The Human-Robot Interaction Winter School

Embodied AI

5 Dec 2022 - 7 Dec 2022

We will provide you with introductions, inspiration, and hands-on work in a varied programme that showcases the interdisciplinarity of our fields.

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5 Dec 2022 - 7 Dec 2022

Gent

Femke De Backere

English

Target audience: PhD students in the domain of embodied AI

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Price: Free for PhD students from Flemish universities

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Topics that will be covered include multi-modal interaction, emotions and social signal processing, NLP in embodied AI, participatory design, ethics, and human-robot interaction in real-world applications. Most importantly: you’ll spend three days in a vibrant group of interesting researchers and experienced mentors - in the beautiful city of Ghent!

Programme

DAY 1

09:00 - Opening Ceremony and Programme Overview
09:10 - Keynote: Prof. Dr. Tony Belpaeme - Human-Robot Interaction as a uniting research endeavour
10:30 - Tutorial: Nils Hagberg - Using the Furhat robot for Natural Language Understanding
13:00 - Keynote: Dr. An Jacobs - How to study future human robot interaction in the wild
14:00 - Keynote: Dr. Zerrin Yumak - Embodied Virtual Agents
15:00 - Keynote: Dr. Katleen Gabriels - On Artificial Moral Agents
17:00 - Visiting the Robot Lab

DAY 2

09:00 - Opening and Overview
09:10 - Keynote: Prof. Dr. Arvid Kappas - The Crux with Emtions: They're a headache, but you can't be happy without them
10:30 - Tutorial: Nikhil Churamani - Facial Affect Recognition
13:00 - Tutorial: Dr. Katie Winkle - Participatory Design
14:30 - Tutorial: Dr. Ruud Hortensius - Quantative Methods
16:00 - Poster Presentation (Group 1)
17:00 - Tutorial: Prof. Dr. Mark Neerincx - Experimental Design
18:30 - Scheduled end of the sessions
19:30 - Dinner: De Abt, Lange Kruisstraat 4, 9000 Gent

DAY 3

09:00 - Opening and Overview
09:10 - Tutorial & Demo: Prof. Dr. Maaike Bleeker - Performing Arts and Robotics
11:00 - Tutorial: Dr. Maartje De Graaf - AI in Society and Robot Rights
13:30 - Keynote: Dr. Oliver Lemon - Conversational HRI - coordinating human-robot teams with Natural Language
14:30 - Tutorial: Dr. Thomas Demeester - Introduction to Natural Language Processing
16:00 - Poster Presentaion (Group 2)
17:00 - Keynote: Thomas Winters - Can computers have a sense of humour?
18:00 - Closing Remarks