Stewart Tansley

Microsoft Research

Stewart Tansley is responsible for Robotics and Embedded Devices in External Research & Programs at Microsoft Research. He has a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence applied to Engineering from Loughborough University, UK. He has authored a variety of papers on robotics for education, artificial intelligence and network management, and co-authored a book on software engineering for artificial intelligence.

Sessions

8:00pm - 9:30pm Wednesday, 03/05/2008
Emerging Arts Fest
Event
 Location: Marina Ballroom D
Regine Debatty (We Make Money Not Art), Kati London (area/code), Natalie Jeremijenko (NYU), Scott Varland (NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)), Adam Simon (NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)), Michael Dory (NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)), Paul Torrens (Arizona State University), Ryan McManus (Barbarian Group LLC), Andrew Bell (Barbarian Group LLC), Andrea Vaccari (Senseable City Lab, MIT), Tucker Balch (Georgia Tech), Stewart Tansley (Microsoft Research), Eric Kabisch
The first ever Emerging Arts Fest provides a showcase for artists to present their vision of the intersection of art and technology. Read more.
11:50am - 12:35pm Thursday, 03/06/2008
Personal Robots for Computer Science Education
Location: Marina Ballroom E
Tucker Balch (Georgia Tech), Stewart Tansley (Microsoft Research)
Robots can be used as fun and effective tool and context for education. In this presentation we show how they can be used as part of introductory Computer Science courses. Read more.
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