Dr. Park, Sehyung (Chief of KIST Systems Technology Division) Cyberspace is becoming the mainstream fabric of 21st society. However, cyberspace has been falling short of replacing our physical life style especially lacking in providing tangible interaction with cyberspace. In order for head the 21st information age, cyberspace must be transformed and materialized for tangible interaction. Thereby, a new project called "TSI: Tangible Space Initiative", is launched by KIST Systems Technology Division to overcome this bottleneck of information technology. TSI brings together expertise in intelligent sensing and control, artificial intelligence, human robotics, computer-aided engineering, virtual reality and imaging interactive media. The workshop introduces the TSI to the research community as a whole and brings together diverse opinions about the current and future directions of TSI research field. 1. Session 1 (10:00 - 11:20) - 10:00 - 10:10 Welcome and Introduction to the TSI Workshop: Dr. Park, Sehyung (Chief of KIST Systems Technology Division) - 10:10 - 10:45 "Tangible Interface Technology", Dr. Munsang Kim (Director of KIST Advanced Robotics Research Center) - 10:45 - 11:20 "Conceptual Framework of Tangible Space Initiative and its Application Scenario to Heritage Alive!", Dr. Heedong Ko (Director of KIST Imaging Media Research Center) 2. Session 2 (11:30 - 12:50) - 11:30 - 12:10 "Tangible Agent Technology for Tangible Space Initiative by KIST", Dr. Sang Rok Oh (Director of KIST Intelligent System Control Research Center) - 12:10 - 12:50 *"Human Friendly Interaction in Intelligent Sweet Home", Professor Z. Zenn Bien (Div. of EE, Dept. of EECS, KAIST) 3. Session 3 (15:00 - 16:20) - 15:00 - 15:40 "Emotional Ruins: Communicating Emotions inside a Virtual Environment for Cultural heritage", Carlos Delgado-Mata*, Professor Ruth S. Aylett (CVE, Business House, University of Salford) - 15:40 - 16:20 *"Development of String-based Force Display : SPIDAR", Professor Makoto Sato (Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology) 4. Session 4 (16:30 - 17:30) - Discussion (Closed Session) Sehyung Park is a principal research scientist in KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology). He received a B.S. degree from the Seoul National University in 1977, M.S. degree from Cornell University in 1984, and Ph.D. degree from KAIST(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) in 1992 all in the mechanical engineering area. He joined KIST in 1980, where he spent most of his career as a researcher, a senior researcher and a principal researcher. In 1993, he visited CIMP(Cornell Injection Mold Program) for his post-doctoral study. His current research interest lies in the field of geometric modeling, reverse engineering, NC programming and rapid prototyping. Occupation : Chief, Systems Technology Division, KIST Address : Korea Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Box131, Cheongryang, Seoul, 130-650 Korea Telephone : 82-2-958-5601, 5643 Fax : 82-2-958-5609 e-mail : sehyung@kist.re.kr