With the participation of International experts in AI and Education

As part of the UAEU innovation month program, the College of Information Technology, in cooperation with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, conducted the “Fifth UAE Joint Symposium on Social Robots”. It is attended by a group of researchers and experts in the robotics, artificial intelligence, humanities and health sciences, and education from the United Kingdom and Germany. France, Japan, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Taiwan, and a number of university faculty members and students.

The themes of the fifth UAE joint symposium on social robots included the most important topics related to cognitive neuroscience and social robotics, robots as tools and partners in education, higher education, and research, how to learn from robots at the social level, and the extent to which robots are used in classrooms. A model about this use was presented in the Republic of Germany. The researchers also discussed a number of social theories to know how children think in the mind of the robot based on the mental solutions of the human robot according to the time of "Sayako Ueda".

Dr. Fadi Al Najjar - College of Information Technology explained that "the College of Information Technology and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences presented an innovative and unique initiative full of challenges.  It is represented in writing a book in a period of time not exceeding 5 days entitled "The Guide to Robots in Education" co-authored by a group of UAEU faculty members.  In addition to a group of researchers in the fields of robotics and learning, to be used as a basic reference for school teachers around the world who wish to adopt the use of robotics and artificial intelligence to help teach students in 2020.”

 

Researchers and experts in the artificial intelligence and robotics also discussed the understanding of movement as well as how to learn machine to prevent cheating and future trends in social assistance systems. They also discussed applications of artificial intelligence in education and assessment of courses, presentations on children and design of robots to achieve effective communication in the classrooms.

There are many trends around social robotics, gathering expertise from various scientific and technological fields such as human-machine interaction, software engineering, artificial intelligence, social and cognitive psychology, behavioral and brain sciences, social cognition theory, cognitive philosophy and philosophical psychology. The interdisciplinary symposium also provided the opportunity to bring together world-renowned developers, robotics makers, and sociologists from around the world to discuss the latest in social robotics. This year, it focused on the impact of robots in the education and health sectors in the UAE, in preparation for facing the accelerating challenges of the future, which contributes to the creation of the next generation of social robots. At the same time, the symposium provides an opportunity to study the interactions between smart devices and individuals by studying human social cognition, to come up with results that prove the explanatory and predictive models developed by the social sciences in this vital field of interest to humans.

In addition to the role and impact of robotics in education, tourism and the entertainment industry: it also play role in narrative practices; teaching methodologies; learning through interaction; imagination, creativity and procedural art; skills acquisition and exercise; Machine Learning, Robotics in Healthcare and Assistive Technologies: Robotic Therapy for Mental and Physical Health and Autism; Sensors and diagnostic software. Demotics as a lifestyle.

 

In the socio-ethical aspect of robotics, experts dealt with robot ethics and machine ethics: through algorithmic solutions to ethical dilemmas; agents of autonomy and responsibility; formalization of code of conduct; industry ethical and legal obligations; Public policy, developer self-regulation, good practices, trust, and close relationships with social bots.

Finally, the social impact of robots include: future trends in the labor market and technological unemployment; trust; expertise, automation, public policy and independent agents; artificial intelligence in public administration and e-finance; Robots, smart cities and the Internet of Things.