What’s natural about NUI?

9:30-10:00 - Get-together: coffee & Registration

10:00-10:10 - Welcome and introduction to the workshop, Mr. Zack Weisfeld, Prof. Avi Mendelson, Microsoft R&D Israel

10:10-10:45 - NUI - Where are we, and where might we go?, Mr. Rotem Bennet, Microsoft MSR ATL, iLABS Israel

10:45-11:05 - NUI research related activities in Microsoft research (MSR), Dr. Stewart Tansley, Microsoft Research, Redmond

11:05-11:25 - The tacit factors of naturalness in NUI -Subliminal, emotional and the mirror neuron systems, Prof. Miriam Reiner, Technion

11:25-12:10 - Kinect for Windows - a dive into depth, JP Wollersheim, Kinect for Windows group, Microsoft, Redmond, USA.

12:10-13:00 - Lunch + competitions, 1. best idea/project for Kinect and/or NUI 2. best research proposal

13:00-13:20 - Using brain-computer interfaces to control virtual and robotic surrogate bodies, Dr. Friedman Doron, IDC

13:20-13:40 - NUI for special needs - eyes for the blind, Prof. Amir Amedi, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

13:40-14:00 - Close loop interface for brain rehabilitation, Prof. Matti Mintz, Tel-Aviv University

14:00-14:20 - Kinect for Medical applications, Prof. Assaf Schuster, Technion

14:20-14:40 - Error related EEG potentials in response to interface errors or disturbances, Prof. Miriam Zacksenhouse, Technion

14:40-15:00 - Speech Processing Technologies and NUI, Prof. Ami Moyal, Afeka College

15:00-15:15 - Coffee Break

15:15-16:00 - Natural Interactions: Physically Embodied, Socially Embedded, Prof. W.A. IJsselsteijn, T.U Eindhoven, The Nederland

16:00-16:45 - Panel discussion Moderator - Avi Mendelson, Ilan Spillinger - Microsoft CVP, USA Miriam Reiner - Technion Matti Mintz - Tel-Aviv University Amir Amedi - Hebrew University JP Wollersheim - Kinect for Windows, USA Stewart Tansley - Microsoft Research, USA Giora Yahav - Microsoft, GM IEB, Haifa Arkady Retik - Microsoft Academic Group

16:45-17:00 - Closing remarks Announcement of the winners of the innovation and research contests, Avi Mendelson, Miriam Reiner