Occasionally Disobedient Robots (And Why We Need Them!)

Feat. Matthias Scheutz, Professor of Computer Science (los Altos)

Location: 440 San Domingo Way Los Altos, California 94022-2143

Date: October 24, 2019

Time: 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Sponsor: Tufts University

Cost: $10 for young alumni (classes 2005-2019) | $10 for young alumni (classes 2005-2019) | $15 for alumni, parents, and friends

Tufts Alumni San Francisco invite our bay area alumni, parents, and friends to an intimate gathering at the home of Double Jumbos, Ishantha and Sunita Lokuge. Joining us that evening is an extraordinary Tufts speaker, professor and researcher, Matthias Scheutz.

Matthias Scheutz is a renown Professor of Computer Science in the School of Engineering. He will reveal his research with intelligent, instructable and autonomous robots and showcase their multiple capabilities in demonstration videos. You will also hear the latest news from the Hill. Your registration will include heavy hors d'oeuvres and a hosted bar.

RSVP required for attendance as space is limited.

More on Professor Scheutz’s research:  

Developing intelligent, instructable and autonomous robots is an extraordinary challenge for our society. Professor Schuetz’s robots learn quickly from instructions and carry out tasks immediately, and they can reject instructions that they deem harmful or inappropriate. Explicit reasoning with ethical principles—including the ability to reject human instructions—are vital tools for intelligent robots to become safe and useful in society.

Can it be achieved? Find out for yourself from one of the world’s leading researchers on this topic.

 

About our hosts:

Sunita Sayana Lokuge, EG94 is an executive coach and a serial social entrepreneur. Ishantha (EG93) runs product at Shutterfly and is an established painter and multimedia artist. They have two twin children, Zara and Rohil.