‘Human brain can’t boss body around’

He proposed a new kind of interface, ‘NUI: Natural User Interface’, while delivering a keynote address at the 7th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Congress at NIT, Warangal on Thursday. Nian Shing Chen, Professor in Information Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University in Taiwan, during his address spoke about ‘Embodied cognition and gesture based learning’.

He said NUI distinguishes between computational thinking of humans and computer. The machine takes only the input but humans also take the environment into consideration. Based on this there were three types of problem solving: brain dependent, body working with brain and body independent.

‘The research suggests that the body influences the brain and affects our decision making. This phenomenon could be made use to implement embodied learning to improve the education system where body and gestures are involved in the learning process’ he said. IEEE International Congress was inaugurated by Prof R K Shevgaonkar of IIT Bombay.

NIT Warangal Director Prof T Srinivasa Rao, Prof Kinshuk from Athabasca University, Cananda and others were present. The theme of the conference was blending technology with education focusing on the emerging concepts. There were more than 240 delegates registered for the event from across India and abroad.