CIFellow, Alexis E. Block began her CIFellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles in September 2021. Block is mentored by Veronica J. Santos, Director of the UCLA Biomechatronics Laboratory, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the school’s Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Faculty Affairs. Prior to beginning her CIFellowship, she received her Dr. sc. from ETH Zurich where she was a part of a joint program called the Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems. Block recently won the Otto Hahn Medal from Germany’s Max Planck Society for her dissertation work in human-robot interaction and the development of the “HuggieBot” which you can read about here. […]
Computing Community Consortium Blog
The goal of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community to debate longer range, more audacious research challenges; to build consensus around research visions; to evolve the most promising visions toward clearly defined initiatives; and to work with the funding organizations to move challenges and visions toward funding initiatives. The purpose of this blog is to provide a more immediate, online mechanism for dissemination of visioning concepts and community discussion/debate about them.
Posts Tagged ‘CIFelllows’
CIFellow Spotlight: Alexis Block – Mobile Social- Physical Human-Robot Interaction and Embodiment
August 10th, 2022 / in CCC, CIFellows, CIFellows Spotlight, robotics / by Maddy HunterCIFellows Spotlight – Activating Urban Space through Interactive and Augmented Reality Interfaces
June 9th, 2021 / in CCC, CIFellows, CIFellows Spotlight, research horizons / by Maddy HunterMinka Stoyanova began her CIFellowship in January 2021 after receiving her PhD from City University of Hong Kong in October 2019. Stoyanova is at University of Colorado Boulder working with Reece Auguiste, Associate Professor of Media, Communication and Information at UC Boulder. Current Project My current research project is focused on how digital information technologies can be used to create embodied and affective experiences in urban environments. Specifically, the project is aimed at using mobile phone augmented reality technology and digital storytelling methods to situate historic and community narratives within urban environments. Historic material held in museums and archives often becomes detached from the communities and the locations it represents. […]
CIFellows 2021 Webinar Thursday, April 15th, 2:30 PM ET
April 12th, 2021 / in AI, Announcements, CCC, CRA, NSF, policy, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightLast week the Computing Research Association (CRA) and Computing Community Consortium (CCC) announced the Computing Innovation Fellows (CIFellows) Program for 2021. This program recognizes the significant disruption to the academic job search caused by the pandemic and associated economic uncertainty and aims to help ensure continuity of the research pipeline through disruptions related to COVID-19. Awards will support an individual for 2 years as a postdoctoral fellow (“CIFellow”) at a host institution of their choosing. CRA will issue subawards to the Host Institution to cover an annual postdoc salary of $75,000, plus fringe and indirect costs (capped at 35%). CIFellows will have the ability to select a Fall 2021 or […]
