Welcome to the second Robotics: Science and Systems 2015 Workshop on Women in Robotics!

Below is a preliminary schedule.

9:00 - 9:05 Welcome
9:05 - 10:30Session 1
9:05 - 9:40 Lydia KavrakiComputing for Robots and Biomolecules
9:40 - 10:05 Katja Mombaur Model-based optimization for robot motions
10:05 - 10:30 Marilena Venditteli Vision-based control of humanoid robots
10:30 - 11:00Break
11:00 - 12:30Session 2
11:00 - 11:25 Hadas Kress-GazitFormal Methods for Robotics
11:25 - 11:45 Spotlights: Learning from Experience and Demonstration
Chelsea FinnEnd-to-End Training of Deep Visuomotor Policies
Maria Koskinopoulou Robot learning by Demonstration using Gaussian Process Latent Variable Model
Sarah Elliott Learning Generalizable Surface Cleaning Actions from Demonstration
Tesca FitzgeraldA Similarity-Based Approach to Skill Transfer
11:45-12:10Laurel RiekEcological Robotics: Context Perception, Joint Action, and Learning
12:10 - 12:30 Spotlights: Perception and Control
Katharina ReichelReal-Time Traversability Estimation and Local Footstep Planning in Dynamic Environments
Svetlana PotyagayloTowards Visual-Inertial Navigation of an Underwater Vehicle for Aquaculture Inspection Operation
Tanya Raghuvanshi Automated Monoculr Visiton Based System for Picking Textureless Objects
Fatemeh Panahi Pose Statistics for Eccentric Parts
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 14:55Session 3
14:30 - 14:55Stefie Tellex Human-Robot Collaboration.
14:55 - 15:20Spotlights: Assistive and Medical Robotics
Katherine PrattClassifying EMG Signals for Virtual Control
Elaine ShortMulti-Party Socially Assistive Robotics: Defining the Moderator Role
Kiju LeeRobotics and Tangible Game Technologies for Cognitive Assessment and Rehabilitation
Angela Faragasso Visual Sensing System for Real-Time Stiffness Computation in Endoscopic Surgery
Antonia TzemanakimiuAngelo: A Novel System for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery
15:20 - 15:45Nancy AmatoThe 2015 Women-Organized ICRA
15:45 - 16:00Spotlights: Interaction and Teaming
Lixiao Huang Two Years of Exploration of Human Emotional Responses toward Tournament Robots
Madhura ThosarI Don't Find a Hammer, Can I Use a Rock?
Ramya Ramakrishnan Perturbation Training for Human-Robot Teams
16:00 - 16:30Break
16:30 - 18:00Session 4
16:30 - 17:30-Poster Session
17:30 - 18:00Panel