Wednesday
Jan262011
Andrew Blake, Microsoft Research, LWF Talk, London 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 3:51PM Learning with Kinect & the future of human-computer interfaces
Professor Andrew Blake is head of Microsoft Research UK and leader of the team that built the machine learning software for the Kinect visual and gesture recognition system, recently released for the Xbox gaming platform. In this talk Andrew discussed the implication of this technology as it affects other forms of everyday interaction between humans and machines. Andrew calls for greater connection between education and the digital technology industries to develop the talent needed to compete in this fast growing sector.
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Reader Comments (1)
Andrew makes an interesting, topical and salient point after picking up David Braben's earlier call to action in regards to how computing and ICT is taught in schools.
Towards the end of his talk he points out that "ICT is about consuming computing, Computer Science is about providing and innovating in computing - they are not the same things".
I agree with this distinction and it explains a lot about the way computing and ICT is taught in schools. That this statement comes from a senior person within Microsoft is extremely refreshing.