Pedro Lopes

@plopesresearch

Assoc. Prof. of Comp. Science @uchicagocs / Human Computer Integration Lab / XR, haptics, hw / HCI lab: lab.plopes.org / music: plopesmusic.org

Chicago, IL

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Pedro Lopes
@plopesresearch
Mar 20
Text or video is not only form AI can take. In embodied-ai.tech (#CHI2026, Best Paper 🏆) we create an embodied AI that acts via muscle stimulation to perform physical tasks: e.g., place a bike on a bus rack and more! youtube.com/watch?v=pJM2Z8… by @yun_yh_ @romainnith
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Pedro Lopes
@plopesresearch
Sep 25
Come work in our data science institute, incredible team of scholars: datascience.uchicago.edu/about/leadersh…
Data Science Institute
@DSI_UChicago
Sep 25
Job Opportunities Alert: Associate Professor of Data Science: apply.interfolio.com/194358 Assistant Professor of Data Science: apply.interfolio.com/194104 EOE / Vet / Disability
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Pedro Lopes
@plopesresearch
Sep 24
That was fun indeed! Thanks James, Benjamin, Alice and Blaise for organizing! And Santa Fe institute for hosting us!
Benjamin Bratton
@bratton
Sep 23
Just back from an intense couple of days at Santa Fe Institute where I co-hosted a symposium on Symbiogenesis with James Evans and Blaise Agüera y Arcas. Speakers included our host, David Krakauer, Chris Kempes, Melanie Mitchell, Eric Karsenti, Olaf Witkowski, Michael Levin,
Pedro Lopes
@plopesresearch
Sep 18
+ Videos must be live streamed with a member of the PC for liveliness confirmation and an atomic clock signal sent to CERN for confirmation of timestamp.
Boaz Barak
@boazbaraktcs
Sep 17
Pedro Lopes
@plopesresearch
Sep 17
Fantastic interview with Nicholas Hatsopoulos from the @UChicago_Brains Neuroscience Institute on regaining the sense of touch! Give it a listen / watch !
Big Brains Podcast
@BigBrainsUC
Sep 17
Could you regain a sense of touch, using only your thoughts? UChicago neuroscientist Nicholas Hatsopoulos explains his research mapping the brain's neural pathways—and creating brain-machine interfaces that could help restore movement for patients. ms.spr.ly/6017adB2H
$Glowing, X-ray-like human hand with bones in blue and orange, glowing points at joints. Top: BIG BRAINS PODCAST logo with colorful brain. Bottom left: \"Recreating a sense of touch, using our minds\". Bottom right: \"LATEST EPISODE\".$