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“Vivint Amb Robots” with SPECS- lab at the “Biennal Ciutat i Ciencia”, Barcelona
SPECS-lab with roboticists Vicky Vouloutsi presented an interactive taller for the general public starring robot Pepper: "Living with Robots", at La Pedrera. Sala Gaudí, Barcelona - 8 February 2019
SPECS-lab is a member of Virtual Brain Cloud consortium!
Congratulations to the Virtual Brain Cloud Project!
SPECS with IBEC participates in the 12th edition of the Science Festival in Barcelona
SPECS-lab joined the 12th editions of Festival de la Ciencia in Barcelona " where they presented several research lines and new tools they develop to study the brain, highlighting that neuroscience is multidisciplinary and it resorts to disciplines such as engineering, computing or physics, even though virtual, interactive tools and games.
Hints vs Distractions in Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Looking for the proper type of help
The kind of help a student receives during a task has been shown to play a significant role in the learning process. We designed an interaction scenario with a robotic tutor, in real-life settings based on an inquiry-based learning task.
SPECS has another doctor, congratulations Giovanni!
Today SPECS’s Ph.D. student Giovanni Maffei defends his thesis entitled: “Automatic and deliberate control of action: an embodied perspective of artificial and biological brains.”
SPECS has another doctor, congratulations Daniel!
Today SPECS’s Ph.D. student Daniel Pacheco defends his thesis entitled: “Space, Memory, Action: Insights from Behavior and Neurophysiology”