Prof. Wong welcomes all participants to AIFT 2019
Prof. Wong announces establishment of Artificial Intelligence on Fashion and Textile Alliance
Over 250 researchers, practitioners and professionals in AI and fashion and textile fields attend AITF 2019
Prof. Calvin Wong, Cheng Yik Hung Professor in Fashion at ITC, chaired the 2nd Artificial Intelligence on Fashion and Textile International Conference (AIFT 2019) at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. AIFT 2019 was jointly organised by ITC, and The 19th International Exhibition on Textile Industry (ShanghaiTex2019) from 25 to 27 November 2019. The co-organisers included the College of Information Sciences and Technology and College of Fashion and Design of Donghua University, and the Engineering Research Centre of Digitalized Textiles and Fashion Technology under the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. The three-day conference explored the integration of fashion and textile supply chains and artificial intelligence (AI) which attracted over 250 researchers, engineers, practitioners and IT professionals from the AI and fashion and textile fields.
The plenary speakers included Prof. Chua Tat-Seng, KITHCT Chair Professor in the School of Computing of the National University of Singapore; Anne Toomey, Head of Textile Programme at the Royal College of Art in London; and Prof. Calvin Wong. They shared their insights and research findings on the application of AI in the fashion business.
AIFT 2019 highlighted AI as an emerging technology and discussed the challenges of using AI in the textile and fashion industries, which would lead the industry to a new phase in manufacturing called “Industry 4.0” and the “new retail era”. The scope of the conference papers included: AI fundamentals, identifying and classifying textile material defects, fabric modeling, identifying fashion key points, retrieving fashion images, 3D modeling of the human body for virtual fitting, and wearable devices.
At the opening ceremony, Prof. Wong also announced the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence on Fashion and Textile Alliance with members from various institutions, research institutes and related industries. The aim of the alliance is to provide a platform that would promote and facilitate AI research and its applications in the fashion and textile industries.
The plenary speakers included Prof. Chua Tat-Seng, KITHCT Chair Professor in the School of Computing of the National University of Singapore; Anne Toomey, Head of Textile Programme at the Royal College of Art in London; and Prof. Calvin Wong. They shared their insights and research findings on the application of AI in the fashion business.
AIFT 2019 highlighted AI as an emerging technology and discussed the challenges of using AI in the textile and fashion industries, which would lead the industry to a new phase in manufacturing called “Industry 4.0” and the “new retail era”. The scope of the conference papers included: AI fundamentals, identifying and classifying textile material defects, fabric modeling, identifying fashion key points, retrieving fashion images, 3D modeling of the human body for virtual fitting, and wearable devices.
At the opening ceremony, Prof. Wong also announced the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence on Fashion and Textile Alliance with members from various institutions, research institutes and related industries. The aim of the alliance is to provide a platform that would promote and facilitate AI research and its applications in the fashion and textile industries.
