[I-RIM ML] Fwd: Adcom nomination

[Antonio Bicchi [I-RIM]]

Care e cari soci e amici robotici

come probabilmente sapete sono aperte le elezioni per l’AdCom di IEEE 
RAS, che chiuderanno l'11 Novembre.

Il nostro collega (e da poco connazionale!) Arash Ajoudani mi ha fatto 
avere la email che trovate sotto, con la quale si candida a quel ruolo e 
spiega il servizio che si propone di rendere alla nostra comunità.

Il ballot accetta due voti per la nostra regione e due "at large", 
quindi c'è spazio per una scelta ampia sui migliori rappresentanti per 
la nostra disciplina.
Tra i candidati c'è anche la collega Maria Grazia Dotoli, responsabile 
del dottorato nazionale DAUSY e molto vicina ai temi delle macchine 
intelligenti e della automazione.

Vi invito a votare facendo le scelte che riterrete più opportune!

Con i più cordiali saluti,

Antonio Bicchi

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	Adcom nomination
Date: 	Wed, 1 Oct 2024 12:15:31 +0000
From: 	Arash Ajoudani <Arash.Ajoudani at iit.it>
To: 	presidente at i-rim.it <presidente at i-rim.it>
CC: 	Antonio Bicchi <Antonio.Bicchi at iit.it>



Dear Antonio,

I am running for the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) 
Administrative Committee (AdCom) in the upcoming elections. I would 
greatly appreciate your support!

As you might know, I have volunteered in several critical IEEE RAS 
activities, which made me fully aware of this society’s strengths and 
weaknesses. I have listed my thoughts below in bullet point format 
(obviously these are in addition to the usual AdCom responsibilities and 
tasks, which I avoid to re-state here):

  * The IEEE RAS can benefit from ‘lean thinking’, as a transformational
    framework to understand how to seek dynamic gains rather than static
    efficiencies. Rather than reviewing the overall society goals and
    preparing AdCom reports according to a standard format, I would set
    priorities year on year and strengthen each aspect one at a time.
  * Often, when making important decisions (e.g., whether to eliminate
    conference papers), we focus solely on productivity. However, I
    would like to emphasize the importance of fostering a sense of
    belonging through RAS initiatives, which is just as critical as
    metrics that enhance a CV.
  * We are at a very critical point in terms of conferences and events
    organization. In my opinion, we should take a step back and see how
    the two worlds of online and in-person conferences can be joined to
    create even better experiences in the future. This period gives us
    the best opportunity to create it!
  * I will work hard towards sustaining and strengthening our society’s
    meritocratic and performance-driven culture. I think, in part, it
    will be the governing members’ duty to identify the talents and
    reflect their opinions in decision making processes.
  * IEEE RAS conferences are increasing in number. We need to make sure
    that this growth rate corresponds to the RAS population growth to
    ensure quality. If the former overtakes the latter, RAS
    publications’ quality and credibility will be at risk. This needs a
    thorough analysis that should be done by RAS governing bodies.

I sincerely thank you for considering and hopefully promoting my 
candidacy. Please also see my short bio below.

Warm regards,

Arash

Short bio: Arash Ajoudani is the director of the Human-Robot Interfaces 
and Interaction (HRI²) laboratory at IIT. He is a recipient of the 
European Research Council (ERC) proof-of-concept grant 2023 Real-Move 
and the ERC starting grant 2019 (Ergo-Lean), the coordinator of the 
Horizon-2020 project SOPHIA, the co-coordinator of the Horizon-2020 
project CONCERT, and a principal investigator of the HORIZON-MSCA 
project RAICAM, and the national projects LABORIUS, COROMAN, and 
ReFinger.  He is a recipient of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society 
(RAS) Early Career Award 2021, and winner of the SmartCup Liguria award 
2023, Amazon Research Awards 2019, of the Solution Award 2019 
(MECSPE2019), of the KUKA Innovation Award 2018, of the WeRob best 
poster award 2018, and of the best student paper award at ROBIO 2013. 
His PhD thesis was a finalist for the Georges Giralt PhD award 2015 - 
best European PhD thesis in robotics. He was also a finalist for the 
best paper award on human-robot interaction at ICRA2024, the best paper 
award mobile manipulation at IROS 2022, the best paper award at 
Humanoids 2022 (oral category), the Solution Award 2020 (MECSPE2020), 
the best conference paper award at Humanoids 2018, the best interactive 
paper award at Humanoids 2016, the best oral presentation award at 
Automatica (SIDRA) 2014, and for the best manipulation paper award at 
ICRA 2012.

He is the author of the book "Transferring Human Impedance Regulation 
Skills to Robots" in the Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR), 
and several publications in journals, international conferences, and 
book chapters. He is currently serving as an elected IEEE RAS AdCom 
member (2022-2024), and as chair and representative of the IEEE-RAS 
Young Professionals Committee, and as a Senior Editor of the 
International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR). He has been serving 
as a member of scientific advisory committee and as an associate editor 
for several international journals and conferences such as IEEE RAL, 
ICRA, IROS, ICORR, etc. He is a scholar of the European Lab for Learning 
and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS). His main research interests are in 
physical human-robot interaction, mobile manipulation, robust and 
adaptive control, assistive robotics, and tele-robotics.

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