University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Today we had the privilege to see Hiroshi Ishiguro’s “Robot Drama” in the Yamamoto Nohgakudo in Osaka. This event was part of the HRI2010 conference. The play itself was amazing and the following discussion in the theater between Ishiguro, the actors and the audience was funny and insightful.
In this short presentation I give practical tips for making a career as a researcher in academia and industry. I present sobering facts about the structure of research organizations and highlight important strategies. I gave this presentation at the Young Researchers career panel at the HRI2010 conference in Osaka.
Martin Saerbeck’s PhD thesis “Software Architecture For Social Robots” is now available online. Martin defended his thesis on December 10th, 2009. He did an excellent job at answering all the questions of the committee.
Call for Papers for the 2010 International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2010) Continue reading “CFP: 2010 International Conference on Social Robotics”
We presented our LIVE HISTORY movie on October 28th, 2009 at the New Technology Conference in the ING House. Below you can see some impressions of the building process and the final presentation. We were able to borrow the medieval costumes from the Historisch Openluchtmuseum Eindhoven.
