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SUMMARY:RSVP PsychEng Seminar by Student\, Tues 2021 Feb 9 : Technology wit
 h a Face: A Future with Social Robots
DESCRIPTION:\nRSVP for PsychEng Seminar by Student: \nTuesday\, February 9\
 , 2021\n12:05pm-1:30pm\n\nTechnology with a Face: A Future with Social Rob
 ots\nShane Saunderson\, MIE PhD Student\n\nAbstract: Robots have already h
 ad a massive impact on our world and\, as we learn to make them more socia
 l\, are poised to evolve our hospitals\, schools\, businesses\, and homes.
  However\, given the potential for these robots to change the very fabric 
 of our society\, interactions\, and even our understanding of ‘self’\,
  we have a responsibility to approach their deployment in a considered and
  collaborative way. This seminar will look backwards at the impact of hist
 orical “social technologies”\, review current research to understand t
 he present implications of social robots\, and speculate on the future of 
 evolving social automation. In doing so\, this seminar will push attendees
  to think about their role in the development and deployment of new techno
 logies to ensure that tomorrow’s tech is aligned with the needs\, desire
 s\, and norms of people\, not dictated by the art of the possible or fetis
 hization of new gadgets. Technology can bring with it great change – goo
 d and bad – and technology with a face\, even more so.\n\nBiography: Sha
 ne Saunderson received a B.Eng. in mechanical engineering from McGill Univ
 ersity in 2005 and a M.B.A. in technology and innovation from Ryerson Univ
 ersity in 2011. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate studying social Human-Ro
 bot Interaction under Prof. Goldie Nejat within the Autonomous Systems and
  Biomechatronics Laboratory (ASBLab) in the Department of Mechanical and I
 ndustrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. Shane holds a Vanier C
 anada Graduate Scholarship and is a Junior Fellow with Massey College. His
  research focuses on psychological influence caused by robots during socia
 l interactions with particular interest in topics such as persuasion\, tru
 st\, and authority.\n\nWhere: Zoom\n\nFor Zoom meeting ID and passcode ple
 ase register using the below form.\n\nYour RSVPs help us better balance at
 tendance and participation between engineers and psychologists. We also fo
 rward what you submit as "expertise area" and "interest in seminar" to the
  speakers\, so that they can better prepare for the expected audience.\n\n
 Contacts: \n\nRSVP-changes: Sarah Halabieh at psycheng@mie.utoronto.ca\n\n
 Academic: Prof. Li Shu at shu@mie.utoronto.ca
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