Los Angeles - Inspire Innovation - Carnegie Mellon University

Leading Innovation: Los Angeles and Beyond

Los Angeles

Leading Innovation: Los Angeles and Beyond

Friday, February 17, 2012
7–10 p.m.

Lot Studios
1041 N. Formosa Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90046

Event photos and video coming soon.

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Meet President Jared L. Cohon and a panel of leading experts from the worlds of entertainment, artificial intelligence, robotics and technology.

Panel Discussion

How do Hollywood's robots stack up to CMU's real-life innovations? Where's the line between fiction and reality? Are we at the dawn of a new robot era? What will the future hold for robotic technologies shaping our lives? Don't miss your chance to join the conversation.

  • Howie Choset
    Professor, Robotics Institute
    Carnegie Mellon University
  • Jodi Forlizzi
    Associate Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Institute
    and School of Design
    Carnegie Mellon University
  • Don Marinelli (moderator)
    Executive Producer, Entertainment Technology Center
    Professor, Drama and Arts Management
    Carnegie Mellon University
  • Daniel H. Wilson (CS'03, '04, '05)
    Alumnus and Author
    How to Survive a Robot Uprising and Robopocalypse
    (soon to be a Steven Spielberg film)