Multimedia Authoring II
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The lecturers are:
Dr. Zhisheng Huang
Email: huang@cs.vu.nl
Dr. Anton Eliens
Email: eliens@cs.vu.nl
The teaching assistants:
Winoe Bhikharie
Email: s.v.bhikharie@student.vu.nl
Erik Kruithof
Email: e.j.kruithof@student.vu.nl
DLP developer:
Cees Visser (DLP technical support)
Email: ctv@cs.vu.nl
Objectives
By the end of the course students will have been introduced to the ideas of intelligent multimedia technology, and will have a working knowledge of distributed logic programming language (DLP), especially a knowledge on the development and implementation of intelligent avatars for virtual environments.
Prerequisites
Essential: Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML).
Approach
The main focus will be on the practical work of the students. They will have to make a number of assignments and give a presentation after the course.
Course structure
1 Introduction -- principles and applications of distributed logic programming language for virtual environments. Concepts: avatar, intelligent avatar, agent, web agent, logic programming, distributed logic programming
2 DLP for virtual environments I-- VRML EAI, DLP and its EAI libraries.
3 DLP for virtual environments II --
multiple thread controls, cognitive models of intelligent avatars.
4. Avatar Design and Control -- H-anim specification for a standard humanoid,
Using DLP to control the gestures of avatars, STEP: a scripting language for embodied agents.
5. Virtual communities -- VRML-based virtual communities,
DLP for virtual communities.
Syllabus
Zhisheng Huang, Anton Eliens, and Cees Visser, Distributed Logic Programming for Virtual Environments, Vrije University Amsterdam, 2004.
Registered Students (voorjaar 2006)
| Assistance by Winoe Bhikharie | ||
| Agustin, Anthony | a.s.agustin@student.vu.nl | |
| Bestebreurtje, Tom | t.bestebreurtje@student.vu.nl | (Group 1) |
| Boer, WW | w.w.denboer@student.vu.nl | (Group 2) |
| Broekhof, Wouter | w.broekhof@student.vu.nl | (Group 7) |
| Burger, T.V. | tvburger@cs.vu.nl | (Group 1) |
| Chou, H | h.chou@student.vu.nl | |
| Dang, TNN | t.n.n.dang@student.vu.nl | |
| Elk, VE | v.e.vanelk@student.vu.nl | |
| van der Ende, A.E. | arjen.vanderende@gmail.com | (Group 5) |
| Hoeksema, Jesper | j.e.hoeksema@student.vu.nl | (Group 3) |
| Assistance by Erik Kruithof | ||
| H.F. Daha | hfdaha@few.vu.nl | |
| Moel, NGM | n.g.m.demoel@student.vu.nl | (Group 4) |
| Stomp, Steve | s.r.stomp@student.vu.nl | (Group 8) |
| Ullersma, Leendert | l.p.ullersma@student.vu.nl | (Group 5) |
| Vijlbrief, NC | nc.vijlbrief@student.vu.nl | (group 3) |
| Visser, EFP | e.f.p.visser@student.vu.nl | (Group 4) |
| Weel, Berend | b.p.m.weel@student.vu.nl | (Group 3) |
| Yin, S. | s.yin@student.vu.nl | (Group 7) |
| Wouters, Sjaak | s.wouters@student.vu.nl | (Group 2) |
| Zulkarnain,D. | d.zulkarnain@student.vu.nl | (Group 8) |
| Bouterse, MC | m.c.bouterse@student.vu.nl | (Group 6) |