Mira Kwak's Slide - Nigeria ICT Fest 2015

Becoming a Leading Countryby and in ICT

Mira KwakArt Chaosmos

Nigeria ICT Fest 20155th December 2015

Lagos, Nigeria

Art Chaosmos is ……

We must

• Get ready to evolve

• Forget the idea that human is special

• Embrace the new human

• Alter ego, identity experiments on metaverse

• Creativity, emotion, consciousness of artificial intelligence

• ICT trends and policies

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Why I came here


Impression of Nigeria

EGPP(Ewha Global Partnership Program)A scholarship program for female students from developing countries who demonstrate high potential

EGEP(Ewha Global Empowerment Program)


Internet PopulationThe third billion in 2014(Around 40% of the world population)

http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/


“ICT Facts and Figures – The world in 2015”, ITU-D

MDGs 2000-2015: ICT revolution and remaining gaps

“Connect The Other Billions with The First Billions”

― Prof. Kilnam Chon at SDF2014


Fast growing country in terms of ICT


Nigeria e-ID

“Nigeria's president has formally launched a national electronic identity card, which all Nigerians will have to have by 2019 if they want to vote.e-ID scheme would be the primary database for all government departments.”

28 August 2014, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28970411

A person's photograph, name, age, unique ID number, 10 fingerprints and an iris

Integrated government databases for driving licences, voter registration, health insurance, taxes and pensions.

http://newsroom.mastercard.com/press-releases/mastercard-branded-national-eid-card-launched-nigeria/


• The Internet communities of the emerging economies focus on the ICT by optimizing on their environments

• Internet Summit Africa, AfNOG, AfriNIC

Africa-Asia Collaboration


• Efficiently exploit the natural resources

• Turn the diversity, the largeness of the

population and the history to advantages

• Solve the problems

• Exhibit the success stories

Future Leading Country, Nigeria


Better ICT Infrastructure


• Grow faster than developed countries

• Can avoid trial and error

• Can achieve technological and industrial upgrading

• Can redesign current technologiesand solve current ICT problems

Advantages to Latecomers


So is Korea an ICT Powerhouse?


Digital Media Everywhere

All are Connected


• Passive and active digital footprints

• Target marketing

• Social genome

All are Recorded


• Digital media everywhere

New digital pollution

• All are connected

Distraction, isolation, digital divide

• All are recorded

Privacy, security problem

Problems


Hell-Chosun

Rescue Hell-Chosunby IT!!

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Big Data for Problem Solving


• National security

• Political corruption

• Economy

• Environment

Problems to Solve


“Technological evolution to resolve social issues”, NEC


“Technological evolution to resolve social issues”, NEC


• Judge without bias

• Analyze every scenario

• Analyze every possibility

Human can’t but AI can


• New insights

and previously not realized know-hows

• New businesses

and new governmental services

• Solutions for global problems from

the solutions for local/domestic problems

Using Big Data


“IBM Brings Watson to Africa for Project Lucy Using cognitive systems to tackle a continent’s grand challenges”

http://www.research.ibm.com/labs/africa/project-lucy.shtml

A 10-year, $100 million initiative

Research facilities in Lagos, Nigeria and Nairobi, Kenya


Digital Restoration


• Conservation, restoration

• Architectures, murals, visual patterns,

sculptures, carvings, ……

• Fine blueprints, digital media, virtual

museum, ……

• 3D scanner, 3D modeling, 3D printing

Cultural Heritage and Arts


• Complete copy of the murals in the cave of Altamira

• Experts’ network via social computing

Success Cases

Seokuram by Jikio http://jikio.com/

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Italian architect Andrea Pacciani turned a drawing from mid 17th century into a physical object using 3D technology.

http://www.andreapacciani.com/ushak/articolo-mensieur-porta-gioia/

http://home.ebs.co.kr/wonderful


• It’s not only restoring damaged goods

but also reinforcing the cultural identity

• The impacts

• New possible problems

Things to Consider


New Art and Culture


• Digital cultural content

• Music

• Film

• Festival

• Digital distribution

• Digital rights management

Digital Media


New Media Entertainment

PlayKpop in Jeju island, Korea

3D hologram shows


Immersive and interactive contents


• Collaboration between

culture department and ICT department

• Open data

Government’s Work


Conclusion


• Get connected domestically and

internationally

• Provide solutions for world’s future ICT

• Become a strong and proactive country

• Promote the good image of Nigeria

by emphasizing the strength in culture and art

• Attract visitors


Mira Kwak• [email protected]• [email protected]• http://mirakwak.com/• http://mirakwak.tel/

Art Chaosmos

• http://artchaosmos.com/• http://blog.transpunk.com/

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Mira Kwak's Slide - Nigeria ICT Fest 2015