2023 FRR-NRI PrincipaI Investigators' Meeting - Agenda
All times listed in EST.
| Monday, May 1, 2023 | Room Locations | |||
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| 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Early Registration / Check-in & Informal Networking Reception (Light Refreshments) Speakers' Presentation Tech Tests | Regency Ballroom Foyer (Ballroom Level) Regency Ballroom | ||
| Tuesday, May 2, 2023 | ||||
| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast and Registration | Regency Ballroom Foyer (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Welcome and Introductory Remarks Program Chairs: Nora Ayanian (Brown), Dylan Shell (TAMU) NSF Program Directors: Juan Wachs, Jordan Berg | Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Keynote: Holly Yanco (University of Massachusetts Lowell; Computing Community Consortium - CCC) | Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | BREAK | |||
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | PI Long Talks Session 1. Robotics Solutions Through Scalable Synthesis - Lydia Kavraki (Rice University) 2. Robotic Learning with Large Datasets - Sergey Levine (UC Berkeley) 3. Adaptive Actuation and Control for Bioinspired and Biohybrid Robots - Victoria A. Webster-Wood (Carnegie Mellon University) 4. Leveraging Mechanical Instabilities for High-Performance Soft Robots - Jie Yin (North Carolina State University) | Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Increasing Diversity and Participation in Robotics Research Moderator: Speakers: | Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM | LUNCH (General) | Regency Ballroom Foyer (Ballroom Level) | Minute Meetings Networking Lunch (by invitation) | Regency Ballroom |
| 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Sponsor Remarks: Margaret Martonosi (AD/CISE/NSF) | Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | BREAK (Transition to Workshops) | |||
| 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Concurrent Workshops 1. Aspiring Robotics Principal Investigators (Invitation Only) 3. Disability, Accessibility, and Assistive Applications in Robotics Research 4. Learning for Task and Motion Planning 5. “Hacking the Metaphor”: An Approach to Ethical Technology Exploration |
1. Potomac Rooms I & II
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| 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Poster/Demonstration/Networking Reception (odd-numbered posters presented) | Independence A & B (Level E) | ||
| 7:00 PM | DINNER (on your own): Afterwards ad hoc late-night roving | |||
| Wednesday, May 3, 2023 | Room Locations | |||
| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast & Registration | Regency Ballroom Foyer (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Housekeeping Remarks: Program Chairs Nora Ayanian (Brown) and Dylan Shell (TAMU) | Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Sponsor Remarks: Susan Margulies (AD/ENG/NSF) | Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM | Keynote: Brenna D. Argall (Northwestern) Topic: Mobility and Manipulation Independence with Interface-Aware Robotic Intelligence | Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 9:45 AM - 11:30 AM | Poster/Demonstration/Networking Reception (even-numbered posters presented) | Independence A & B (Level E) | ||
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Panel Session: Agency Perspectives (Federal Robotics S&T) Moderators: Holly Yanco (University of Massachusetts Lowell), Jordan Berg (NSF) Panelists: Moria Fisher Bittmann (NIH), Donald Sofge (Navy), Steven Thomson (USDA), Juan Wachs (NSF) | Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | LUNCH Spaghetti-Gumdrop Challenge: Compete to see who can score the highest points with an engineerd structure made of spaghetti and gumdrops. Win prizes with no tangible value and a year's worth of bragging rights! Join this activity to meet others, learn about the structural strengh of spaghetti, bring in your lunch, and have fun! Organizers: Mark Yim and Andrew Bae (University of Pennsylvania) |
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| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Concurrent Workshops 1. Aspiring Robotics Principal Investigators (Invitation Only) 2. "Hacking the Metaphor": An Approach to Ethical Technology Exploration | 1. Potomac Rooms I & II
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| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | NSF Ask me (almost) Anything Session & Concluding Remarks NSF Program Directors: Jordan Berg, Siddiq Qidwai, Pinhas Ben-Tzvi, Juan Wachs, Cang Ye (Moderator) | Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) | ||
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
| PM BREAK - Ice Cream Social | Regency Ballroom Foyer (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Workshop Report Backs (ice cream still being served) | Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Closing Remarks Program Chairs: Nora Ayanian (Brown), Dylan Shell (TAMU) NSF Program Directors: Juan Wachs, Jordan Berg | Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) | ||
| 5:30 PM - Until | Meeting Adjourned and Networking Reception for anyone who wishes to remain | Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) | ||