Henny Admoni

Associate Professor, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

Title:

Understanding People for Better Human-Robot Interaction

Abstract:

Intelligent robotics promises to improve our lives by helping us with varied activities such as driving or eating a meal. Such collaborative human-robot tasks inherently involve bidirectional interactions, in which humans and robots both try to interpret and respond to their partner’s actions. However, as AI-based systems become more complex, their decision making becomes simultaneously more useful and harder to understand. In this talk, I will present several examples from my lab’s research on how people interpret the behavior of robots, and how robots can interpret the behavior of people. I’ll describe how we can use cognitive science concepts like theory of mind to improve the communication and explainability of AI systems, making them more useful for people.

Andrew Hennigan

Lecturer, Speaker Coach, Writer, Impact Hub Stockholm

Title:

Channel Your Inner Storyteller: How to use narrative structures to make presentations effective.

Abstract:

People are "essentially storytelling animals" argued the philosopher Alasdair Macintyre. We can leverage this fundamental role that narratives play in our brains to craft impactful and memorable speeches, lectures and presentations. In this lecture speaking expert Andrew Hennigan explains why stories are so important for us and introduces a toolbox of easy-to-apply narrative techniques borrowed from Hollywood screenwriters that anyone can use to make their content more compelling.

Hannes Eder Öhrström (KTH Innovation), Anna Norelius (KTH Holding), 

Maria Karlsson (Bright Materia), 

Frank Jiang (KTH, FleetMQ)

Title:

A Discussion and Testimonial on Start-Up Funding in Sweden

Abstract:

The speakers will discuss and promote some start-up funding opportunities in Sweden (namely, the Wallenberg Launchpad); additionally, Maria and Frank will discuss their experience in successfully launching a start-up.