More Like this

1. Report from the NSF Future Directions Workshop on Automatic Evaluation of Dialog: Research Directions and Challenges

   Shikib Mehri, Jinho Choi (January 2022, ArXivorg)

   This is a report on the NSF Future Directions Workshop on Automatic Evaluation of Dialog. The workshop explored the current state of the art along with its limitations and suggested promising directions for future work in this important and very rapidly changing area of research. 

   more » « less
2. Transgender and Nonbinary Computing and Engineering Education: A Workshop Experience Report

   Sexton, Stacey; Menier, Amanda; Zarch, Rebecca (January 2023, ASEE annual conference proceedings)

   While many efforts have begun to increase the diversity of learners in computing and engineering fields, more inclusive approaches are needed to support learners with intersectional identities across gender, race, ethnicity, and ability. A group of 15 experts across a range of computing, engineering, and data-based disciplines joined experts from education and the social sciences to build a plan for intersectional policy, practices, and research in broadening participation in computing and engineering (BPC/BPE) efforts that is inclusive of gender identity. This paper presents findings from the workshop including near and long term agenda items for intersectional research about the inclusion of gender identity in the computing and engineering education research communities; recommendations for advancing collective understanding of and ability to implement principles of intersectionality in future work and; and highlights from existing work, researchers, and thought leaders on the inclusion of gender identity in BPC/BPE initiatives that inform this research agenda. In this report we’ll discuss the origin of the workshop idea, the experience of pulling together the workshop and lessons learned around implementing it, and finally we’ll report about the outputs and emerging outcomes of the workshop experience. This workshop report will contribute to fostering a space where gender expansive work is valued and valuable for those doing, receiving, and being represented by this work. It will also offer readers the opportunity to conceptualize how to expand and refine the inclusion of gender identity as part of their current and future BPC/BPE initiatives. We end with an explicit call for more gender expansive and gender liberationist work be undertaken through the auspices of ASEE. 

   more » « less
3. BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN POLICY, PRACTICE, AND ACADEMIA: Unleashing Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Societal Benefit

   https://doi.org/DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32704.33284  

   Robinson, Jeffrey A.; Dougherty, Deborah (January 2014, NSF Workshop)

   This report presents the findings of a workshop on social innovation funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. SMA-1240596. The workshop took place August 27-28, 2013 at Rutgers Business School in Newark, New Jersey. The workshop that explored the intersection of the social, behavioral, and economic sciences and social policy and entrepreneurship. The goal was to develop a research agenda in social innovation and establish collaborative arrangements to build bridges between knowledge creators and practitioners. A research agenda is presented and recommendations are made for future work in social innovation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation 

   more » « less
4. Lessons Learned About Designing and Conducting Studies From HRI Experts

   https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.772141  

   Fraune, Marlena R.; Leite, Iolanda; Karatas, Nihan; Amirova, Aida; Legeleux, Amélie; Sandygulova, Anara; Neerincx, Anouk; Dilip Tikas, Gaurav; Gunes, Hatice; Mohan, Mayumi; et al (January 2022, Frontiers in Robotics and AI)

   The field of human-robot interaction (HRI) research is multidisciplinary and requires researchers to understand diverse fields including computer science, engineering, informatics, philosophy, psychology, and more disciplines. However, it is hard to be an expert in everything. To help HRI researchers develop methodological skills, especially in areas that are relatively new to them, we conducted a virtual workshop, Workshop Your Study Design (WYSD), at the 2021 International Conference on HRI. In this workshop, we grouped participants with mentors, who are experts in areas like real-world studies, empirical lab studies, questionnaire design, interview, participatory design, and statistics. During and after the workshop, participants discussed their proposed study methods, obtained feedback, and improved their work accordingly. In this paper, we present 1) Workshop attendees’ feedback about the workshop and 2) Lessons that the participants learned during their discussions with mentors. Participants’ responses about the workshop were positive, and future scholars who wish to run such a workshop can consider implementing their suggestions. The main contribution of this paper is the lessons learned section, where the workshop participants contributed to forming this section based on what participants discovered during the workshop. We organize lessons learned into themes of 1) Improving study design for HRI, 2) How to work with participants - especially children -, 3) Making the most of the study and robot’s limitations, and 4) How to collaborate well across fields as they were the areas of the papers submitted to the workshop. These themes include practical tips and guidelines to assist researchers to learn about fields of HRI research with which they have limited experience. We include specific examples, and researchers can adapt the tips and guidelines to their own areas to avoid some common mistakes and pitfalls in their research. 

   more » « less
5. Running a research group in the next generation: combining sustainable and reproducible research with values-driven leadership

   https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac407  

   Jacqueline Monaghan, Siobhan M (January 2023, Journal of Experimental Botany)

   In the summer of 2021, we held a community workshop at the International Congress of Arabidopsis Research (ICAR) aimed at early career researchers and focused on values-based lab leadership. Here, we elaborate on ideas emerging from the workshop that we hope will allow current and future group leaders to reflect on and adjust to the rapidly evolving nature of the academic scientific enterprise. 

   more » « less