The MIDI Conference will be held on 12–15 December 2022 as a virtual/remote event.
Keynote Speaker
Leslie Shannon
The Head of Ecosystem and Trend Scouting for Nokia.
A futurist, focuses on identifying tech disruptions and opportunities for Nokia and its customers. Leslie investigates new technology developments in fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Internet of Things, natural language interfaces.
She is passionate about introducing successful new paradigms from Silicon Valley to the telecommunications mindset. Is also highly-regarded analyst and speaker.
Leslie Shannon graduated from the University of Virginia and Yale.
Keynote Speaker
Michał Woźniak
A Professor of computer science at the Department of Systems and Computer Networks, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland.
His research focuses on machine learning, compound classification methods, classifier ensembles, data stream mining, and imbalanced data processing. Prof. Woźniak has been involved in research projects related to the topics mentioned above and has been a consultant for several commercial projects for well-known Polish companies and public administration. He has published over 300 papers and three books. Prof. Woźniak was awarded numerous prestigious awards for his scientific achievements as IBM Smarter Planet Faculty Innovation Award (twice) or IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award, and several best paper awards from prestigious conferences.
MIDI 2022 Conference Schedule (CET timezone)
Day 1 (12 December, 2022)
Stationary event – Polish Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Warsaw
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Registration and coffee |
12:30 – 13:00 | Welcome and guest speeches |
| 13.00 – 13.30 | Keynote address “Lifelong Classifier Learning – Tasks and Challenges” Michał Woźniak Professor of computer science at the Department of Systems and Computer Networks, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland Abstract |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Discussion Panel “Challenges and opportunities in Space Exploration using eXtended Reality” Abstract |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Lunch |
Day 2 (13 December, 2022)
Remote event
| 10:00 – 10:05 | Conference opening |
10:05 – 11:30 | Machine Intelligence – Session 1 Chair Dr. Rafał Jóźwiak National Information Processing Institute |
| Light fixtures position detection using a camera Vojtech Leischner Improved Vehicle Logo Detection and Recognition for Complex Traffic Environments using Deep Learning based Unwarping of Extracted Logo Regions in Varying Angles Zamra Sultan, Muhammad Umar Farooq and Rana Hammad Raza Predicting Music using Machine Learning Aishwarya Asesh A novel process of shoes pairing using computer vision and deep learning methods Marek Kozlowski, Przemyslaw Buczkowski and Piotr Brzezinski Representation of observations in reinforcement learning for playing arcade fighting game Huaiyu Du and Rafał Jóźwiak AI4U: Modular Framework for AI Application Design Kamil Wołoszyn, Krzysztof Turchan, Michał Rąpała and Krzysztof Piotrowski | |
11:30 – 12:00 | Break/MIDItation (10 min Meditation session) |
12:00 – 13:30 | Special Session: Advances in Collaborative Robotics Abstract Chairs Dr. Jakub Możaryn, Dr. Jan Klimaszewski, Dr. Krzysztof Wildner Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland |
| NARX Recurrent Neural Network Model of the Graphene-Based Electronic Skin Sensors with Hysteretic Behaviour Jakub Możaryn Proximity Estimation for Electronic Skin Placed on Collaborative Robot Conductive Case Jan Klimaszewski and Przemysław Białorucki Finite Element Method Based Toolchain for Simulation of Proximity Estimation Using Electronic Skin Anna Ostaszewska-Liżewska and Jan Klimaszewski Collaborative robotics. Safety and ethical considerations Monika Różańska-Walczuk Versatile Robotic Workstation for Electronic Skin – Problems and Solutions Jan Klimaszewski |
Day 3 (14 December, 2022)
Remote event
| 10:00 –10:05 | Conference opening |
10:05 – 11:30 | Digital Interaction – Session 1 Chair Dr. Wiesław Kopeć / Dr. Kinga Skorupska Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Warsaw, Poland |
| | Seeking Emotion Labels for Bodily Reactions: An Experimental Study in Simulated Interviews Debora Souza, Pia Tikka and Ighoyota Ajenaghughrure “NAO says”: Designing and Evaluating Multimodal Playful Interactions with the Humanoid Robot NAO Ilona Buchem, Lukas Brömmling and Niklas Bäcker Representation of Air Pollution in Augmented Reality: Tools for Population-wide Behavioral Change Grzegorz Pochwatko, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski, Wieslaw Kopec, Kinga Skorupska, Rafał Masłyk and Justyna Swidrak Ukrainian version of the copresence scale Lyubov Naydonova, Grzegorz Pochwatko, Mykhaylo Naydonov and Justyna Swidrak Modular Platform for Teaching Robotics Damian Nagajek, Michał Rąpała, Kamil Wołoszyn, Krzysztof Turchan and Krzysztof Piotrowski |
11:30 – 12:00 | Break/MIDItation (10 min Meditation session) |
| 12.00 – 13.30 | Machine Intelligence – Session 2 Chair Dr. Rana Hammad Raza National University of Sciences&Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan |
| | A Competent Deep Learning Model to Detect COVID-19 Using Chest CT Images Somenath Chakraborty and Beddhu Murali AI in prostate MRI analysis: short subjective review of potential, very recent status, urgent challenges and further directions Rafał Jóźwiak, Ihor Mykhalevych, Iryna Gorbenko, Piotr Sobecki, Jakub Mitura, Tomasz Lorenz and Krzysztof Tupikowski Performance of Deep CNN and Radiologists in Prostate Cancer classification: a comparative pilot study Piotr Sobecki, Rafał Jóźwiak and Ihor Mykhalevych Assessing GAN-based generative modeling on skin lesions images Sandra Carrasco Limeros, Sylwia Majchrowska, Mohamad Khir Zoubi, Anna Rosén, Juulia Suvilehto, Lisa Sjöblom and Magnus Kjellberg Prostate cancer detection using Transformer based architecture and radiomic based postprocessing Jakub Mitura, Rafał Jóźwiak, Ihor Mykhalevych, Iryna Gorbenko, Piotr Sobecki, Tomasz Lorenz and Krzysztof Tupikowski Sales Forecasting During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Stock Management Enver Yildirim, Veli Cam, Fatih Balki and Salih Sarp |
Day 4 (15 December, 2022)
Remote event
| 11:30 –11:35 | Conference opening |
11:35 – 13:00 | Digital Interaction – Session 2 Chair Dr. Magdalena Wróbel-Lachowska Lodz University of Technology, Łódź, Poland |
| | A Method for Co-designing Immersive VR Environments with Users Excluded from the Main Technological Discourse Wieslaw Kopec, Anna Jaskulska, Barbara Karpowicz, Grzegorz Pochwatko, Monika Kornacka and Kinga Skorupska Improving usability of requests for consent to use cookies Kristina Lapin and Laima Volungevičiūtė Transdisciplinary approach to virtual narratives – towards reliable measurement Methods Grzegorz Pochwatko, Daniel Cnotkowski, Paweł Kobyliński, Paulina Borkiewicz, Michał Pabiś-Orzeszyna, Mariusz Wierzbowski and Laura Osęka Towards Gestural Interaction with 3D Industrial Measurement Data Using HMD AR Natalia Walczak, Franciszek Sobiech, Aleksandra Buczek, Mathias Jeanty, Kamil Kupiński, Zbigniew Chaniecki, Andrzej Romanowski and Krzysztof Grudzień Polish adaptation of the Cybersickness Susceptibility Questionnaire (CSSQ-PL) Laura Osęka, Grzegorz Pochwatko and Justyna Swidrak |
13:00 – 13:30 | Break/MIDItation (10 min Meditation session) |
| 13.30 – 14.15 | Invited Presentation SoftArchitect – Rafał Sobczak, Grzegorz Kowalski “Research in the age of digital transformation – Research 4.0” Rafał Sobczak and Grzegorz Kowalski from the technology company SoftArchitect will talk about how the world of research is currently changing, what problems researchers have to face and how to ensure a high quality data collection process. |
| 14.30 – 16.00 | Special Session: Interacting with Virtual Reality Applications Abstract Chairs Dr. Jakub Możaryn, Dr. Anna Sibilska-Mroziewicz Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland |
| | VR game for powerlifting training Krzysztof Popielski, Katarzyna Matys-Popielska and Anna Sibilska-Mroziewicz A Case for VR Briefings: Comparing Communication in Daily Audio and VR Mission Control in a Simulated Lunar Mission Kinga Skorupska, Maciej Grzeszczuk, Anna Jaskulska, Monika Kornacka and Wiesław Kopeć Construction and Evaluation of a Laboratory Stand for Testing MV Switchgears Using VR Technology in the Power Industry Tadeusz Daszczyński, Kacper Berdek and Dariusz Naruszewicz Virtual Reality Simulations of the Snake Robot Anna Sibilska-Mroziewicz, Ayesha Hameed, Jakub Możaryn and Andrzej Ordys Prototype of virtual reality game to support post-stroke recovery in patients with spatial neglect syndrome Katarzyna Matys-Popielska, Krzysztof Popielski and Anna Sibilska-Mroziewicz |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Keynote speech “Why and How the Metaverse Will Be Important to You” Leslie Shannon The Head of Ecosystem and Trend Scouting for Nokia Abstract |
| 16.30 | Award ceremony |
