January is a very busy month so far. We pushed out two FP7 proposals and one Marsden proposal. Lets hope that they will be accepted.
Category: Research
Dutch and Chinese Translation of the Godspeed Questionnaire Series
Thanks to Bram Vanderborght and his team, a Dutch and Chinese translation of the Godspeed Questionnaire Series is now available. With this measurement instrument you can assess the anthropomorphism, animacy, likeability, perceived intelligence, and perceived safety of robots. You can find a detailed description of the instrument in our article.
EURASIAPAC Project
The HIT Lab NZ is participating in the EURASIAPAC Project, funded through the European FP7 framework. Please consider contributing to our research effort by filling in our online questionnaire. We are interested in your experiences and expectations concerning European – Asian collaboration.
Scholarometer
I came across a nice tool to calculate your bibliometric indicators: Scholarometer. They take their data from Google Scholar and add some additional magic. Here are my stats:
Plants vs. Zombies – strategies for a successful research career
Making a career as a researcher in academia is very difficult. I am using the iPhone game Plants versus Zombies as a metaphor to highlight good strategies for wining the game and to succeed in your career. The main conclusions are that time is of the essence, that you must maintain research as your prime objective and that you should use extra help, such as copy editors, to improve your research output.