Abstract

In this talk, Safinah Ali will share her work researching social and educational robots. Her projects explore how AI tools can support human creativity and learning, how robots can be seen as social agents, and how to promote AI literacy among young students. Safinah will discuss how she makes inclusive AI curricula and deploys these resources to teachers and students around the world. She will also explore her work with social robots at the MIT Media Lab, from the expressive companion JIBO to art-making machines like DoodleBot. Safinah’s long-term research demonstrates how robots and AI lead to new forms of student engagement and new kinds of art education.

Artist Bio

Safinah Ali is an Assistant Professor at NYU Steinhardt. Prior to her appointment she gained a PhD in Media Arts and Sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab. She also holds a Masters degree in Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Design from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. Her work is published in academic journals and peer-reviewed conferences including Computers and Education (C&E), Frontiers in Robotics and AI, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, ACM Human-Robot Interaction, Computer-human Interaction (CHI), and ACM Creativity and Cognition.

Event Information

• Free and open to the public
• July 16th (Thursday)
• 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
• This is an in-person event.

Please note

The event will be conducted in English.