Designing Interactions with Robots: Methods and Perspectives

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MARIA LUCE LUPETTIMaria Luce Lupetti is an Assistant Professor in Interaction and Critical Design at the Department of Architecture and Design at Politecnico di Torino (IT). Her research is concerned with all matters of human entanglement with the artificial world especially concerning complex technologies such as AI and robotics. She also serve as Exhibit X section editor for Interactions Mag. She is a former core member of the AiTech Initiative on Meaningful Human Control over AI Systems and of the Automated Mobility Lab at TU Delft where she worked for several years.Maria Luce Lupetti received a PhD cum Laude in Production Management and Design from Politecnico di Torino in Italy for her research through design investigations into the field of educational robotics for children.CRISTINA ZAGADr. ir. Cristina is an assistant professor of Human-Centred Design group and DesignLab at the University of Twente (NL). Cristinas research aims to foster societal transitions towards justice care and solidarity with a focus on future of work and care with robots and AI. They lead the Social Justice and AI networks working towards mitigating the dehumanizing effects of AI and promoting social and environmental justice. Their award-winning work has received many accolades including the NWO Science Price for DEI initiatives (2022) the Dutch High Education Award (2022) and the Google Women Techmaker Award and scholarship (2018). NAZLI CILA Nazli Cila is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Human-Centered Design in Delft University of Technology (NL). Her work seeks to understand how to design symbiotic relationships between humans and AI while preserving individual ethical and societal values such as autonomy enrichment and justice. In addition to investigating design qualities and societal implications of human-AI collaborations she is also fascinated by how designers and design researchers produce knowledge. This occasionally zeroes in on studying the complex landscape of robot design at times expands its focus to embrace design epistemology and methodology at a broader level. She is in the steering committee of the TU Delft AI Labs program and the co-director of the AI DeMoS Lab investigating how to facilitate responsible design and use of AI for a meaningful democratic engagement.SELMA ABANOVISelma abanovi is Professor of Informatics and Cognitive Science at Indiana University Bloomington. She studies social robotics and human-robot interaction with a focus on exploring how robots should be designed to assist people in various use contexts including mental health wellness education and social participation. She works with current and potential robot users of all ages from children to older adults and in various cultures including East Asia Europe and the US. She served as the Editor in Chief of the ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction from 2017-2024 and currently serves as an Associate Vice President of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Educational Activities Board. She received her PhD in Science and Technology Studies in 2007 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.MALTE F. JUNGMalte Jung is an Associate Professor in the Information Science Department at Cornell University and the Nancy H. 62 and Philip M. 62 Young Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow. His research brings together approaches from design and behavioral science to build understanding about how we can build robots that function better in group and team settings. His work has received several awards including an NSF CAREER award. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD Minor in Psychology from Stanford University and a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich. Prior to joining Cornell Malte Jung completed a postdoc at the Center for Work Technology and Organization at Stanford University.