Karen Spärck Jones Lecture 2017: Creating Robots That Care - Edinburgh scre...
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Description
The University of Edinburgh and BCS Women are delighted to invite you to our Karen Spärck Jones networking event, in which we'll stream the showcase lecture, Creating Robots that Care, and provide opportunity for networking over a glass of wine.
To honour the pioneering work of Karen Spärck Jones the BCS holds a distinguished lecture in her name each year, celebrating a prominent female computing researcher. This is aimed at a wide general audience: we welcome all ages and levels of computing experience. This lecture will be delivered by Dr Maja Matarić and will be streamed live at the University of Edinburgh.
This event is for everyone. You do not need to be associated with the University of Edinburgh, nor a member of BCSWomen, and both men and women will be made very welcome.
Agenda
5:30 - 5:50 pm - Arrival, Networking drinks
5:50 - 6:00 pm - Welcome from the University
6:00 - 7:30pm - Creating Robots that Care Lecture – Dr Maja Matarić
7:30 - 8:30 pm - Networking Drinks
Information about Dr Maja Matarić
This year's lecture concerns socially-assistive robotics, and will be presented by Professor Maja Matarić of the University of Southern California. Socially assistive robotics (SAR) is a new field of intelligent robotics that focuses on developing machines capable of assisting users through social rather than physical interaction. Dr Matarić is the Professor and Chan Soon-Shiong Chair of Computer science, Neuroscience & Pediatrics; Founding Director at the USC's Robotics and Autonomous Systems Center; and Director of the USC's Robotics Research Lab.
Follow this link for more information about Karen Spärck Jones honorary lectures and to sign up for the live London event - http://academy.bcs.org/ksj
