Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2020 2020

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Summary

With the aim of providing a worldwide forum, where the international participants can share their research knowledge and ideas, the 2020 Future Technologies Conference (FTC) was held virtually on 5-6 November 2020. The anarchic spirit and energy of inquiry found in our community always help researchers to produce briliant technological advances which continue to restructure entire computing community. FTC saw participation from such researchers, academics and technologists from leading universities, research firms, government agencies and companies to submit their latest research at the forefront of technology and computing.

Conference Dates: 5-6 November 2020

Venue: Virtual Event

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Keynote Presentations

Bob Sorensen , Hyperion Research

Saiph Savage , West Virginia University

Steven Furnell , University of Nottingham

Post Conference Publications

All FTC 2020 papers were published by Springer. Proceedings have been published in three volumes:

Awards

Best Paper Award
Title: JettSen: A Mobile Sensor Fusion Platform for City Knowledge Abstraction
Authors: Andres Rico, Yasushi Sakai, Kent Larson

Best Student Paper Award
Title: Deception Detection in Videos using Robust Facial Features
Authors: Anastasis Stathopoulos, Ligong Han, Norah Dunbar, Judee K. Burgoon, Dimitris Metaxas

Best Poster Award
Title: LightCloud: Future of Dynamic Lighting in the Shared Space
Authors: Elena C. Kodama, Nan Zhao, Joseph A. Paradiso

Best Presentation Award
Title: EnPower: Haptic Interfaces for Deafblind Individuals to Interact, Communicate, and Entertain
Authors: Nimesha Ranasinghe, Pravar Jain, David Tolley, Barry Chew, Ankit Bansal, Shienny Karwita, Yen Ching-Chiuan, Ellen Yi-Luen Do