PROGRAM OF JSSR2016
Sunday, November 20th 2016 (Venue: F3 Building, UAEU)
| Time | Description | ||
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| 08:00 | Welcome Reception & Registration | ||
| 09:00 | Welcome by UAEU academic authorities and opening remarks by the organizers | ||
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First Thematic Session (9:25-15:10): “Embodied & Enactive Approaches to Robotics” Chair: Max Cappuccio |
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| 9:25 |
Keynote: Giulio Sandini (IIT) Humanizing Robots (and the three laws of robotics) |
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| 10:10 |
Keynote: Daniel Hutto (Wollongong) Knowing Others Though Anticipation and Interaction: Learning the Right Lessons From and For Social Robotics |
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| 10:55 |
Keynote: Angelo Cangelosi (Plymouth) From Babies to Robots: Developmental Robotics for Embodied Language Learning |
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| 11:40 |
First Exhibition and Demonstrations session. Featuring: AIMlab - New York University Abu Dhabi, PAL Robotics, Shadow Robot, UAEU Media Lab, Votek, and others. |
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| 12:20 | Lunch | ||
| 13:20 |
Keynote: Steve Torrance (Sussex) Artificial social agents in a world of conscious beings |
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| 14:05 |
First Roundtable: “Why do robots need a body?” - Chair: Mohamad Eid. With: Max Cappuccio, Angelo Cangelosi, Ron Chrisley, Dan Hutto, Giulio Sandini, Steve Torrance |
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| 14:50 | Coffee Break | ||
| Afternoon session (15:10 - 16:20) - Chair: Mohamad Eid | |||
| 15:10 |
Keynote: Francesco Ferro (Pal Robotics) Making robots social at PAL Robotics |
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| 15:50 |
Presentation: Mohammed Randeree (UAEU) Survey of University Engineering Student’s Opinions on Ethical Issues in Social and Autonomous Robotics |
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| 16:20 | Closing remarks and end of the first day of the symposium | ||