PNV students and staff have been trained to use Mid-air force feedback interface
In June 2018, Passerelles numériques Vietnam and Graphics Miner Lab organised successfully its first workshop about AI (Artificial Intelligence), robotics and simulation. PNV students had a great opportunity to approach new technologies: Mid-air Force Feedback Interface (virtual object simulation) and EduSi (Education Simulation) application.
Graphics Miner Lab
Graphics Miner Lab (GML) is an interactive robot laboratory that brings robotics, computer simulation and machine learning to the users in education, medical training and entertainment. GML was created nearly 2 years ago by Mr. Phuong Hoang and Mr. Duy Vu. They both graduated from Hanoi University of Science and Technology and Mr. Phuong Hoang continued his master degree in computer science in Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in Korea. The workshop was organised on June 27th with 30 PNV Alumni and on June 30th with more than 80 PNV students.
EduSi application
They experienced the very new Learning by Experimenting through EduSi (Education Simulation) application where users can create their own virtual experiments, scenarios or illustrations in physics, biology, chemistry, etc. In addition, users can create their own games or puzzles thanks to the app. Using the app, teachers can also make their presentations in class more intuitive and more interactive. In addition, they are able to share their ideas or animations to millions of users around the world.
Mr. Phuong Hoang introducing EduSi to PNV students
Mr. Duy Vu guiding PNV students on how to create their own experiment on EduSi application
PNV Students presenting their experiment on EduSi application
This is one of the experiment that our students created on EduSi application on their phone: explaining thunder phenomenon and how people should react
One of our alumni, Vo Ma Dien, who organised the workshop for the alumni, is very interested with EduSi application. He said ”this application is very helpful and ideally-suited to teaching IT to students in Vietnam. GML’s works and contribution in education inspired young developer community to create more meaning for the community.”
Mr. VO Ma Dien – PNV Alumni 2017- organizer of the workshop
PNV alumni who participated to the workshop
”For me, this technology is quite new even though I have 2-year working experience as a developer. So, I would really like to be more active in approaching new technologies and taking part in these kinds of workshops. PNV Alumni network should take the lead in organising this kind of workshop for local the IT community. It will also be a great way to reinforce the PNV alumni community”.
Mid-air Force Feedback Interface
In the workshop, students and alumni also experienced computer simulation: Mid-air force feedback interface allows users to touch and interact with virtual floating objects.
PNV staffs experiencing Mid-air force feedback interface
Let’s hear some from Phuong Hoang – founder of GML about his impression of PNV students during his workshop: ”It was a great pleasure to meet PNV students and alumni. They are both curious about new technologies and raise a lot of questions regarding computer simulation topic. I can see maturity of PNV alumni in the way they organised the workshop, which was a success.”
PNV Alumni experiencing Mid-air force feedback interface with instruction of Mr. Phuong Hoang
He also gave programming advice to our students if they want to continue working with this technology, algorithms, physics or probability statistics. He particularly highlighted the importance of English to be able to understand research papers on those subjects.
The GML team is willing to organise more offline and online seminars to support PNV students’ approach to new technologies. In the near future, PNV students might be involve in EduSi application project as Testers or Education volunteers.
Group picture with Graphics Miner Lab team
There will be more workshops and activities bringing new technologies to our students and inspiring their passion in technology in the near future.