THEMATIC SESSION #05
Wearable AI in the emerging future: a multidisciplinary approach
ORGANIZED BY
Gilberto Oliveira Neto
Gilberto Oliveira Neto
SIDIA Institute of Technology
Marcos Silbermann
Marcos Silbermann
SIDIA Institute of Technology
Lucas Castro
Lucas Castro
SIDIA Institute of Technology
Hanah Correa
Hanah Correa
SIDIA Institute of Technology
THEMATIC SESSION DESCRIPTION
The rising adoption of Artificial Intelligence permeates through cultural, technical, ethical, and governance-related dimensions. Nevertheless, when embodying this emerging potential into wearables, making it continuously present, learning through available data and assisting users 24/7. As wearable AI reaches the Market worldwide, multidisciplinary debates are needed to guide this technology's impact in its full scope. This thematic session welcomes themes that explore this multidisciplinary potential, such as AI and institutional responsibility, design logic of circuits, cultural and ethical implications, human-centered development, among other domains. Topics that deepen the ethical-poitical scope by design and/ or by architectural development, are also essential to composse our space.
TOPICS
Methodological, theoretical and applied contributions are welcome, including (but not limited to) the following topics:
- Ethical design applied to wearable AI
- Innovation in UX/ UI
- Accountability, regulations and governance
- XR and heterogeneous computing
- Ethical and cultural considerations
- Qualitative user perceptions
- Public Policies
ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
Gilberto Rufino de Oliveira Neto is currently a Product Manager at SIDIA, a Brazilian Research and Development Institute for innovation and technology. For over 7 years he has been acting in the field of AI products and XR. In the past years some of is work includes papers and posters in resource optimization, human-centered XR usability and even patente submission for improvements towards immersive contente consumption. Gilberto holds a Master of Arts in Intercultural Education from the University of Oulu, Finland.
Marcos Silbermann holds a PhD in Scientific and Technological Policies from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and a master’s degree in Social Anthropology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, both Brazilian institutions. In his research he studied the formation of distinct socio-technical networks, which operate in the production of bodies, meanings and control mechanisms. Its main object of interest is the emergence of social and cultural issues related to technological development. Currently works as a technical expert in the area of Design and User Experience (UX) at the research and development institute Sidia, in the city of Manaus, Amazonas. As a user experience researcher, he has developed a variety of qualitative research processes in Mixed Reality (XR) technologies development projects, as well as collaborating in the structuring of courses and lectures on the subject.
Lucas G. M. Castro holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence from the Federal University of Amazonas, focusing on deep learning and digital image processing. His experience includes intelligent agent systems, including mechanisms inspired by Theory of Mind and memory for coordination and decision-making, and he has worked in NLP, with an interest in text generation and sentiment analysis, as well as applications in visual signal analysis and multimodal scenarios. He currently works as an AI researcher at SIDIA/Samsung, developing solutions and creating AI applications for XR glasses, and is pursuing a PhD at CETELI/UFAM.
Hanah Correa works as a User Experience Researcher at SIDIA, a Research and Development institute located in Manaus, Amazonas. She conducts qualitative research in the field of emerging technologies such as Extended Reality and immersive experiences, as well as the use of AI, which are consolidated into academic productions like papers and posters. She graduated in Graphic Design from Faculdade Martha Falcão and is currently pursuing a postgraduate degree in UX and Digital Product Design at Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais.
