Archive for the ‘Event’ Category

Earthquake in Japan

Japan was hit by a big earthquake today. Fortunately, our family in Japan is fine.

PhD defense Zerrin Kasap at MIRALab

Today I had the pleasure of attending Zerrin Kasap’s PhD defense at the MIRALab, University of Geneva. Zerrin did an excellent job and after the ceremony she and Nadia M. Thalmann gave us a lab tour. Zerrin demonstrated an interaction with EVA. The skin of this Hanson Robotics creation is amazing.

CFP: International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR) 2011

Call For Papers November 24-25, 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands http://www.icsr2011.org The International Conference on Social Robotics brings researchers and practitioners together to report on and discuss the state-of-the-art research in the field of social robotics. The conference focuses particularly on social interaction between humans and robots, the integration of robots into our society, and the [...]

EURASIPAC meeting in Wellington

Our workshop in Wellington on February 18th was a full success. The German and Spanish ambassador gave interesting presentations and we even had the time for a little photo session.

Earthquake

Due to the Earthquake I have no access to my office. Work will continue hopefully next week. Me and my family are fine.