Harold Soh
Harold Soh is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the National University of Singapore, where he leads the Collaborative Learning and Adaptive Robots (CLeAR) lab. He completed his Ph.D. at Imperial College London, focusing on online learning for assistive robots. Harold’s research interests are in artificial intelligence — particularly generative modeling and decision-making — for trustworthy collaborative robots. His contributions have been recognized with a R:SS Early Career Spotlight in 2023, best paper awards at IROS’21 and T-AFFC’21, and several nominations (R:SS’18, HRI’18, RecSys’18, IROS’12). Harold has undertaken significant roles in the HRI community, most recently as co-Program Chair of ACM/IEEE HRI’24. He currently serves as Senior Associate Editor for the ACM Transactions on Human Robot Interaction, and Associate Editor at the International Journal on Robotics Research (IJRR). He is a Principal Investigator at the Smart Systems Institute and a co-founder of TacnIQ, a startup developing touch-enabled intelligence.
Takahiro Wada
Takahiro Wada is a full professor at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Ikoma, Japan. He received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering, the M.S. degree in information science and systems engineering, and the Ph.D. degree in robotics from Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, in 1994, 1996, and 1999, respectively. In 1999, he became an Assistant Professor with Ritsumeikan University. In 2000, he joined the Department of Intelligent Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Japan, as an Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering. In 2003, he was promoted to Associate Professor. In 2012, he joined the College of Information Science and Engineering with Ritsumeikan University, as a Full Professor. Since 2021, he has been a Full Professor with the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Ikoma, Japan. In 2006 and 2007, he spent half a year with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, as a Visiting Researcher. His research interests include human–machine systems, robotics, and human modeling. He was the recipient of the Best Paper Award from JSAE in 2008 and 2011, Outstanding Oral Presentation from the Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE) in 2010, and other awards. He is a member of RAS, SMC, and ITSS (IEEE), Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ), Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE), and Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE).