Aarhus University X Digital Tech Summit - sessions and speakers
Posted: 19 November 2021
Aarhus University hosts a variety of sessions at the Digital Tech Summit, ranging from Cybersecurity over Extended Reality to Smart Cities
Do not miss out, when leading researchers from Department of Computer Science and the School of Communications and Culture in company with experts from industry will present and discuss the merging of the physical and digital space in public arenas and city spaces, a new digital security infrastructure as well as the opportunities for experiencing completely new virtual worlds.
Session spotlight: Learn how to Build the Foundation for the Future of Cybersecurity
While blockchain is still a relatively new technology we see a new digital security infrastructure being designed with potentially deep impact on our society. It poses huge possibilities for better transparency, but remains a potential challenge to our economic institutions, digital interaction and sharing of information.
In this session, Bas Spitters and Diego Aranha from Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University, Bernardo David from IT University of Copenhagen, and Kurt Nielsen from Partisia Blockchain will introduce the basic building blocks of blockchain technology and explore future applications of Cybersecurity issues based on the newest research within blockchains, Smart Contracts, and related technologies.
Don’t miss out! December 1 in conference room 1 from 14:00-15:15.
• Bas Spitters, associate professor, Department of Computer Science, AU
• Diego Aranha, associate professor, Department of Computer Science, AU
• Bernardo David, associate professor, ITU
• Kurt Nielsen, CEO, Partisia Blockchain.
Session spotlight: The challenges of creating an Extended Reality
With the rise of novel AR/VR/XR technologies, we see new opportunities for experiencing completely new virtual worlds but also the possibility of augmenting the real world with new capabilities. This de-velopment enables exciting new applications in, e.g., industrial design processes, remote collaboration, and psychology. However, there are still important unsolved challenges that underpin designing and creating XR experiences.
Four leading experts from research and industry discussing the latest advances on topics such author-ing, interaction, perception, and participation. The session consists of lightning talks followed by a pan-el discussion, where the experts will do a more philosophical pondering on questions such as: How do we achieve standardization for the XR paradigm? What are the prospects and dangers of altering our reality? Are we going to have a Metaverse, and will smart glasses replace our smartphones?
Join the session, on November 30 in DGI Byen Conference Room “Skt. Hans Torv” from 11:00-12:15.
• Ken Pfeuffer, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University
• Tiare Feuchtner, Assistant Professor, University of Konstanz
• Germán Leiva, Assistant Professor, Digital Design and Information Studies, Aarhus University
• Sune Wolff, CTO, SynergyXR
SESSION FACILITATOR
• Jens Emil Grønbæk, Postdoc, Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University.
