Maria Kyrarini

@Ismini_L Congratulations!!! Well deserved!

I am honored and grateful to receive an 𝗡𝗦𝗙 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥 award “𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦-𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.” 🎉 This project will support our work in the 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡 𝗟𝗮𝗯 toward more reliable, self-improving embodied AI systems. I am deeply thankful to @NSF, my students, whose creativity and hard work inspire me, as well as my collaborators, mentors, and @iSchoolUI colleagues for their support. I am also grateful to my former academic home @VT_CS where this work began to take shape. Excited for the work ahead! Learn more about our lab 👉 plan-lab.github.io #NSFCAREER #NSFfunded #EmbodiedAI #MultimodalAI #ResponsibleAI #iSchoolUI #PLANLab

HUMANOIDS 2026 is approaching! All info here: 2026.ieee-humanoids.org

Check out (HMI^2) lab's work at @SantaClaraUniv in assistive robotics. Their intelligent robot, incorporating Clearpath's Ridgeback, aims to advance personalized assistance while learning from its interactions with the environment: bit.ly/4b0wm6n

If you are interested in learning how robots can learn from unstructured spoken language, come to the LBR session at @HRI_Conference! You can read more here: doi.acm.org/?doi=3568294.3…

Our first amazing Keynote Speaker is starting! Let’s give a warm welcome to the outstading Chieko Asakawa! ✨#hri23

@SantaClaraPower Any update?

We are currently experiencing a power outage in the SE part of the city affecting 2,080 customers. A troubleshooter is responding. We will provide more info when available.

Looking forward to the special issue on Information and Data Quality for Intelligent Systems, bringing AI and information science researchers together to propose data quality solutions and discuss new research directions. Submissions due May'22 #dataquality #dataqualitymanagement

CoRL: 6th Conference on Robot Learning will be in Auckland, New Zealand, 14-18 Dec 2022 (where it'll be summertime ;): @CoRL_Conf Deadline 15 June: We welcome submissions addressing the theory and practice of machine learning for robots and automation. robot-learning.org

If you are looking for academic positions, check this link for resources: w-stem.org/resources. #Academia #JobSearch #womenintech #WomenWhoCode #WomenInSTEM #womeninrobotics #womeninengineering #womeninscience

Hi! This Wed, Oct 27 at 10 am (PDT), I will be giving a mentoring seminar for women in STEM. Please join us (registration is required and it is free): w-stem.org/events #WomenInSTEM #womeninrobotics #womenintech #WomenWhoCode #womenempowerment #womeninengineering

@AthinaTzovara and I are happy to announce our first speaker for the W-STEM mentoring seminars, @StarSanika, product UX designer from Salesforce! Date & Time: September 29, @ 10 AM(PDT)/ 7 PM(CEST) over Zoom. Info: w-stem.org/events. Spread the word! #womeninstem #mentoring

Are you planning to apply for a tenure-track professor position in Robotics? Here is an example of a Research Talk in Robotics and HRI: sites.google.com/view/mariakyra… #research #academia #interview #researchtalk #womenempowerment #womenintech #womeninrobotics

If you plan to apply for a tenure-track position and your background is robotics, please check the following link: sites.google.com/view/mariakyra… #WomenInSTEM #Robotics #academia #jobsearch #WomenInRobotics