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SUMMARY:Socially assistive robots: we can do better (online talk) - Prof S
 helly Levy-Tzedek (Ben Gurion University)
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CONTACT:Hatice Gunes
DESCRIPTION:Speaker bio: Shelly Levy-Tzedek is an associate professor and 
 the director of the Cognition\, Aging & Rehabilitation Laboratory at Ben G
 urion University. Prof. Levy-Tzedek completed her undergraduate studies\, 
 summa cum laude\, at UC Berkeley\, where she won the Bioengineering depart
 mental citation medal. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)\
 , she completed her M.S. and her Ph.D. degrees as an MIT Presidential Fell
 ow and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellow\, in the Biomedical Engine
 ering department\, and was a guest professor at the University of Freiburg
  in Germany as part of the Marie S. Curie FRIAS COFUND Fellowship Program 
 in 2018-19. Prof. Levy-Tzedek was chosen as one of Israel’s most promisi
 ng 40-under-40 by The Marker Magazine\, won an award from the Paedagogica 
 Foundation’s special program entitled “Initiative for Excellence in th
 e Negev”\, and the Toronto Prize for excellence in research. Her work is
  supported by national and international foundations - private and public.
  Her lab studies the effects of age and disease (in particular\, Parkinson
 ’s disease & stroke) on the control of body movement\, and how to best e
 mploy robotics to facilitate a fast and efficient rehabilitation process. 
 She takes a multi-disciplinary approach to her studies: the students on he
 r team come from varied backgrounds\, including physical therapy\, enginee
 ring and psychology\, and she collaborates with faculty members from Israe
 l\, Canada\, England\, the United States and Germany who come from diverse
  fields such as Industrial Engineering\, Psychology\, Computer Science\, R
 obotics\, Education and Philosophy.\n\n\nTo join online use the following 
 Zoom link:\nhttps://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89205504076?pwd=6SHvuRXDl0aMWI54L0
 0rmV2NK7tkNy.1\n
LOCATION:ONLINE and FW11 Seminar Room (William Gates Building)  
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