Speakers - Laboratory Research Workshop 1 - PAR - People - Animals - Robots

  • “PAR Overview,” H.J. Siegel, ISTeC Director
  • “Systems Engineering and Funding Sources for PAR,” Ron Sega, VP for Applied Research for CSURF, Woodward Professorship in Systems Engineering
  • “PAR Competition,” Jerry Potter, Prof. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Prof. Emeritus, Kent State University
  • “PAR Umbrella,” Jerry Potter, ibid.
  • “Gerontechnology: Improving the Lives of Older Adults through Technology,” Manfred Diehl, Prof. Human Development and Family Studies, Center on Aging Director
  • “Understanding ‘Human’ Interaction: Perception, Cognition and the ‘End User’,” Lucy Troup, Prof. Psychology
  • “Robots for Crowd Control,” Tony Maciejewski, Head and Prof. Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • “Robots for Search and Rescue,” Wade Troxell, Prof. Mechanical Engineering, CoE Associate Dean for Research & Economic Development,
  • “Brain Computer Interface,” Chuck Anderson, Prof. Computer Science
  • “Returning Injured Warriors to Productive Living and Learning,” Karen Spencer, Prof. Occupational Therapy
  • “Sensor Networks - An Enabling Technology for PAR Application,” Anura Jayasumana, Prof. Electrical and Computer Engineering/Computer Science
  • “Collaboration and Cognition,” Stephen Hayne, Prof. Computer Information Systems
  • “Sensory Thinking,” Temple Grandin, Prof. Animal Science
  • “Approximate Stochastic Dynamic Programming in PAR Projects,” Edwin Chong, Prof. Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • “Familiarity Detection and Object Recognition in Unstructured Images,” Bruce Draper, Prof. Computer Science
  • “Incentive Issues in Peer-to-Peer Systems and Wireless Networking,” Ricky Kwok, Prof. Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • “Land Mine Detection,” David Born, Prof. Emeritus, Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas
  • “Ad Hoc Wireless Network Carried by PAR,” Rockey Luo, Prof. Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • “Human-Animal Bond in Colorado (HABIC),” Ben Granger, Instructor, Social Work
  • “Robust Resource Allocation,” H.J. Siegel, Prof. Electrical & Computer Engineering/Computer Science