Speakers Bureau
Are you hosting a panel where you would like to have a roboticist? Are you interested in interviewing a Black Roboticist for your podcast? Please consider hiring a member of the Black In Robotics Speakers Bureau.
Please visit each speakers website for more details about their area of expertise. Please note that it requires significant time as well as intellectual property to prepare a technical presentation. Therefore, please commit part of your budget to providing honorariums for our speakers.
Biomedical Engineering
Ultrasound imaging, photoacoustic imaging, surgical guidance, beamforming, medical robotics, deep learning for image formation
Muyinatu Bell, PhD
Computer Science, Engineering
Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Computer Science
Jasmine Berry, PhD
Robotics, Product Management, STEM Education, Entrepreneurship
Human-Centered Design, Human Robot Interaction
Jasmine Lawrence
Algorithmic Bias, Mentorship,
Justice, Ethics, Decision-making with the intersection of Human-Robot Interaction,
Kenya Andrews
Electrical Engineering, Robotics
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
human-robot interaction, human-robot interfaces, robotics education, mobile robotics, diversity in STEM
Carlotta A. Berry, PhD
Robotics Planning, NASA
Multi Robot Planning, Multi Robot Exploration, Autonomous Construction, Autonomous Mining
Maira Saboia Da Silva
Robotics Engineering, Robotics Competitions, Robotics Education, Robotics in Africa
Shared autonomy for autonomous vehicles, haptic feedback, engineering education
Kenechukwu Mbanisi
Mechanical Engineering
Purdue
Human-Centered Design, Intersecting Diversity and Engineering, Sociotechnical Systems, Human-Machine Systems
Tahira Reid Smith, PhD
Electrical Engineer, Mechatronics, Robotics
Stretchable sensors and actuators, soft systems for healthcare, reconfigurable sensors
Kris Dorsey, PhD
User Experience (UX) research and design, Human Factors
UX design for software, hardware, AI systems; applied psychology focused on language, cognition, HCI, RAL (Robot Assisted Learning)
Lynda Osborne
Promise Ekpo Osaine
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Princeton University.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/promise-ekpo-osaine/
graduate student in Computer Science at Princeton University, her research interest is in developing solutions to challenges in AI Safety, fine tuning language models, and building reinforcement learning algorithms in human-computer interaction.
If you are interested in learning more about the speakers bureau, then please see the frequently asked questions below.
How do I request a speaker?
To request a speaker, complete this Google Form. A Speakers Bureau administrator will contact you within thirty-six hours of your request. If for some reason, there is an oversight and you are not contacted within 36 hours, please email blackinrobotics ‘at’ gmail.com.
How do I join the Speakers Bureau?
If you are a BiR member, then complete this short Google Form to join.
If you have any other questions then feel free to email berry123 ‘at’ rose-hulman.edu .