We Robot 2020 Virtual Edition
Reinvented in the times of COVID-19, We Robot 2020 was held virtually on September 22-25, 2020.
We received a fantastic slate of paper and poster submissions and we remained committed to providing the authors of the submissions with the highest quality feedback, as is quintessential of We Robot conferences. To this end, we decided to deliver the conference asynchronously online, using pre-recorded author/discussant sessions.
The virtual conference consisted of three live events, a poster gallery, and pre-recorded session with live conversation on Twitter and YouTube.
Live Events
Tuesday, 17:00 EST |
We Robot 2020 Virtual Edition Launch EventHosted by Florian Martin-Bariteau, Jason Millar and Katie Szilagyi (We Robot Co-Chairs) |
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Thursday, 20:00 EST |
We Robot 2020 Virtual Happy HourHosted by Ryan Calo and Sue Glueck
Join Ryan Calo and Sue "Robot Cat Lady" Glueck for a We Robot virtual happy hour. Sue and Ryan encourage you to bring your own drink AND an original robot law haiku---five, seven, and five syllables and a Kigo (reference to the seasons). The best haiku will receive a secret prize. |
Friday, 17:00 EST |
We Robot 2020 Virtual Edition Closing EventHosted by Florian Martin-Bariteau, Jason Millar and Katie Szilagyi (We Robot Co-Chairs)
The We Robot Program Committee will announce the winners of the paper and poster awards (including the Ian R. Kerr Robotnik Memorial Award for an Emerging Scholar) along with plans for We Robot 2021 (the 10-year anniversary of We Robot!). |
Connection details were automatically sent to people who had registered for We Robot 2020 in April. Interested participants were added to the list by sending an email to werobot@uottawa.ca. Registration was free.
Poster Gallery
We received a fantastic slate of poster submissions. Successful posters are available on the website:
Discover the We Robot 2020 poster on our virtual gallery!
We announced the We Robot 2020 Poster Award winner during the live event on Friday, September 25 (see details above).
Paper Sessions
Over the summer of 2020, we worked with authors and discussants to record virtual We Robot paper sessions and panels. Thanks to the hard work of our conference community, we were able to offer a taste of the spirited We Robot discussions that we all love. In the We Robot tradition, the videos feature a discussant presenting the author’s work and offering constructive thoughts and improvements. The author then responds to the discussant’s feedback and an engaged conversation ensues.
The videos were made available on YouTube at the date and time listed below.
Conference participants were able to comment and exchange thoughts and ideas in the comments section of the video. We welcomed constructive comments on YouTube (where the videos will be hosted) and Twitter (where the videos will be shared with a broader audience).
We announced the We Robot 2020 paper awards winner during the live event on Friday, September 25 (see details above).
We Robot 2020 Awards
We Robot Best PosterBest overall poster submitted to We Robot 2020.
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We Robot Best PaperBest overall paper selected for We Robot 2020.
Honourable Mentions:
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We Robot Ian R. Kerr Robotnik Memorial Award for the Best Paper by an Emerging ScholarBest paper written by an emerging scholar, or by a group where the first author is an emerging scholar. |