Tentative Agenda |
Updated March 27, 2008 |
All 26th Army Science Conference events will be held at the JW Marriott.
| Mon., Dec. 1 | Tues., Dec. 2 | Wed., Dec. 3 | Thurs., Dec. 4 |
| DRESS CODE | |
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Conference Dress Code: |
Military - Class B Service Uniform Civilian - Business Suit |
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Banquet Dress Code: |
Military - Class A Service Uniform Civilian - Business Suit (coat & tie) |
| THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008 | |
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| 8:30 AM | Guest Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Breazeal - Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, Director of the Robotic Life Group, and the LG Group Career Development Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: (Autonomous Systems) |
| 9:15 AM | Guest Speaker: Dr. Justine Cassell – Director, Center for Technology & Social Behavior; and Professor, Departments of Communication Studies and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; Northwestern University: (Immersive Technology) |
| 10:00 AM | Break / Army Science and Technology Showcase opens for the day |
| 10:30 AM | Topical Panel: Autonomous Systems and Their Potential Applications Dr. James Albus - Senior NIST Fellow and Founder of the Intelligent Systems Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology: Intelligent System Design Dr. William Swartout – Director of Technology, University of Southern California (USC) Institute for Creative Technologies and Research Professor of Computer Science, USC: Immersive Environments Dr. Yoky Matsuoka - Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Director, Neurobotics Laboratory; University of Washington: Neurorobotics Dr. Stefan Schaal – Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and the Neuroscience Program, USC; and Invited Researcher, ATR Human Information Sciences Laboratory, Japan: Humanoid Robotics |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch: General Christian Bréant – Director of Research and Technology for Defense and Security, Délégation générale pour l’armement, France |
| 1:45 PM | Posters and Science & Technology Showcase |
| 2:45 PM | Parallel Technical Sessions E: Autonomous/Unmanned Systems G: Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technology H: Power and Energy I: Immersive Technology O: Environmental and Engineering Geosciences Q: Physical/Engineering Processes: Theory and Analytical Modeling |
| 6:30 PM | Awards Banquet and Closing Ceremony
Guest Speakers: Dr. Joel Primack, Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Ms. Nancy Ellen Abrams |
| Mon., Dec. 1 | Tues., Dec. 2 | Wed., Dec. 3 | Thurs., Dec. 4 |
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