Applied research gets no respect…

Applied research gets no respect…

What people care about is what changes their lives…

PléiadesAutominder

MAPGEN

LITA

Cyber SecurityWeb servicesManufacturing…

Thanks to Kanna Rajan for the figures.

Trajectory: Robotics • A technical committee is elected

and steers toward the goal via rule changes, new leagues, and competitions

• Simple success criteria• Scientific progress is encouraged

by awards for Symposium papers• Competition motivates students• Prestige and encouragment for

researchers to participate

RoboCup Goal: By the year 2050 develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots

that can win against the human

world soccer champion team

Thanks to Paul Cohen for the original of this slide.

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Don’t forget…

Sometimes you aren’t told what you want to hear…

Reviewers• Don’t expect

experimental control• Think differently about

review criteria• Consider relevance to

long term goals of field and what is learned about applicability of current techniques

Authors• Explain: what worked

well, what needed to be changed/enhanced, what you learned and your guess(?) of why

• Make available data or code (when possible) or at least provide detailed descriptions on a website

How blocks should be used…