2025-05-20 –, Plenary room
In futurist research, we envision new robotic possibilities and think through the consequences of these (im)possible innovations for people and their impact on society. In imagining this future and developing Social AI and Social robotics solutions, we have been imagining what future robotic services may look like, and study the social and societal consequences.
In this presentation Vanessa will discuss projects in which she created social robot technology; explain how they went about designing integrated AI driven robots that were envisioned to operate in everyday environments and how they studied the impact of these controversial technologies on people’s lives.
In addition to her researchwork, Vanessa Evers is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion in technology and academia. In het talk she will also address these topics in technology and academia.
Vanessa Evers is a full professor and Chair of Human Media Interaction at the computer science department of the University of Twente in the Netherlands. She is also founder and scientific director of the DesignLab at the University of Twente.
Vanessa Evers is a visiting professor of Computer Science at Nanyang technological University in Singapore and was the founding Director of the Institute for Science and Technology for Humanity (2019-2022).
She received an M.SC. in Information Systems from the University of Amsterdam, and a Ph. D. in Educational Technology from the Open University, UK.