CSEE professor Dr. Cynthia Matuszek will be one of this year's GRIT-X event speakers during the 2023 UMBC Homecoming celebration. Each of the nine speakers will give a 10-12 minute talk on their research and creative achievement.
Dr. Matuszek's topic is "Talking to Robots - The Role of Language in Human-Robot Interaction." As robots become more common and begin to make their way into human environments, it becomes more important for them to interact comfortably with end users. One way to accomplish that is to build robotic systems that can use natural languages (human languages, such as English) to interact with and learn from people around them. In her talk, she will describe the concept of grounded language -- language that robots can use to understand the physical world around them -- and talk about the promise, as well as some of the risks, of language-using robots.
The 2023 UMBC GRIT-X event takes place on Saturday, October 14, from 2-4 pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. After the talks, you can join the speakers for a post-event reception in the lobby.
Register here for the free GRIT-X event.