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<p>IEEE Future Directions Workshop<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">‘The Future of Telepresence’<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">November 1-3, 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://cmte.ieee.org/futuredirections/small-projects/workshop-on-telepresence">https://cmte.ieee.org/futuredirections/small-projects/workshop-on-telepresence</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Telepresence is not science fiction. We
could have a remote-controlled economy by the twenty-first
century if we start planning right now” (Marvin Minsky, 1980)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Telepresence refers to a set of
technologies that allow a person to feel as if they were
present, to give the appearance of being present, or to have
an effect, via telerobotics, at a place other than their true
location. [Wikipedia]. Telepresence has been driven by the
need for extending the natural human sensorimotor competence
and enabling remote action and perception, in environments
that are extremely difficult to reach for humans, or extremely
dangerous to operate in, such as space, high radiation
disaster zones, and micro and nanoscale environments. As one
of the applications, telesurgery, and telerehabilitation, both
under the umbrella of telemedicine, allow medical experts, to
conduct a highly specialized medical operation at a remote
location. COVID-19 has brought telemedicine to a new level
that would perhaps take more years to obtain acceptance.
Telemedicine is only an example, other forms of telepresence
have also accelerated to face restrictions in travel and
access to workplaces. Due to the revolutionary communication
technologies which allow for ultra-low latency and ultra-high
reliability, telepresence is making its impact in several
sectors of human life, with a promise to reduce cost in
offering a broad range of services, to meet societal needs,
and to democratize access to various services (including
medical services). It already allows remote operators to act
as if present in a remote cabin/control room, pilots to
operate drones, specialized workers to operate heavy
equipment, to drive agricultural machines, or drive surface
vehicles. While the horizon of telepresence is being extended
due to the acceleration of medium technologies (such as
communication, and robotics), new challenges are surfacing
(such as security and agility) which would call for an active
conversation and collaboration between several stakeholders,
including leaders from academia, industry, medical and
regulatory sectors.
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<p class="MsoNormal">This workshop provides a unique platform to
initiate a focused conversation on various topics related to
this emerging field of applied science. The objectives of this
workshop are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(1) to assess the current state of the art
and practice of the telepresence field (including
applications, technologies, challenges), and to forecast its
advancement, and its expected impact to society, over the next
decade, and (2) to assess the opportunity and benefit of
forming an IEEE Telepresence Initiative, and prepare a White
Paper to IEEE with findings and recommendations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An IEEE Telepresence Initiative will reach
a broad IEEE community, across many Societies and involving
multiple geographic units. While certain Societies will find
telepresence fitting with the core of their scope, among
those, as examples, being Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,
Robotics, and Automation, Control Systems, Computer,
Computational Intelligence, Signal Processing, others will
find that telepresence becoming increasingly popular in the
applications, for example in IEEE Education Society,
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Industrial
Applications, Intelligent transportation systems, Vehicular
Technology, etc. One of the practical outcomes of the IEEE
Telepresence Initiative would be to accelerate the missing
technology components, create new interfaces for
teleoperation, and encourage deployable integrated
telepresence systems.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The workshop has two parts: a set of
presentations by distinguished speakers, leaders in the field,
and a discussion session, for domain experts and key
stakeholders, aimed to generate a White Paper to IEEE Future
Directions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Honorary Chairs: Thomas Sheridan, USA and
Susumu Tachi, Japan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Workshop Chair: Adrian Stoica, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Workshop Plenary Talks, Nov. 1st : Talks by
Leading Experts, see the speakers and titles of the talks in
the following.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Registration at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bit.ly/3n7LgQ7">https://bit.ly/3n7LgQ7</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Workshop Discussions, Nov 1st to 3rd .
These are invitation-only, limited to members of the IEEE FD
Steering Committee on Telepresence and nominated
representatives of IEEE Societies. If you are a domain expert
or key stakeholder, and you wish to join the Committee, please
contact <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:a.stoica@ieee.org">a.stoica@ieee.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Plenary Talks on November 1st<o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="1">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Stephen
Welby, IEEE: Introductory Remarks<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Thomas
Sheridan, MIT: Recollections of the Origins of
Telepresence, and Some Suggestions<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Susumu
Tachi, U. Tokyo: Telexistence – Its 40-Year History and
Future<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Paolo
Fiorini, U. Verona: Haptics and Force Feedback in
Telepresence<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Mark Spong,
U. Texas, Dallas: The Role of Passivity in Bilateral
Teleoperation<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Jan van Erp,
U. Twente: Embodiment as Key to Ultimate Transparency in
Telepresence<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Allison
Okamura, Stanford U.: The Present and Future of Haptics for
Telepresence<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Günter
Niemeyer, Caltech: Force Feedback and Transparency for
Immersive Telerobotics: Is this the Path to the Best Systems<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Leila
Takayama, UC Santa Cruz: Human-Centered Explorations of
Robotic Telepresence<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Terry Fong,
NASA: Space Telerobotics: Interactive Human-Robotic
Exploration<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Saeid
Nahavandi, Deakin U.: Haptically Enabled Teleoperations
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">John Blitch,
USA ret.: Neurophysiological Assessment of Latency Induced
Cognitive State in Space Based Emergency Response<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Carolyn
Heinrich: Vanderbilt U. The Promise of Telepresence for
Expanding Educational Opportunities<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Carla
Ramírez, Tecnologico Monterrey: Telepresence in Education:
Hologram Professors<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Mic
Faragalli, Mission Control Space Services: Real-Time Control
and Operations of Lunar Rovers
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Hari Nayar,
NASA-JPL: The Next Phase of Space Exploration<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Jeff
Linnell, Formant: Remote Observability and Control of Field
Deployed Robots<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">David Locke,
X Prize: Building an Avatar Future<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Adrian
Stoica, NASA-JPL: Concluding Remarks<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Details of the talks and speakers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Introductory Remarks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stephen Welby, IEEE<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stephen Welby is the Executive Director and
Chief Operating Officer of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Prior to joining IEEE, in 2015
Stephen was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the
US Senate as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research
and Engineering. In this role, he served as the chief
technology officer for the U.S. Department of Defense, leading
one of the largest and most complex research, development, and
engineering organizations in the world. He oversaw a $12.5B
annual investment portfolio, managed internal and
collaborative research and engineering efforts, drove a
culture that valued innovation, and supported the department’s
global technical engagement. Stephen has more than three
decades of government and industrial experience in technology
and product development, including senior leadership positions
at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). His
technical experience includes development of leading edge
aeronautical and space systems, robotics, machine learning,
high-performance software, and sensor systems. Stephen holds a
bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from The
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, a
master’s degree in business administration from the Texas
A&M University, and master’s degrees in computer science
and applied mathematics from The Johns Hopkins University. He
is a fellow of the IEEE.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Recollections of the Origins of
Telepresence, and Some Suggestions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thomas Sheridan, Professor Emeritus,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thomas B. Sheridan is Professor Emeritus,
Departments of Mechanical Engineering and
Aeronautics/Astronautics MIT. He received his BS from Purdue
University, MS from University of California Los Angeles, ScD
from MIT, Dr. (hon.) from Delft Univ. of Technology,
Netherlands.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Books published: Man-Machine Systems (MIT
Press 1974); Telerobotics, Automation, and Human Supervisory
Control (MIT Press, 1992); Perspectives on the Human
Controller (Erlbaum, 1997); Humans and Automation (Wiley,
2002); What is God (New Academia, 2014); Modeling of
Human-System Interaction (Wiley, 2017); Respectful Atheism
(Rowman, 2021). An IEEE Fellow, Professor Sheridan served as
president, IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and
Editor, Transactions on Man-Machine Systems. He received the
Norbert Wiener and Joseph Wohl awards, Centennial Medal and
Third Millenium Medal. He is also Fellow of the Human Factors
and Ergonomics Society, and was its president; he is recipient
of the Paul Fitts and Arnold Small Award. He is Member of the
National Academy of Engineering and received the 1997 National
Engineering Award, Amer. Assoc. of Engineering Societies; also
the 1997 Oldenburger Medal ASME.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Telexistence – Its 40-Year History and
Future<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Susumu Tachi, Professor Emeritus,
University of Tokyo, Japan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Susumu Tachi is Professor Emeritus of The
University of Tokyo, where he currently leads several research
projects on telexistence, virtual reality and haptics,
including the ACCEL Embodied Media Project at Tachi
Laboratory, Institute of Gerontology. He is the Founding
President of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of his earliest scientific
achievements, shortly after his obtaining a Ph.D. from The
University of Tokyo in 1973, was the invention of Guide Dog
Robot (1976), an intelligent mobile robot system for the
blind. This system was the first of its kind and came to be
known as MELDOG. In 1980, Dr. Tachi invented the concept of
Telexistence, which enables a highly realistic sensation of
existence in a remote place without any actual travel. Since
then, he has been working on the realization of telexistence,
and has completed TELESAR V (2012), an avatar robot system
that enables the user to bind with an anthropomorphic robot
and have a real-time sensation of being where the robot
exists, and to feel the robot’s body as his or her alter ego
through visual, auditory and haptic sensation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Other achievements include Haptic Primary
Colors (2007), Optical Camouflage (2003), and autostereoscopic
VR displays such as TWISTER (2002), Repro3D (2010) and
HaptoMIRAGE (2014).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From 1988 to 2018, he served as Chairman of
the IMEKO Technical Committee on Measurement in Robotics and
directed the organization of ISMCR symposia and received IMEKO
Distinguished Service Award in 1997. He initiated and founded
International Conference on Artificial Reality and
Telexistence (ICAT) in 1991 and International-collegiate
Virtual Reality Contest (IVRC) in 1993. He received the 2007
IEEE VR Career Award, and served as General Chair of IEEE
Virtual Reality Conferences.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Haptics and Force Feedback in Telepresence<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paolo Fiorini, University of Verona, Italy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paolo Fiorini received the Laurea degree in
Electronic Engineering from the University of Padova, (Italy),
the MSEE from the University of California at Irvine (USA),
and the Ph.D. in ME from UCLA (USA). From 1977 to 1985 he
worked for companies in Italy and in the USA developing
microprocessor-based controllers for domestic appliances,
automotive systems, and hydraulic actuators. From 1985 to
2000, he was with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California
Institute of Technology, where he worked on autonomous and
teleoperated systems for space experiments and exploration. In
2001 returned to Italy at the School of Science and
Engineering of the University of Verona (Italy) where is
currently Full Professor of Computer Science. In 2001 he
founded the ALTAIR robotics laboratory to develop innovative
robotic systems for space, medicine, and logistics. Research
in these areas have been funded by several National and
International projects, including the European Framework
programs FP6, FP7, H2020 and ERC. His activities have been
recognized by many awards, including the IEEE Fellow (2009),
and NASA Technical Awards.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Role of Passivity in Bilateral
Teleoperations<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mark Spong, University of Texas at Dallas<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Mark W. Spong is currently the Dean of
the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of
Texas at Dallas. Dr. Spong received his D.Sc. degree in
systems science and mathematics in 1981 from Washington
University in St. Louis. He has held faculty positions at
Lehigh University (1981-82), Cornell University (1982-84), and
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1984-2008).
At UTD, Dr. Spong holds both the Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair
and the Excellence in Education Chair. Dr. Spong’s main
research interests are in robotics, mechatronics, and
nonlinear control theory. His notable awards include the 2016
Nyquist Prize from the ASME Dynamics and Control Division, the
2011 Pioneer Award from the IEEE Robotics and Automation
Society, the first IROS Fumio Harashima Award for Innovative
Technologies in 2007, the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems
Technology Outstanding Paper Award, the Senior Scientist
Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the
Distinguished Member Award from the IEEE Control Systems
Society, the John R. Ragazzini and O. Hugo Schuck Awards from
the American Automatic Control Council, and the IEEE Third
Millennium Medal. Dr. Spong is Past President of the IEEE
Control Systems Society and a Fellow of both the IEEE and
IFAC. Dr. Spong’s work has been instrumental in establishing
the theoretical foundations of robot control, and the results
he has produced over the past three decades have been
implemented in systems at companies and research development
facilities around the world, including Sandia National Labs in
New Mexico and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. He
has produced innovative solutions in robotics that have stood
the test of time to become now-classic results in robotic
control. His work also led to the first practical solution of
the problem of time-delay compensation in bilateral
teleoperation, which was a major impediment to the development
of undersea and space robots, and he was the first to show how
poor performance in robot arms due to uncertainties and joint
elasticity could be overcome with advanced nonlinear feedback
control methods that he helped to develop. Dr. Spong has also
had a major impact on robotics education. He coauthored one of
the most popular textbooks on robot dynamics and control,
which is still in use after more than 20 years. In addition,
he developed both hardware and software, marketed by a company
he founded (Mechatronic Systems Inc.), which are being used by
more than 200 universities around the world.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Embodiment as Key to Ultimate Transparency
in Telepresence<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jan van Erp, TNO and University of Twente,
Netherlands<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jan van Erp is principal scientist with The
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
and full professor of tangible user interaction with the
University of Twente. Jan obtained a master’s degree in
Cognitive Science Leiden University and a PhD in Computer
Science from Utrecht University, both in The Netherlands. His
research focusses on multisensory perception and cognition,
applied neuroscience, robotics, and human-machine
collaboration in complex environments. Jan acted as program
director for many R&D programs, and published more than a
hundred peer reviewed papers (h-index 44). He serves on the
editorial board of five scientific journals, and holds board
and advisory function including (vice-)president of the
Eurohaptics Society, general chair of Eurohaptics 2020, chair
of the TNO Institutional Review Board for human subjects
experiments, and chair of the NATO Research Group Cognitive
Neuro-enhancement.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Present and Future of Haptics for
Telepresence<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Allison Okamura, Stanford University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Allison Okamura received the BS degree from
the University of California at Berkeley, and the MS and PhD
degrees from Stanford University. She is Professor in the
mechanical engineering department at Stanford University, with
a courtesy appointment in computer science. She is an IEEE
Fellow and is currently the co-general chair of the 2022
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and
Systems and a deputy director of the Wu Tsai Stanford
Neurosciences Institute. Her awards include the IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Technical
Achievement Award, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Distinguished Service Award, and Duca Family University Fellow
in Undergraduate Education. Her academic interests include
haptics, teleoperation, virtual reality, medical robotics,
soft robotics, rehabilitation, and education.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Force Feedback and Transparency for
Immersive Telerobotics: Is this the Path to the Best Systems<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Günter Niemeyer, California Institute of
Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Günter Niemeyer currently holds a visiting
appointment at the California Institute of Technology. Before
the current appointment he was for 6 years a senior research
scientist at Disney Research, Los Angeles, where he made
robots more expressive, more capable, more interactive, and
ultimately more entertaining. He received MS and PhD degrees
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the
areas of adaptive robot control and bilateral teleoperation,
introducing the concept of wave variables. He also held a
postdoctoral research position at MIT developing surgical
robotics. In 1997, he joined Intuitive Surgical Inc., where he
helped create the da Vinci Minimally Invasive Surgical System.
He was a member of the Stanford faculty from 2001-2009,
directing the Telerobotics Lab. From 2009-2012 he worked with
the PR2 personal robot at Willow garage. His core research
interests still focus on human-in-the-loop, force sensitivity
and control, touch, and haptic interactions, believing a robot
really is a robot because it physically manipulates the real
world.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Human-Centered Explorations of Robotic
Telepresence<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leila Takayama, University of California,
Santa Cruz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leila Takayama is a human-robot interaction
researcher, who is an associate professor in the Baskin School
of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz. With a background in
Cognitive Science, Psychology, and Human-Computer Interaction,
Dr. Takayama examines human encounters with telepresence and
increasingly autonomous technologies. At Hoku Labs, she does
consulting for tech companies and non-profit organizations,
helping them to make more data-driven decisions about how to
design autonomous products and services. Prior to founding
Hoku Labs and joining the faculty at UC Santa Cruz, she was a
senior user experience researcher at GoogleX, and was a
research scientist and area manager for human-robot
interaction at Willow Garage. She has served as a World
Economic Forum Global Futures Council Member and Young Global
Leader. In 2015, she was presented the IEEE Robotics &
Automation Society Early Career Award. In 2012, she was named
a TR35 winner and one of the 100 most creative people in
business by Fast Company. Dr. Takayama received her BAs in
Cognitive Science and Psychology from UC Berkeley, an MA in
Communication from Stanford University, and a PhD in
Communication at Stanford University.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Space Telerobotics: Interactive
Human-Robotic Exploration<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Terry Fong, NASA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Terry Fong is NASA’s Senior Scientist for
Autonomous Systems and the deputy rover lead for NASA’s VIPER
lunar rover mission. He is also Chief Roboticist and former
Director of the Intelligent Robotics Group at the Ames
Research Center. Terry previously led development of the
Astrobee free-flying robot, which was installed on the Space
Station in 2019. Terry has published more than 150 papers in
space and field robotics, human-robot interaction, virtual
reality, and planetary mapping. Terry received his B.S. and
M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT and his Ph.D. in
Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Haptically Enabled Teleoperations<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saeid Nahavandi, Deakin University,
Australia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saeid Nahavandi received a Ph.D. from
Durham University, U.K. in 1991. He is an Alfred Deakin
Professor, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Chair of Engineering, and the
Founding and current Director of the Institute for Intelligent
Systems Research and Innovation at Deakin University. His
research interests include modeling of complex systems,
robotics and haptics. He has published over 1000 scientific
papers in various international journals and conferences.
Professor Nahavandi was the recipient of the Researcher of the
Year for Australian Space Awards 2021. Professor Nahavandi
holds six patents, two of which have resulted in two very
successful start-ups (Universal Motion Simulator Pty Ltd and
FLAIM Systems Pty Ltd). He is Editor-In-Chief: IEEE SMC
Magazine, the Senior Associate Editor: IEEE Systems Journal,
Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics and IEEE
Press Editorial Board Member. Professor Nahavandi is a Fellow
of IEEE (FIEEE), Engineers Australia (FIEAust), the
Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET). He is a
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
(ATSE).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Neurophysiological Assessment of Latency
Induced Cognitive State in Space Based Emergency Response<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">John Blitch, LTC, USA ret<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">John G. Blitch (LTC, USA ret) is a
cognitive neuroscientist with an operational background in
robot assisted emergency response, hostage rescue, special
operations, and nuclear weapons delivery. As a recently
retired senior scientist and private consultant, he endeavors
to share misadventures and lessons learned with space-based
first responders regarding the narrow overlap between these
disparate fields in the hope of leveraging advanced technology
development against the daunting challenges that lie ahead. He
holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point, a Master’s Degree in Math and
Computer Science from the Colorado School of Mines, and an MSc
and PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Colorado State
University. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Promise of Telepresence for Expanding
Educational Opportunities<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carolyn Heinrich, Vanderbilt University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carolyn J. Heinrich is Chair of the
Leadership, Policy and Organizations Department, a Professor
of Public Policy and Education in the Department of
Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at the Peabody College
and a Professor of Economics in the College of Arts and
Sciences. Heinrich’s research focuses on education, workforce
development, social welfare policy, program evaluation, and
public management and performance management. She works
directly with federal, state and local governments in her
research to improve policy design and program effectiveness
and also collaborates with nongovernmental organizations (such
as the World Bank, UNICEF and others) to improve the impacts
of economic and social investments in middle-income and
developing countries. She received the David N. Kershaw Award
for distinguished contributions to the field of public policy
analysis and management in 2004 and was elected to the
National Academy of Public Administration in 2011.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Telepresence in Education: Hologram
Professors<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carla Victoria Ramírez López, Tecnologico
de Monterrey, Mexico<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carla Ramírez is the Leader of Educational
Innovation and the Hologram Professor Initiative at
Tecnologico de Monterrey. Carla graduated with a bachelor’s
degree in Computer Information Systems, and a master’s degree
in Information Technology Management from Tecnologico de
Monterrey. She has more than 25 years of experience in the
design and management of educational innovation projects,
educational technology, user experience, development of
learning spaces with new technologies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Within the Tecnologico de Monterrey, she
has worked as a Creative and Technological Design Team Leader,
Web Portals and Multimedia Director, Instructional Design
Coordinator, and Tutor in graduated online courses. In 2020,
the Hologram Professors project received three Reimagine
Education Awards.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Real-Time Control and Operations of Lunar
Rovers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michele Faragalli, Mission Control Space
Services, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As Chief Technology Officer at Mission
Control, Dr Faragalli leads all technology development
activities and R&D initiatives. He is an adjunct professor
in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at
Carleton University. Mic has broad engineering leadership
experience, having led interdisciplinary engineering projects
from concept to production across military, aeronautical and
space applications. His research expertise is in robotic and
planetary mobility. When not spending time with his young
family, you can find Mic in the Gatineau hills on a pair of
skis or pedaling hard on his bicycle.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Next Phase of Space Exploration<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hari Nayar, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hari Nayar is the supervisor of the
Robotics Surface Mobility Group and a principal technologist
in the Mobility and Robotics Section at JPL. He has supported
and led research tasks at JPL in the development of robotics
technologies for surface mobility, manipulation, subsurface
access, dynamics modeling & simulation, multi-agent
systems, medical applications, and tele-robotics. He was a
visiting lecturer in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Department at UCLA. Hari received his BS, MS and ScD degrees
in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Remote Observability and Control of Field
Deployed Robots<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jeff Linnell, Formant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jeff Linnell brings an unorthodox approach
to robotics. Part cinematographer, part Creative Director and
part self-taught engineer, Linnell, founded Ultraviolet (now
UV Phactory), A digital design and production studio, and
began a multidisciplinary career merging the three. His work
led him to San Francisco where he founded Autofuss and Bot
& Dolly, a design/production company and an engineering
studio specializing in automation, robotics and film. Bot
& Dolly developed proprietary software with the goal of
making robotics accessible to humans, enabling artists in all
forms to use them as a comfortable extension of their
workflows. This culminated in filming the 2013 blockbuster,
Gravity, as well as the short film Box, both of which garnered
Bot & Dolly many awards and accolades. In addition to
exploring the nexus of entertainment and technology, Bot &
Dolly is well regarded as an automation leader in the emergent
field of Digital Fabrication. Both Bot & Dolly, and
Autofuss were acquired by Google in 2013, and Jeff assumed
roles focusing on human/machine interaction as well as VP
Product at Google Robotics. Upon leaving Alphabet (Google) in
2016, Jeff along with key members of his design, engineering,
and product teams formed Formant. Formant is dedicated to the
enablement of next generation robotics through cloud connected
software. Formant is focused on the aggregation,
visualization, and sharing of ‘Robot Shaped Data’ to enable
the next wave of automation applications.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Building an Avatar Future <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">David Locke, XPRIZE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As Executive Director of Prize Operations,
David Locke brings nearly two decades of Operations and
Management experience with a focus on producing large-scale,
international competitions and events that drive technological
breakthroughs and positive social impact. Over the course of
his ten plus years at XPRIZE, David has orchestrated an
eclectic slate of competitions with topics ranging from
robotics, Moon exploration (Google Lunar XPRIZE) and oil spill
cleanup technology and has awarded more than $75 Million US
dollars in prize money. David currently serves as the Prize
Lead for the ANA Avatar XPRIZE, a $10 million, four-year
global competition focused on the development of a robotic
Avatar system that will transport a human’s senses, actions,
and presence to a remote location in real time, see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.xprize.org/prizes/avatar">https://www.xprize.org/prizes/avatar</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Concluding Remarks <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Adrian Stoica, NASA Jet Propulsion
Laboratory <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Adrian Stoica is Senior Research Scientist,
Principal, and Manager, Strategic Programs, in the JPL Office
of Strategic Planning. At JPL for over 25 years, he
contributed as Principal Investigator on advanced technology
projects, as Supervisor of the Robotic Systems Estimation,
Decision, and Control Group, and in various programmatic
roles. He obtained his MS degree from Technical University of
Iasi, Romania, and his PhD from Victoria University,
Melbourne, Australia. His contributions include pioneering
work in learning by imitation of arm movements by humanoid
robots, shadow biometrics, collaborative brain computer
interfaces, and in evolvable hardware. He also developed
concepts in space robotics, such as using reflectors to
provide solar power to permanently shaded craters at the lunar
poles. He is a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)
Fellow, and served twice as Vice-President of the IEEE SMC
Society. In 2010 he founded Telepresence Mediators
(Telemediators LLC), a company specializing in personalized
telepresence services. He is Chair the 2022 NASA's
Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing (BIG) Idea
Challenge.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Organized by the IEEE Future Directions,
IEEE Technical Activities
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>In collaboration with:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">IEEE SMC Society, Technical Committee on
Human and Robotic Space Exploration Systems<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">IEEE Robotics and Automation Society,
Technical Committee on Telerobotics<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">IEEE Metropolitan Los Angeles Section,
Joint Chapter of SMCS and RAS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>IEEE Future Directions Management<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mahjeda Ali, PMP, Project Manager, Future
Directions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kathy L. Grise, Senior Program Director,
Future Directions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Christine Miyachi, Future Directions
Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>IEEE FD Telepresence Steering Committee:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Adrian Stoica, JPL (Chair)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Günter Niemeyer, Caltech (Co-Chair)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Farokh Atashzar, NYU<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jeremy Bailenson, Stanford U<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">John Blitch, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jan B F. van Erp, U Twente, Netherlands <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michele Faragalli, Mission Control Space
Services, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paolo Fiorini, U Verona, Italy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Terry Fong, NASA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jeff Linnell, Formant <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tsutomu Hasegawa, Japan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carolyn Jean Heinrich, Vanderbilt U <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carla Victoria Ramirez Lopez, Tecnologico
de Monterey, Mexico<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alireza Mohammadi, U Michigan <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saeid Nahavandi, Deakin U, Australia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hari Nayar, JPL<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Allison Okamura, Stanford U<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mark Spong, UT Dallas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thomas Sheridan, MIT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leila Takayama, UC Santa Cruz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Edward Tunstel, Motiv<o:p></o:p></p>
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