14:00 - 14:10
Welcome (10 min)
Workshop organizers will provide a summary of the goals and objectives of the workshop.
14:10 - 15:10
Talks from Invited Speakers (60 min)
Madhujit Singh - Founder & CEO of Ananya Women@Work
Yifei (Rena) Zhu - PhD Student at Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Elin Bjorling - Senior Research Scientist at University of Washington
Randi Williams - PhD Candidate at MIT Media Lab
15:10 - 15:40
Invited Speakers Panel Discussion (30 min)
15:40 - 16:10
Coffee Break
16:10 - 16:40
Paper Presentations (30 min)
Uksang Yoo, Nathan Dennler, Sarvesh Patil, Jean Oh and Jeffrey Ichnowski - Inclusion in Assistive Haircare Robotics: Practical and Ethical Considerations in Hair ManipulationÂ
Yanan Long - Phenomenological Insights into the Applicability of Computational Methods for Human Identities
16:40 - 17:00
Small Group Discussions (20 min)
Participants will discuss their current and future research projects as it relates to DEI in HRI. Participants can also workshop their research ideas and get feedback fromÂ
17:00 - 17:50
Town Hall (50 min)
Participants will engage in a whole-group discussion that will bring the community together to talk about how to advance DEI efforts in HRI.
17:50 - 18:00
Wrap-up and Closing Remarks (10 min)
We will close the workshop with some final remarks and discuss passing the mic for future workshops.