Speakers and Participants

Dr. Laurel Riek is the David R. Miller Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego, and also has appointments in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Contextual Robotics Institute, and Design Lab. 

Dr. Riek directs the Healthcare Robotics Lab, and leads research in human-robot interaction (HRI), assistive technology, embodied AI, and health informatics. Riek's current research projects have applications in acute care, neuro-rehabilitation, and home health. 

Wendy Ju is an associate professor of information science at Cornell Tech, the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing.

Ju’s work in the areas of human-robot interaction and automated vehicle interfaces highlights the ways that interactive devices can communicate and engage people without interrupting or intruding upon them. Ju has developed numerous methods for early-stage prototyping of automated systems to understand how people will respond to systems before they are built.

Dominic Price is a computer science research fellow at the University of Nottingham. Dominic's expertise lies in research software engineering to support human-computer and human-robot interaction. He has worked across number of Programmes during his years in academic research, including Horizon Digital Economy Research, the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub, the RAi UK and the Somabotics: Creatively Embodying AI Fellowship. Dominic is Lab Manager for the Cobot Maker Space and responsible for day to day running of the state of art robotic facility based at the University of Nottingham.