Program Agenda
All times listed in Eastern Time Zone.
TUESDAY, APRIL 19 | |
10:45am - 11:00am
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Welcome / Opening Remarks
Henry Kautz (Division Director, NSF/CISE/IIS) Robert Stone (Division Director, NSF/ENG/CMMI) Erion Plaku (NSF) Juan Wachs (NSF) Moderators: Kostas Bekris (Rutgers University) Marynel Vázquez (Yale University) |
11:00am - 11:45am
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Short Talks Session 1
Moderator: Kostas Bekris, Rutgers University |
11:45am - 12:30pm | POSTER SESSION 1 |
12:30pm - 1:15pm
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Keynote: Designing Robots for Humans
Dr. Holly Yanco (University of Massachussetts Lowell) Moderator: Ian Abraham (Yale University) |
1:15pm - 2:00pm | BREAK |
2:00pm - 3:30pm | Long Talks Session 1 Moderator: Marynel Vázquez (Yale University) |
3:30pm - 4:30pm |
Panel Session 1 - Academia and Industry
Moderator: Abdeslam Boularias (Rutgers University) Panelists: Michael Wolf (Amazon Robotics AI) Jonathan Hurst (Oregon State, Agility Robotics) Aditi Ramachandran (CTO, Van Robotics) George Konidaris (Brown University, Realtime Robotics) Carol Bessel (NSF/TIP/TI) |
4:30pm - 5:15pm | Short Talks Session 2 Moderator: Marynel Vázquez (Yale University) |
5:15pm - 6:00pm | POSTER SESSION 2 |
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 | |
10:45am - 11:00am
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Opening Remarks
Margaret Martonosi (Assistant Director, NSF/CISE) Don Millard, Deputy (Acting Assistant Director, NSF/ENG) Erion Plaku (NSF)
Juan Wachs (NSF) Moderators: Marynel Vázquez (Yale University) Kostas Bekris (Rutgers University)
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11:00am - 11:45am | Short Talks Session 3 Moderator: Kostas Bekris (Rutgers University) |
11:45am - 12:30pm | POSTER SESSION 3 |
12:30pm - 1:15pm | Keynote: Lessons from the Field: Deep Learning and Machine Perception for Field Robots Dr. Matthew Johnson-Roberson (Carnegie Melon University) Moderator: Kostas Bekris (Rutgers University) |
1:15pm - 2:00pm | BREAK |
2:00pm - 3:30pm | Long Talks Session 2 Moderator: Jingjin (JJ) Yu (Rutgers University) |
3:30pm - 4:30pm
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Panel Session 2 - Federal Initiatives in Robotics
Moderator: Marlena Fraune (New Mexico State University) Panelists: Moria Bittmann (Program Director, NIH) Ganesh Bora (National Program Leader, USDA/NIFA) Marc Steinberg (Program Director, Science of Autonomy, ONR) Frank Hearl (Chief of Staff, NIOSH) Erion Plaku (NSF) Juan Wachs (NSF) |
4:30pm - 5:15pm | Short Talks Session 4 Moderator: Marynel Vázquez (Yale University) |
5:15pm - 6:00pm | POSTER SESSION 4 |
THURSDAY, APRIL 21 | |
11:00am - 11:45am | Short Talks Session 5 Moderator: Kostas Bekris (Rutgers University) |
11:45am - 12:30pm | POSTER SESSION 5 |
12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Panel Session 3 - International Perspectives
Moderator: Aaron Dollar (Yale University) Panelists: James Dracott (Head of AI and Robotics, UK Research and Innovation) Kazuyoshi Shimada (Director of Washington, D.C. Office, Japan Science and Technology Agency) Gregory Scott Chirikjian (National University of Singapore) Oliver Brock (Technische Universität Berlin) Gal Kaminka (Bar Ilan University, Israel) Greg Dudek (McGill University, NSERC Canadian Robotics Network, Samsung Electronics) |
1:30pm - 2:15pm | BREAK |
2:15pm - 3:45pm | Long Talks Session 3 Moderator: Tariq Iqbal (University of Virginia) |
3:45pm - 4:30pm |
Short Talks Session 6
Moderator: Marynel Vázquez (Yale University) |
4:30pm - 5:15pm | POSTER SESSION 6 |
5:15pm - 5:30pm |
Closing Remarks:
Marynel Vázquez (Yale University) Kostas Bekris (Rutgers University) Erion Plaku (NSF) Juan Wachs (NSF) |
MEETING ADJOURNED |