Research & Publications
Julius Yls’s research traces a two-decade arc across successive waves of media technology. It began in the early 2000s with sensor-driven interactive installations works debuted at platforms such as SIGGRAPH and Transmediale Berlin, and has since moved through virtual-reality exhibitions, blockchain provenance studies, and today’s AI-mediated learning and cultural storytelling. Always practice-led, Julius pairs scholarly inquiry with real-world deployment, testing ideas not only in studios and journals but also in commercial settings where they must prove durable value. The chronological list below maps this continuum, connecting early experiments in embodied media to current investigations of immersive, distributed, and intelligent systems.
Relational AI personas in everyday ubiquity: Embodied & Situated Design Methods for Sustainable, Plural Futures.
UbiComp/ISWC 2025 (ACM) 29th annual International Symposium on Wearable Computers. Aalto University, Espoo, Finland (Oct 2025, forthcoming) [Workshop & Presenter].
Research workshop, Co-authored with Dr. Yeoh K.C.
Navigating the Digital Shift: The Future of Art Markets in the Era of Virtual Events.
9th International Workshop on Researching Art Markets past & present: Tools for the future (RAM-T). School of Culture & Creative Arts, University of Glasgow, UK, 23-24 October 2024.
Exploratory research, Co-authored with Valentino S.
Integrating Krashen’s Theories with Emerging Technologies in ESL Learning: A Pathway to Innovation.
• 6th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Education (WAIE 2024) — Best Presentation Award. Tokyo, Japan, 29-30 September 2024.
• 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education Technology (AIET 2024), University of Barcelona, Spain, 29-31 July 2024.
Exploratory research, Co-authored with Lin V. H.
Hospitality Net’s Definitive Metaverse Glossary
Published by Hospitality Net, Travel Singularity & Polybius, Vol. 1 & 2, 2023.
Content contributor.
Measuring human eye tolerance towards the digital typography sharpness on a high-density pixel computer screen: An indicative study.
2021 International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Knowledge Economy (ICCIKE). Published IEEE Explore. Amity University, Dubai, UAE, 17-18 March 2021.
Published research paper, Co-authored with Dr. M. M. Bishnoi and Dr. A. Singh.
Interesting Moment
Featured as a case study in Objects in Air: Artworks and Their Outside around 1900, by M. I. Christian. University of Chicago Press, 2021. The book was awarded the 2024 Gordon J. Laing Award, the University of Chicago Press’s highest honor.
Photography work.
Norway in The 50mm Frameline
Published in The Quarterly Journal of LHSA International Leica Society USA, Vol. 52, Issue 1, pp. 30–35, 2019.
Photography work.
Dynamic Kaleidoscope of World Languages in Dubai.
21st International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2015). Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, 14-29 August 2015.
Research poster, Co-authored with Hasall P. & Dr. Amin O.
Interactive Glowing Cube, an immerse experience of Emiratis life story written thru Facets Short Story.
20th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2014). Zayed University, Dubai, UAE, 30 October - 8 November 2014.
Interactive installation, Co-authored with Hasall P.
OSMOSIS - Online Collaborative Learning.
4th Computers in Art and Design Education: Crossing the Border (CADE 2001). Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, 9-12 April 2001.
Collaborative project with Yeoh G.H. & Hanh D.
The H.E.A.R.T of Stone.
• 27th SIGGRAPH 2000. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 23-28 July 2000.
• TRANSMEDIALE 2000. Berlin, Germany, 11-20 February 2000.
• First Iteration - A Conference on Generative Systems in the Electronic Arts. Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, December 1999.
Interactive installation, Co-authored with Yeoh G.H.