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| UMM Informatics Department Lecturer, Agus Eko Minarno, M.Kom. who Designs Batik with AI. (Photo: Istimewah) |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be applied in various sectors. Starting from health, marketplace to daily needs. The University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM) recently designed an AI to develop batik motifs.
Informatics Study Program Lecturer Agus Eko Minarno, M.Kom, developed this innovation. He explained the development and research background, namely because of his interest in batik, since 2012, to be precise. From there, Agus, as he is affectionately called, is consistent in researching batik motifs.
The AI that we are currently developing is expected to be able to provide new motives. Moreover, in the world of batik, there is a term of stagnation. That is, most of the motifs used are still the same. The generative adversarial networks (GANs) technology can develop and even combine existing motifs into new ones.
He further explained that the existing program would later be given input to make the desired motive. For example, if there is an A motif and a B motif, AI will combine and combine them to create a new, attractive batik.
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“With GANs, computers learn to identify existing motives and develop them into new ones. It is also useful as a simulator for designers in combining and combining motifs. Through this technology, in one second, it can produce around 100 new motifs," he explained.
Agus's research has collected data sets that will later be made into books related to batik and its philosophy. Until now, more than 202 batik fabrics have been digitized. In carrying out the research, more than 35 volunteers helped. There was also a collaboration with the Indonesian Batik Lovers Association (PPBI) Sekar Jagad, craftsmen, UMM Informatics Study Program lecturers, and collectors.
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The lecturer continuing his doctoral studies continues that the challenge he faces is collecting data sets. This is because only a few collectors own many classic batiks. So, collaboration with PPBI is an excellent solution to managing various things.
"Hopefully, more batik motifs can be collected so that many batiks can be recognized easily. Even with the development of AI, it can help entrepreneurs and batik designers to create new motifs and increase sales figures," he concluded. (cdr/nov/wil)
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