Connectionists: Call for Participation: IEEE RO-MAN workshop on Neuroscience Methods in Human-Robot Interaction

[Burcu Ayşen Ürgen]

Dear colleagues,

Apologies for multiple postings. We look forward to seeing anyone
interested in the interdisciplinary research between cognitive neuroscience
and robotics at our workshop in August this summer in NY. Please see the
workshop info below.

Please spread to colleagues who may be interested.

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IEEE RO-MAN workshop on Neuroscience Methods in Human-Robot Interaction
31st August 2016, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY

Neuroscience methods such as brain imaging are increasingly used to address
research questions in robotics, robot-human communication and interaction.
This workshop will provide an overview of state-of-the-art work at the
intersection of human-robot interaction and human neuroscience, to show how
cross-disciplinary collaboration can be a win-win, and to help increase
communication between researchers from different yet complementary
disciplines, with the hope of catalysing new ideas and collaborations.
Neuroscientists with expertise in several topics of interest for RO-MAN 2016
<http://www.ro-man2016.org/> (e.g., embodiment, empathy, social cognition,
body movements, gestures, facial expressions, anthropomorphism, learning
and imitation, social presence, inference of human states, machine learning
and brain-machine interfaces) will introduce the methods used, and present
empirical and modeling work exemplifying their application to robotics,
highlighting not only how such studies have led to insights on neural
mechanisms of interaction, communication, and collaboration, but also how
the findings inform the design and development of new robots, robot-human
collaborative systems, interaction modalities and interfaces. Robotics and
neuroscience both being active, rapidly developing, and high priority
research areas, and the combination of expertise across disciplines holding
great promise for advances in both theory and applications,
the workshop will serve an important role by bringing together researchers
coming from different backgrounds. Panel session will address challenges
for interdisciplinary and novel research and discuss ideas for increasing
synergy and impact future work.

*Workshop Organizers:*
Burcu A. Urgen, PhD (University of Parma, ITALY)
Ayse P. Saygin, PhD (UC San Diego, USA)
Emily S. Cross, PhD (Bangor University, UK)

*Workshop website:* http://neurorobotics.ucsd.edu/

*Workshop Schedule:*

*Morning Session*

9:15-9:30 - Opening remarks/Introduction: Burcu A. Urgen, PhD

9:30-10:30 – *Keynote:* Ayse P. Saygin, PhD

Talk title: *Human neuroscience and robotics*

10:30-11:00 - Coffee break

11:00-11:45 –  Susanne Quadflieg, PhD (*fMRI Tutorial*)

Talk title: *The role of fMRI in robotics research*

11:45-12:30 –  James Thompson, PhD (*EEG and TMS Tutorial*)

Talk title: *A brief introduction to electroencephalograpy (EEG) and
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) techniques in Human-Robot
Interactions*

12:30-13:30 - Lunch



*Afternoon Session*

13:30-14:30 – *Keynote:* Emily S. Cross, PhD

Talk title: *Robots on the brain: Exploring brain and behavioural
correlates of social perception of artificial agents*

14:30-15:00 – Burcu A. Urgen, PhD

Talk title: *Cognitive neuroscience and artificial agent design: A case
study from Uncanny Valley*

15:00-15:30 – Coffee break

15:30-15:50 – Andersen Man Shun Ang, Yeung Sam Hung

Talk title: *Separable non-negative tensor factorization approach to
feature extraction with application to human-computer interface*

16:00-16:45 – *Panel session:* Interdisciplinary research between HRI and
Cognitive Neuroscience, challenges of interdisciplinary research,
peer-review process and tips about neuroimaging for HRI researchers, future
directions

16:45 – 17:00 – Closing remarks (by the organizers)


*Contact:* Workshop organizers (see emails on the workshop website)


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Burcu Aysen Urgen, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Neuroscience
University of Parma, ITALY
Email: burcu.urgen at gmail.com
Website: http://www.burcuaysenurgen.com
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