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How can we design conversational companion robots using foundation models that meet the expectations of older adults? 👵🤖 Our latest publication in Frontiers in Robotics and AI with Sanna Kuoppamäki and Gabriel Skantze answers that burning question👇 frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #HRI #robots #AI

We're working hard with Remi's team from Hugging Face !

Great fun Games and Gaming Lab WorldCon exhibition with Pepper, letting attendees find out more about the event!

AI researchers just developed a new Listening-While-Speaking Language Model (LSLM) The system can listen and speak simultaneously in real-time and respond to interruptions, a key feature of natural conversations

🙌 To ensure all attendees feel comfortable, our amazing team of student volunteers organized by Andrés Ramírez 🇨🇴 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Amol Deshmukh will be there to support you throughout the conference. Don't hesitate to reach out—they're here to help!

Some IVA attendees have kindly donated their unused Banquet tickets. Thank you for your generosity! Want to donate? Very kind. Please go to the Registration desk at the conference to deposit your ticket OR give it to any Student Volunteer (purple hoodies).

On Friday, in partnership with Social AI Group @ UofGlasgow, we are hosting the 2nd annual Social AI Workshop at the UofGARC. This workshop is a satellite event to both ACII2024 and The IVA Conference. To register and see the final abstract by Jeffrey Girard click the link shorturl.at/XoRQs

ℹ️ Information ℹ️ From 8:30-9:00 there is coffee and pastries in the hotel. So, get your coffee already enjoying the conference atmosphere.

ℹ️ Information ℹ️ We will ask the keynote speakers for their slides and share them with the community.

Don’t miss the banquet tonight with Whisky tasting, delicious food and a great dancing experience. Of course, as it is our tradition, also the Best Paper will be awarded.

Are you an HRI researcher who is about to finish (or recently finished) their PhD? Do you like Sunshine, Mountains, and pushing the envelope on HRI? I'm hiring a PostDoc. More details soon, but the topic is on human-machine dialogue in space exploration contexts. 🚀

Make that four FULL PAPERS submitted, or very close to submission. And now we wait ... Well done to Amol Deshmukh Andrés Ramírez 🇨🇴 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Andrew Blair Shauli Ashkenazi, and big thanks to all of our co-authors.

I am hiring new Ph.D. students to join my lab, Robot Studio ♥ Our research is focused on human-robot interaction and its application to #health and #arts. If you want to work with me, apply to Michigan Robotics. Application deadline: 1 Dec 2024.

Can someone explain to me why I should insist on staying in a country that openly says it doesn't want you here?

On the first day of the #HRI2025 rebuttal period, trying to find inspiration on the Glasgow south-side streets @maryellenfoster.bsky.social The HRI Conference

Pre-release of part 1 of our handbook: from SLAM to Spatial Intelligence. Please provide comments and suggestions to make it better! and a big THANK YOU to our amazing contributors! #spatialAI #robotics #perception #slam #ComputerVision

We're hiring AI Research Interns for Summer 2025! Spend 3 months with us working on AI Agents, LLMs, Reasoning, Planning & more—with a focus on publishing high-quality academic papers. If you have a strong publication record, apply or DM me! #researchpaper #JobOpening #intern