The AI for Human–Robot Interaction summer school offers an intensive 5-day program of keynotes, lectures and practical sessions led by experienced AI and robotics experts. Participants will engage with top researchers and will be tutored to use AI models and methods on real robots, advancing in their knowledge to deploy human–robot interaction systems grounded in recent advances in artificial intelligence. They will have the opportunity to engage with industry leaders building and deploying AI methods in the real world.
Participants are encourages to optionally present their work during poster sessions.
Networking is faciliated through social or cultural activities, as well as informal interactions with speakers, industrial sponsors and other participants during coffee breaks, dinner and social drinks.
Topics:
* AI methods for HRI
* Foundation models: LLM, VLM
* Reinforcement Learning
* Learning from human feedback
* Generative and diffusion models
* VLAs for HRI
* Computer Vision for human tracking
* Human-aware planning
* Safety & Ethics of AI methods for HRI
* ... and more!
When & Where:
The summer school will be held at the the Loria and Inria Center at the Université de Lorraine, in Nancy (France) from July 6 to 10.
Audience:
The target audience consists primarily of PhD students or exceptional Master students, as well as academics and practitioners from all around the world. Researchers and engineers from industry are also welcome.
The school will be advertised with a public call and participants will be selected on the basis of merit. Preferred attendees have a technical background, and some prior understanding and practical experience of machine learning and AI methods applied to robotics. Attendees from the HRI area are more than welcome, if they have a technical background and coding skills.
Note that the Amphiteatre can hold up to 200 people, while the tutorials, labs and hands-on with robots can be run for 40 people at maximum. Selected applicants only will do the labs.
Acknowledgements:
As part of the initiatives supported by the AI Grand Est ENACT cluster, this summer school is fully aligned with national and European priorities in responsible artificial intelligence, robotics, research-driven training, and technology transfer to industry.
