‘Imagining Artificial Life’ at the Being Human Festival, 15 November

This is a wonderful-looking event I'm speaking at with some fascinating people. Organized through the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh, where I am a Fellow this semester. Do come along! Imagining Artificial Life: breaking through the screen Tuesday 15 November, 17:30-18:30 BST at the Traverse Theatre What... Continue Reading →

IASH-SSPS Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh

From September 1 to December 31 I will be Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) School of Social and Political Science (SSPS) Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh for a project on social robots in the Edinburgh area. An office, a stipend, some seminars, and some empirical research. Looking forward to starting... Continue Reading →

Sensorimotor book featured in SLSA and 4S conference collections

The Society for Literature Science and the Arts (SLSA) conference in late September and early October, plus the 4S (Society for the Social Study of Science) conference early October both had virtual book exhibits. University of Minnesota Press featured my upcoming How We Became Sensorimotor book in their collections for the book exhibits. There is... Continue Reading →

‘Designing the Robot Body: Critical Perspectives on Affective Embodied Interaction’ Special Issue

What follows is an announcement that my coeditors and I have had our special issue proposal for the journal Transactions in Human-Robot Interaction accepted by the editors. We have a Call for Papers - do join us! Guest Editors: Mark Paterson (University of Pittsburgh), Guy Hoffman (Cornell University), Caroline Yan Zheng (Royal College of Art) Rationale... Continue Reading →

more than human touch: workshop

material encounters: a workshop on more than human touch This is a British Academy funded Workshop around robotics and care organized by Amelia DeFalco (Medical Humanities, University of Leeds) and Aimee van Wynsberghe (Robot Ethics, Delft University, Foundation for Responsible Robotics). They asked me to speak, and my paper will be “Sensational Interactions with ‘Sociable... Continue Reading →

Affect & Embodiment in Human Robot Interaction

'Affect and Embodiment in HRI' Workshop accepted for 15th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, Cambridge, UK, March 23-26, 2020 Along with Cherie Lacey, Lecturer in Media Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, and Caroline Yan Zheng, PhD candidate & visiting lecturer at Information Experience Design, Royal College of Art, our workshop 'Affect and... Continue Reading →

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