Report on the Technology, Mind, and Society Conference

In addition to the peer-reviewed program, the Technology, Mind, and Society conference featured four keynote presentations. Cynthia Breazeal (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) spoke on her extensive work in the creation of social robots that, through their verbal, nonverbal, and emotive expressions, meaningfully engage with people in support of their goals. Eric Horvitz (Microsoft Research) discussed his work modeling psychological processes like intention and cognition that inform the development of interactive systems that complement human intellect. Finally, Alex "Sandy" Pentland (Massachusetts The Technology, Mind, and Society conference Institute of Technology) discussed his work on provided an interdisciplinary venue for reporting social physics and the ways in which big data can be and assessing current efforts to understand and shape used to accurately predict and shape human behavior. Human-Centered Vehicle Automation: Lessons and The conference was organized around four Questions from the Real World, with panelists Chuck broad themes: basic research.