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Care e cari soci e amici robotici<br>
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<div class="">come probabilmente sapete sono aperte le elezioni per
l’AdCom di IEEE RAS, che chiuderanno l'11 Novembre. <br>
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<div class="">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
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<div class="">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. <br>
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.<br>
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<div class="">Vi invito a votare facendo le scelte che riterrete più
opportune!<br>
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<p>Con i più cordiali saluti, </p>
Antonio Bicchi<br>
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<td>Arash Ajoudani <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Arash.Ajoudani@iit.it"><Arash.Ajoudani@iit.it></a></td>
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<td>Antonio Bicchi <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Antonio.Bicchi@iit.it"><Antonio.Bicchi@iit.it></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear
Antonio,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I am running
for the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS)
Administrative Committee (AdCom) in the upcoming elections.
I would greatly appreciate your support!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">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.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">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.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">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!<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">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.
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">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.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I sincerely
thank you for considering and hopefully promoting my
candidacy. Please also see my short bio below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Warm
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Arash<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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