athens, Greece. October 29-31. (Accepted for publication). Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Michelle Narangoda, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, James Keng Soon Teh, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Kasun Karunanayaka, Timothy Merritt, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Yukihiro Morisawa, Miyuru Dayarathna, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Makoto Danjo, Junsong Hou, Wei Wang Thang 2009. Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children.   8th International Conference on Interaction design and children (Como, Italy, June 3 – 5, 2009). IDC ’09. (Accepted for publication). Demos and Exhibitions Petimo: Children’s companion for safe social networking, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Emerging Technologies, Yokohama,Japan. December 2009. Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children at the  8th International Conference on Interaction design and children in Como, Italy, June 3 – 5, 2009. IDC ’09. Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children SFC Open Research Forum 2008, 21 & 22 Nov 2008, Keio University, Japan. Confucius Computer: New Technologies Demo, SIGGRAPH 2008, 11-15 Aug 2008, Los Angeles, USA. Confucius Computer: SFC Open Research Forum 2008, 21 & 22 Nov 2008, Keio University, Japan. Awards prices and nominations Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children short listed at the Como for Children (C4C) Competition at the  8th International Conference on Interaction design and children in Como, Italy, June 3 – 5, 2009. IDC ’09.

Nancy Lan-Lan Ma

Accepted/Published papers Book Chapters Adrian David Cheok, Timothy Merritt, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Yukihiro Morisawa, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Isuru Sawbagya Godage, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma,Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Kenning Zhu, Miyuru Dayarathne, Makoto Danjo, Marc Tuters, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Michelle Narangoda, “Cute Interactive System”,  Art and Technology, Springer (Accepted for publication). Conference Papers Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Michelle Narangoda, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, James Keng Soon Teh, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Kasun Karunanayaka, Timothy Merritt, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Yukihiro Morisawa, Miyuru Dayarathna, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Makoto Danjo, Junsong Hou, Wei Wang Thang 2009. Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children.   8th International Conference on Interaction design and children (Como, Italy, June 3 – 5, 2009). IDC ’09. (Accepted for publication). Demos and Exhibitions Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children at the  8th International Conference on Interaction design and children in Como, Italy, June 3 – 5, 2009. IDC ’09. Awards prices and nominations Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children short listed at the Como for Children (C4C) Competition at the  8th International Conference on Interaction design and children in Como, Italy, June 3 – 5, 2009. IDC ’09.

Miyuru Dayarathna

Conference Papers Adrian David Cheok,Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Yukihiro Morisawa, Kasun Karunanayaka, Makoto Danjo, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Michelle Narangoda, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Miyuru Dayarathna, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, James Keng Soon Teh, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Kris Hoogendoorn, Junsong Hou, WeiWang Thang. Petimo: Children’s companion for safe social networking, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Emerging Technologies, Yokohama,Japan. December 2009. Adrian David Cheok,Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Yukihiro Morisawa, Kasun Karunanayaka, Makoto Danjo, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Michelle Narangoda, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Miyuru Dayarathna, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, James Keng Soon Teh, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Kris Hoogendoorn, Junsong Hou, WeiWang Thang. Petimo: Enhanced tangible social networking companion for children, ACE’09 2009 Poster, Athens, Greece. October 29-31. Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Michelle Narangoda, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, James Keng Soon Teh, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Kasun Karunanayaka, Timothy Merritt, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Yukihiro Morisawa, Miyuru Dayarathna, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Makoto Danjo, Junsong Hou and Wei Wang Thang: Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children, 8th International conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2009, June 3-5, Como, Italy (Accepted for Publication) Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Imiyage Janaka Prasad Wijesena, Adrian David Cheok, Ajith P. Madurapperuma, Lochandaka Ranathunga, Mei Gangwen, Miyuru Dayarathna, Srinivasan Mariappan, and Lee Rui Jie Jerome, Media Me: Body and Personal Media Interaction, ICEC 2007: Proc. of the 6th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, Shanghai, P. R. China, pages 407-410, September 2007.

Makoto Danjo

Accepted/Published papers Book Chapters Adrian David Cheok, Timothy Merritt, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Yukihiro Morisawa, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Isuru Sawbagya Godage, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma,Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Kenning Zhu, Miyuru Dayarathne, Makoto Danjo, Marc Tuters, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Michelle Narangoda, “Cute Interactive System”,  Art and Technology, Springer (Accepted for publication). Conference Papers Adrian David Cheok,Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Yukihiro Morisawa, Kasun Karunanayaka, Makoto Danjo, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Michelle Narangoda, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Miyuru Dayarathna, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, James Keng Soon Teh, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Kris Hoogendoorn, Junsong Hou, WeiWang Thang. Petimo: Children’s companion for safe social networking, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Emerging Technologies, Yokohama,Japan. December 2009. Adrian David Cheok,Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Yukihiro Morisawa, Kasun Karunanayaka, Makoto Danjo, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Michelle Narangoda, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Miyuru Dayarathna, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, James Keng Soon Teh, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Kris Hoogendoorn, Junsong Hou, WeiWang Thang. Petimo: Enhanced tangible social networking companion for children, ACE’09 2009 Poster, Athens, Greece. October 29-31. Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Michelle Narangoda, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, James Keng Soon Teh, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Kasun Karunanayaka, Timothy Merritt, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Yukihiro Morisawa, Miyuru Dayarathna, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Makoto Danjo, Junsong Hou, Wei Wang Thang 2009. Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children.   8th International Conference on Interaction design and children (Como, Italy, June 3 – 5, 2009). IDC ’09. (Accepted for publication). Research Makoto Danjou, Ayako Tateishi, Sayaka Itabashi, Yuko Masunaga, Kaori Koiso, Hiroko Uchiyama, Masahiro Asano, Kazuaki Hirata, Tomohito Nagaoka, Sakuji Yoshimura. Facial reconstruction of Egyptian mummy “Senu”. Boston, The United States, July 2006. SIGGRAPH ’06. Makoto Danjou, Yuko Masunaga, Ayako Tateishi, Hiroko Uchiyama, Hiraku Kasahara, Sakuji Yoshimura, Kazuaki Hirata, Tomohito Nagaoka, Masa Inakage. Photorealistic facial reconstruction of Ramses II for virtual sets. Los Angeles, The United States, August, 2007. SIGGRAPH ’07. Hiroko Uchiyama, Makoto Danjou, Ayako Tateishi, Yuko Masunaga, Masa Inakage. Artistically-based technique for aging of the facial modeling. Perth, Western Australia, September 19th-21st, 2007. DIMEA ’07. Demos and Exhibitions Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children at the  8th International Conference on Interaction design and children in Como, Italy, June 3 – 5, 2009. IDC ’09. Awards prices and nominations Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children short listed at the Como for Children (C4C) Competition at the  8th International Conference on Interaction design and children in Como, Italy, June 3 – 5, 2009. IDC ’09. SEI: Makoto Danjo, Hiroko Uchiyama. Yokohama, Japan, December 3rd-5th, 2008. ACE ’08. Bronze Award in Creative Showcase