Spring Semester 2023
March 27
Prof. Sanja Dogramadzi, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK
Physical Human-Robot Interaction - design and safety aspects for dressing and walk support
April 24
Melanie Samson, Acting CEO at Oazis Accelerator and Venture Builder
Meeting with researchers | Please contact Melanie at melanie@bgu.ac.il to set up a meeting on zoom.
May 29
Prof. Hadas Erel, Head of Social HRI research miLAB - Media Innovation Lab, IDC Herzliya
Dark patterns in human-robot interaction
June 26
Dr. Asaf Degani, Technical Fellow at General Motors R&D
Ethical Considerations for Autonomous Vehicles: A Formal Approach
Fall Semester 2022/2023
October 31
Ittay Mannheim, PhD candidate, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Implications of Ageism on the Use and Design of Digital Technology for Older Person
November 28
Daniel Polyakov, PhD student, Dept of Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Recruiting Neural Field Theory model for a data augmentation in BCI-controlled drone
December 26
Dr. Igal Bilik, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sensing for Autonomous Driving
January 30
Prof. Erez Karpas, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion
Situated Planning
February 27 - cancelled ❌
Prof. Firas Mawase, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion
Spring semester 2022
March 28
Time: 10:10-11:00
Will be given on Zoom
Thinking inside of the box – Exploring Research methods in HRI during a Global Pandemic
Shanee Honig, PhD students in the Department of Industrial Engineering & Management
Abstract
Between Fear and Trust: Factors Influencing Older Adults' Evaluation of Socially Assistive Robots
Oded Zafrani, PhD students in the Department of Industrial Engineering & Management
Abstract
April 25
Seminar time: 10:10 - 11:00
Location: Alon Building 37, Room 202
Adversarial Robotics: From Teamwork to Swarms
Prof. Noa Agmon, Department of Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University
Abstract
May 9
Speaker: Prof. Hod Lipson, Engineering & Data Science Columbia University, New York
Automating discovery: From cognitive robotics to particle physics
Seminar time: 10:10 - 11:00
Location: Alon Building 37, Room 202
Abstract
May 11-12
Creative Collaborations 2: Art, Design and HRI Conference
The conference is a collaborative project between the Department of Arts (Nea Ehrlich), and the Department of Industrial Engineering & Management (Tal Oron-Gilad, Yael Edan) at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and the graduate program in Industrial Design at Bezalel Academy for Arts and Design, Jerusalem.
May 11: 15:00-18:30, W. A. Minkoff Senate Hall Building #71
May 12: 9:30-17:30, National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev Building #41
Registration is mandatory » Full Program
May 16
Speaker: Prof. Susanne Boll, Department of Computing Science, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Humans, vehicles, and AI - tensions and opportunities
Seminar time: 10:10 - 11:00
Location: Alon Building 37, Room 202
Abstract
May 30
Speaker: Prof. Lars Oddson, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota
A Wearable Sensory Prosthesis Improves Balance and Gait Function in Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy
Seminar time: 16:10 - 17:00
Location: Zoom
Abstract
June 27
Speaker 1: Michal Rottem-Hovev, Yazamut 360, BGU
‘THE LAB’ Experience
Speaker 2: Shimon Regev, Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering , BGU
Optimal Solutions with Multi-objective Considerations in a Non-cooperative Multi-agent Environment
Seminar time: 10:10-11:00
Location: Alon Building 37, room 202
Abstracts
Fall semester 2021/22
February 28, 2022
on zoom
The recording of the seminar will be available upon request to ABC researchers and students only
Social Robots in Education: Promoting 21st Century Skills
Dr. Goren Gordon, head of the Curiosity Lab in Tel-Aviv University
Abstract
January 31, 2022
on zoom
The recording of the seminar will be available upon request to ABC researchers and students only
Hyper Redundant articulated robot for NDT of closed complex structures
Shmulik Edelman, PhD student, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Human Preferences for Robot Eye Gaze in Human-to-Robot Handovers
Tair Sela, MSc. student, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management
Abstract
December 27, 2021Upcoming EU Calls
Guest Speaker: David Spivak, Coordinator for Research Funding Opportunities at the Research & Development Authority, BGU
📢 Please note one-time change in location:
Nano Building 51, room 015
Time: 10:10-11:00
Seminar is intended for researchers only
November 29, 2021Development of novel robotic platforms for mechanical stress induction, and their effects on plant morphology, elements, and metabolism
Speaker: Dr. Polina Kurtser, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Mobile Robots and Olfocation (MRO) Lab
at the Centre for Applied Autonomous Sensor Systems, Örebro University, Sweden
Abstract
October 25 , 2021ABC Robotics Scholars Abstract
The roads to walking stability
Yogev Koren, PhD student - Department of Physical Therapy
Judging a socially assistive robot (SAR) by its cover:
The effect of SARs’ visual qualities on users’ perceptions and attitude
Ela Liberman Pincu, PhD student - Department of Industrial Engineering & Management
Fall semester 2017/2018
Spring semester, 2017
29.03.17
Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
Framework for Individualized Dynamical Modeling of Human Motion
24.04.17
Dr. Aleksandar Jevtić
Institute of Industrial Robotics and Informatics, Barcelona, Spain
Robot-Assisted Dressing
29.05.17
Dr. Oren Friefeld
Department of Computer Sciences, BGU
Bayesian Mixture Models: Variants, MCMC Inference, and Applications
19.06.17
Prof. Michael Goodrich
Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University, Utah, USA
Human-Robot Interaction
03.07.17
Dr. Guy Rosman
Post-doctoral Researcher, MIT/CSAIL, Cambridge, MA, USA
Life-Long Adaptive Robotic Perception
Fall semester, 2016/2017
31.10.16
Roy Someshwar Department of Industrial Engineering & Management
Human-Robot Collaboration
28.11.16
Dr. Aharon Bar Hillel Department of Industrial Engineering & Management
Convolutional Table Ensembles – visual classification in the microsecond scale
26.12.16
Prof. Yakir Levin Department of Philosophy
The Classic Model of Human Cognition
30.01.17
Dr. Avinoam Borowsky Department of Industrial Engineering & Management
Human-machine Interaction in Driving Automation
Spring semester, 2016
29.02.2016
Dr. Gábor Kósa, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University
Bio-inspired micro systems, robots and sensing systems
04.04.2016
Ola Ringdahl, Dept. of Computing Science, Umea University, Sweden
A software framework for agricultural robotics using ROS
23.05.2016
Heather Lum, Heather Lum
Human-robot interaction in context: Individual differences in perception and interaction with anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic robots
06.06.2016
Jun Ueda, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Robotic Induction of Neuromodulation in Human Motor System
Zlotowski-ABC seminar:
20.01.2016 - Dr. Armin Biess
Nanoscale quantum magnetic and electric-field sensing of neurons using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond
08.06.2016 - Dr. Jason Friedman, Tel Aviv University
Modeling distributions of arm movements
Fall semester, 2015/2016
26.10.2015
Dr. Ilana Nisky Nisky, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, BGU
Studying Human-Robot Interaction in the Lab and in the Wild to Help Patients
30.11.2015
Prof. Gal Kaminka, Dept. of Computer Science, Bar Ilan University
No robot is an island, no team an archipelago
28.12.2015
Prof. Alon Wolf, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Technion
The Human Machine Merger: Are we headed for the MMATRIX?
25.01.2016
Prof. Amir Degani, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion
Optimal Orchard Architectures for Optimal Robot Manipulators
Spring semester, 2015
23.02.2015
Prof. Yitzhar Or, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion
Dynamics and control of (bio-) robotic locomotion: nonlinear, nonholonomic and hybrid mechanical systems
23.03.2015
Prof. Ehud Sharlin, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Canada
“Counting Electric Sheep” Human-Robot Interaction in a Nutshell
27.04.2015
Dr. Shelly Levy-Tzedek, Dept. of Physical Therapy, BGU
Sensorimotor learning with sensory substitution
25.05.2015
Dr. Oren Shriki, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, BGU
EEG-based brain computer interfaces
29.06.2015
Prof. Juan Wachs, School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
Embodied Interaction in Healthcare-New Opportunities for Old Challenges
27.07.2015
Dr. Hadas Kress-Gazit, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
High-level Verifiable Robotics
Fall semester, 2014-2015
24.11.2014
Guillaume Doisy, Industrial Eng. And Mngmt. BGU
Advanced interfaces and interface design for learning robots
29.12.2014
Dr. Guy Hoffman, IDC
Human-Robot Teamwork: Fluency and Embodiment in AL
19.1.2015
Prof. Vladimir Lumelsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Human-Robot Interaction and Whole-Body Robot Sensing
The 10th Computational Motor Control Conference will host the ABC Robotics Annual Conference
18-20 June, 2014 program | Website
Spring semester, 2013-2014
31.03.2014
Prof. Opher Donchin, Department of Biomedical Engineering , BGU
The cerebellum and hierarchical motor control
28.04.2014
Dr. David Zarrouk, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Miniature Crawling Robots
26.05.2014
Dr. Lior Shmuelof, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
The puzzle of motor learning: bridging the laboratory - real world divide
