<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>When:</b> </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> Monday, October 4th, 2021 at <b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">11:00 am CT</b></font></font><br></font></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>Where:</b> </font></font><font color="#000000">Zoom Virtual Talk (</font><b><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://uchicagogroup.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zGbehZ3JREOHwiS-LPcd4A" target="_blank">register in advance here</a></font></b><font color="#000000">)</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>Who: </b> </font></font></font>Sarah Sebo, University of Chicago</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Title:</b> <span class="gmail_default"> </span></font><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Developing Robot Teammates that Enhance Social Dynamics and Performance in Human-Robot Teams</font></span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br><br></font><b>Abstract: </b> Collaborative teams of people are most successful when they have positive social dynamics, where team members trust one another, feel included, and feel comfortable to openly discuss mistakes and errors. As robots increasingly join collaborative teams of people in a variety of settings (e.g., man<font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">ufacturing plants, surgical suites, corporate workplaces, homes), it is essential that we build robots that can perceive and positively influence these social dynamics for the benefit of the team. My work explores how social robots can enhance important social team dynamics in collaborative human-robot teams. It specifically investigates how robot behavior can positively shape trust, inclusion, and psychological safety, social dynamics that have been shown to have a significant positive influence on team performance. My work demonstrates that a robot’s behavior can influence not just how people interact with the robot, but how people in the group interact with each other.</font><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>Bio</b>: </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Sarah Sebo is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Chicago and leads the UChicago Human-Robot Interaction Lab. Her research explores social dynamics in human-robot interactions, where a robot's social behaviors lead to positive outcomes for people. Dr. Sebo completed her Ph.D. at Yale University where she worked with Dr. Brian Scassellati in the Social Robotics Lab. Her dissertation work focused on developing robots that improve the performance of human-robot teams by shaping team dynamics to promote inclusion, trust, and cohesion. </span></div></div></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default"><b>Hos</b></span><span class="gmail_default"><b>t:</b> <a href="mailto:asedal@ttic.edu" target="_blank"><b>Audrey Sedal</b></a></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, sans-serif">For more information on the colloquium series or to subscribe to the mailing list, please see <a href="http://www.ttic.edu/colloquium.php" target="_blank">http://www.ttic.edu/colloquium.php</a> </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Mary C. Marre</span><br></div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Faculty Administrative Support</font></div><div><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6" size="1"><b>Toyota Technological Institute</b></font></i></div><div><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6" size="1">6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></i></div><div><font size="1"><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6">Chicago, IL 60637</font></i><br></font></div><div><b><i><a href="mailto:mmarre@ttic.edu" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">mmarre@ttic.edu</font></a></i></b></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 6:37 PM Mary Marre <<a href="mailto:mmarre@ttic.edu">mmarre@ttic.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>When:</b> </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> Monday, October 4th, 2021 at <b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">11:00 am CT</b></font></font><br></font></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>Where:</b> </font></font><font color="#000000">Zoom Virtual Talk (</font><b><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://uchicagogroup.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zGbehZ3JREOHwiS-LPcd4A" target="_blank">register in advance here</a></font></b><font color="#000000">)</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>Who: </b> </font></font></font>Sarah Sebo, University of Chicago</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><b>Title:</b> <span class="gmail_default"> </span></font><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Developing Robot Teammates that Enhance Social Dynamics and Performance in Human-Robot Teams</font></span><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><br><br></font><b style="font-size:small">Abstract: </b>
Collaborative teams of people are most successful when they have positive social dynamics, where team members trust one another, feel included, and feel comfortable to openly discuss mistakes and errors. As robots increasingly join collaborative teams of people in a variety of settings (e.g., man<font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">ufacturing plants, surgical suites, corporate workplaces, homes), it is essential that we build robots that can perceive and positively influence these social dynamics for the benefit of the team. My work explores how social robots can enhance important social team dynamics in collaborative human-robot teams. It specifically investigates how robot behavior can positively shape trust, inclusion, and psychological safety, social dynamics that have been shown to have a significant positive influence on team performance. My work demonstrates that a robot’s behavior can influence not just how people interact with the robot, but how people in the group interact with each other.</font><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>Bio</b>: </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Sarah Sebo is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Chicago and leads the UChicago Human-Robot Interaction Lab. Her research explores social dynamics in human-robot interactions, where a robot's social behaviors lead to positive outcomes for people. Dr. Sebo completed her Ph.D. at Yale University where she worked with Dr. Brian Scassellati in the Social Robotics Lab. Her dissertation work focused on developing robots that improve the performance of human-robot teams by shaping team dynamics to promote inclusion, trust, and cohesion. </span></div></div></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default"><b>Hos</b></span><span class="gmail_default"><b>t:</b> <a href="mailto:asedal@ttic.edu" target="_blank"><b>Audrey Sedal</b></a></span></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">For more information on the <span>colloquium</span> series or to subscribe to the mailing list, please see <a href="http://www.ttic.edu/colloquium.php" target="_blank">http://www.ttic.edu/<span>colloquium</span>.php</a> </font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Mary C. Marre</span><br></div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Faculty Administrative Support</font></div><div><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6" size="1"><b>Toyota Technological Institute</b></font></i></div><div><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6" size="1">6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></i></div><div><font size="1"><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6">Chicago, IL 60637</font></i><br></font></div><div><b><i><a href="mailto:mmarre@ttic.edu" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">mmarre@ttic.edu</font></a></i></b></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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