LSR 2018 at University of Montana, USA, is extremely thrilled to announce Keynote Speaker of Matt McMullen, CEO of Realbotix talking about Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Intimacy: A new Alternative form of relationship

LSR 2018 at University of Montana, USA, is extremely thrilled to announce Keynote Speaker of Matt McMullen, CEO of Realbotix talking about Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Intimacy: A new Alternative form of relationship
 
Matt McMullen, CEO of Realbotix, is the artist and design director for the company, and brought the core Realbotix team together. He started Abyss Creations, the manufacturer of Realdoll, out of his garage in 1997. For the past 20 years he has been creating the “The World’s Finest Love Dolls”, as well as undertaking multiple custom projects along the way. McMullen’s dolls have popped up on more than 20 television shows and also co-starred in 10 films. Now, he focuses on integrating cutting edge technology with silicone doll artistry and believes that AI driven robots can become companions and partners to human beings, and can connect with us in ways that are often overlooked when considering these technologies.

Winner of the 2017 Travel Awards sponsored by Multimodal Technologies and Interaction

Dear Colleagues,

 

We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2017 Travel Awards sponsored by Multimodal Technologies and Interaction:

 

Travel Awards was granted to Dr. Kate Cowan, a Research Associate at UCL Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, University College London, UK

 

Dr. Kate Cowan’s current research focuses on children’s playful interactions and the role of new technologies in two contexts.  Introduction of Dr. Kate Cowan

 

The awards consist of 800 Swiss Francs each to attend an academic conference in 2018.

 

Prof. Dr. Adrian David Cheok

Editor-in-Chief

Director of the Imagineering Institute, Iskandar Malaysia and Chair Professor of Pervasive Computing at City, University of London, UK

 

Dr. Cristina Portalés Ricart

Associate Editor

Institute of Robotics and Information and Communication Technologies (IRTIC), Universitat de València