On November 1st, 2022, the Digital Arts and Health Workshop for the 21st International Federation for Information Processing — International Conference on Entertainment Computing (IFIP-ICEC 2022) came to an end. The workshop was co-hosted by Prof. Dr. YAO Cheng, Assistant Prof. XUE Mengru, International School of Design, Ningbo Innovation Center, Zhejiang University; Prof. Dr. HU Jun, Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, assisted by Assistant Prof. LYU Hui, HU Yuqi, International School of Design, Ningbo Innovation Center, Zhejiang University. The workshop was hosted simultaneously in Ningbo, China, and Bremen, Germany.

 

As one of the theme workshops for the IFIP-ICEC 2022, it aims at maximizing the potential value of digital arts for global health by addressing the possibilities and challenges presented by these disciplines. And XUE Mengru served as the host of the workshop that day.

 

Prof. Dr. YAO Cheng, Executive dean of International School of Design, Ningbo Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, delivered a speech at the beginning. He pointed out the purpose of this workshop, and welcomed all the attendees.

 

Prof. Dr. Ir. LOE FEIJS, from Eindhoven University of Technology, delivered the keynote speech for this workshop. As a full professor of Embedded Systems, he has extensive industrial experience in telecommunication. The RPA (Relation Partition Algebra) he created, was widely used in organizations such as Philips, VU, Fraunhofer, NASA, and FDA.  In his perspective, “Design is no longer about materials or body ergonomics. Algorithms are our new materials. My task is to mediate between the language of the computer and the language of design.” Starting from Mondrian's paintings, he analyzed the means of generative art, and the applications of generative art in the field of fashion design and biofeedback.

 

Then, the seven authors reported their papers in turn, and the attendees actively joined and raised questions.

 

“I hope in the future, we can have more cooperation opportunities to apply digital art into a wider range of health fields”, Prof. Dr. HU Jun, the chair of the working group “Art and Entertainment” of IFIP, TC14 (Technical Committee on Entertainment Computing), said at last.

Source： https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/t9fAhyg4JBa1VtsjrjgX6g