Real Solutions to Real Problems Impacting Real People
Chaired by Dennis Hong
UCLA
Room: TBA
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm, August 3rd, Thursday, 2023
Dennis Hong
Professor and the Founding Director of RoMeLa
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department UCLA
Though the rapidly developing robotics and AI technologies are already having a major impact on our everyday lives, often times, we also see many research being conducted without much considerations on how these technologies will impact on our lives and society. AI and robotics can be powerful tools to solve real problems, but also have their own risks and hazards that can bring danger and potentially have a serious negative impact on our society. We would like to see what problems researchers are solving, who is affected by this and how they will impact our society. In this UKC 2023 Keynote Symposium, U.S. and Korean experts in robotics are invited to discuss how the current state of the art and future robotics and AI technologies may impact our everyday lives.
Real Solutions to Real Problems Impacting Real People
Chaired by Young-Shin Jun
Washington University in St. Louis
Room: TBA
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm, August 4, Friday, 2023
Young-Shin Jun
Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis
Climate change driven by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is the defining challenge of our time, encompassing not only rising temperatures but also extreme weather events and a range of other impacts. Its effects are global in scope and unprecedented in scale, and they will continue to worsen as global temperatures and GHG emissions increase. Achieving carbon neutrality or net-zero emissions by balancing GHG emissions with removals from the atmosphere is critical to slowing climate change and minimizing its impacts. The keynote symposium will highlight the importance of a scientific understanding of decarbonization technologies, their deployment, and related policy implementation in the timely achievement of carbon neutrality targets. The session will also discuss the technical, economic, and public relations challenges of decarbonization.