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  13. WALTER DAN STIEHL: Please see http://web.media.mit.edu/\~wdstiehl/ for full CV including list of publications and invited talks Education: M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 2005
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  21. ANGELA CHANG Please see http://web.media.mit.edu/\~anjchang/ for full CV including list of publications and invited talks Education: M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 2002
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  25. RYAN WISTORT Please see http://web.media.mit.edu/\~rwistort/rybots/index.html for full CV including list of publications Education: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle WA, 2007
  26. Academic Appointments: MIT Media Laboratory 2008 -present
  27. Research Assistant, Personal Robots Group (Formerly Robotic Life Group) Advisor: Professor Cynthia Breazeal Honors and Awards: Mary Gates Research Scholar . 2003 NASA Space Grant Scholar 2003
  28. CYNTHIA BREAZEAL Please see http://web.media.mit.edu/\~cynthiab/index.html for full CV including list of publications and invited talks Education: Sc. D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of 2000 Technology, Cambridge, MA
  29. S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of 1993 Technology, Cambridge, MA
  30. B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California 1989 A4. A List of Publications Provided to Support this Proposal (Available upon Request) HUGGABLE ROBOT: Theses: J. K. Lee (2009), Affordable Avatar Control System for Personal Robots. Master of Science thesis. Media Arts and Sciences, MIT.
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  36. Conference Papers: W. D. Stiehl, J. K. Lee, C. Breazeal, M. Nalin, A. Morandi, and A. Sanna, (2009). "The Huggable: A Platform for Research in Robotic Companions for Pediatric Care" in Workshop on Creative Interactive Play for Disabled Children held at the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC2009) Como, Italy, 2009.
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  49. A list of past demonstrations of the systems described in this proposal HUGGABLE ROBOT: "The Huggable": Interactive Demonstration of Third Generation Prototype at TheFunded 2009 Event, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, March 10, 2009.
  50. "The Huggable": Interactive Demonstration of Third Generation Prototype at 2008 RoboDevelopment 2008 in the Microsoft Robotics Developers Studio Booth.
  51. Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, November 18-19, 2008. "The Huggable": Static Display of Second Generation Huggable Prototype. Star Wars 2008- Where Science Meets Imagination. International Touring Exhibit. "The Huggable": Interactive Demonstration of Third Generation Prototype at the San 2008
  52. Raffaele Del Monte Tabor Foundation (HSR), Milan, Italy, May 6-7, 2008. "The Huggable": Interactive Demonstration of Second Generation Prototype at the 2007 Space Between: Making Connections during Palliative Care Conference Sponsored by the Highland Hospice, Inverness, Scotland, November 8 th -9 th , 2007 "The Huggable": Interactive Demonstration of Second Generation Prototype at the "Our 2007 Cyborg Future?" Exhibition as part of the Designs of the Time 2007 Festival, Newcastle, UK, October 19 th , 2007
  53. "The Huggable": Interactive Demonstration of Second Generation Prototype at the 2007 AARP Life@50+ Conference, Boston, MA, September 6 th -8 th , 2007
  54. "The Huggable": Interactive Demonstration of Second Generation Prototype at the Robots 2007 at Play Festival, Odense, Denmark, August 23 rd -25 th , 2007
  55. "The Huggable": Static Display and Interactive Touch Sensor Panel as part of the "Our 2007 Cyborg Future?" Exhibition as part of the Designs of the Time 2007 Festival, Newcastle, UK, August 10 th -October 27 th , 2007. "The Huggable": Interactive Demonstration of Second Generation Prototype during 2007 Microsoft Keynote at RoboBusiness 2007, Boston, MA, May 16 th , 2007. "The Huggable": Booth at the World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress 2006
  56. Washington, DC, November 1 st -3 rd , 2006
  57. "The Huggable": Interactive Technology Demonstration at Disney New Technology Forum: Best of SIGGRAPH 2006 at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, CA September 8 th , 2006
  58. "The Huggable": Interactive Technology Demonstration in Emerging Technologies Pavillion at SIGGRAPH 2006, Boston, MA, July 30 th -August 3 rd , 2006
  59. "The Huggable": Static Display and Interactive Touch Sensor Panel as part of the "Tech'ing it to the Next Level: Highlights from iCampus, the MIT-Microsoft Alliance" Exhibition, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA, May 23 rd -December, 2006 "The Huggable": Booth and Focus Groups at The Digital Future -Creativity without Boundaries Conference, Aviemore, Scotland, May 11 th , 2006
  60. "The Huggable": Technology Demonstration at the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Jan 9-10, 2006. W.D. Stiehl, J. Lieberman, C. Breazeal, L. Basel, R. Cooper, H. Knight, L. Lalla, A. Maymin, and S. Purchase.
  61. "The Huggable": Technology Demonstration at Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, Microsoft Conference Center, Redmond, WA, July 19 th , 2005.
  62. TOFU: "Tofu": Classroom demonstration of Tofu robot in a pre-kindergaren class, Cambridge, MA, April 9 th , 2009
  63. "Tofu": Public demonstration of Tofu robot in an art studio setting, Cannytrophic Design Expo, South Boston, MA, March 28 th , 2009
  64. "Tofu": On stage demonstration of Tofu system interacting through Puppeteering 2009 Interface, Awareness Fall 2008 Meeting: Research Update MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, October 29 th , 2009