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La Stampa

Interview to Agnieszka Wykowska by the Italian newspaper La Stampa.

Analysis of our brain's activity reveals our attitude towards a robot. 

LINK interview here 

Full interview (pdf in Italian) here  

EurekAlert!

(by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

What is your attitude towards a humanoid robot? Your brain activity can tell us!
Scientists at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Italy reported in Science Robotics that attitudes towards robot can be detected from neural activity; the study was supported by the European Research Council.

LINK:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/iidt-wiy092920.php

The New York Times

WHY DO WE HURT ROBOTS?
Feat. Agnieszka Wykowska

ABOUT
This article provides fascinating insights into the social behavior toward robots.

LINK
https://nyti.ms/2Hm5pAi

Nature Careers

Agnieszka was interviewed for the Nature Careers "Where I work" series, which depicts scientist in their own environment and describes the motivation for their research. 

Full interview link: 
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02155-1

Instagram post and further images: 
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEmIzCxjidO/?igshid=n08yvht12p0q

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Let's talk

LET'S TALK
Interview to Agnieszka Wykowska,
IIT ERC grantee

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science

CHAT WITH YOUNG RESEARCHERS AND ERC GRANTEES
Commissioner for Research Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, chats with three prominent women researchers about the gender gaps in research

PARTICIPANTS
Agnieszka Wykowska (ERC Starting Grant holder), Valeria Nicolosi (former Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow and multi ERC grant holder), and Francisca dos Santos Martins (laureate of the European Contest for Young Scientists).

Moderator: Lucia Caudet, Spokesperson, European Commission.

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ERC Talks

ERC GRANTEES AND EXPERTS ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT FEARS RELATED TO AI
Agnieszka Wykowska - Phil Howard - Simon Thorpe

ABOUT
- Are you prepared to socialise with AI robots?
- Will democracy survive the rise of AI?
- What impact will AI have on your job?

 

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ERC Insights

MEPS ASK - ERC GRANTEES ANSWER
Clare Moody - Agnieszka Wykowska
ABOUT
Digital transformation in the working environment

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Media coverage demos during the inauguration of CHT Erzelli

Coverage of the presentation given by Agnieszka Wykowska and the demos prepared by our team for the inauguration of the Center for Human Technologies in Erzelli on the 19th of July 2019. The lab tour counted with the participation of local and regional authorities, together with the outgoing director of the IIT, Prof. Roberto Cingolani, and the incoming director Prof. Giorgio Metta. It was a great chance to share our work and talk about future developments.

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme by the European Research Council (ERC) grant [No. ERC-2016-STG 715058] InStance: Intentional Stance for Social Attunement awarded to Prof. Agnieszka Wykowska. Additionally, some studies closely related to InStance are supported by internal funds from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT).
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