Touch Sensing and Processing Summer School 2024

Compared to vision or hearing, touch is a poorly understood sensing modality. Thanks to recent advances in hardware development, it will soon be possible to digitize touch at scale. This creates important opportunities for both basic research and applications, such as robotics. In this context, it is increasingly important the role of Touch Processing – the science of making sense of touch through the use of machine learning.

The Touch Sensing and Processing Summer School (TSPSS) aims to provide a stimulating opportunity for young researchers and Ph.D. students to participate and benefit from direct interaction and discussions with world leaders in touch sensing and processing. Participants will also have the possibility to present the results of their research, and to interact with their scientific peers, in an informal and constructive environment.

Speakers

Mark Cutkosky (Stanford)
Mike Lambeta (Meta AI)
Zaki Hussein (Touchlab)
Monroe Kennedy III (Stanford)
Merle Fairhurst (TU Dresden)

Participants

Alessi Carlo
Andrussow Iris
Asif Shaikh Hamdaan
Birtalan Eszter
Chang Eric
Chun Ethan
Dave Vedant
Dugonjić Zdravko
FatemiJahromi Seyed Alireza
Gross Sonja
Hanisch Philipp
Jimoh Ibrahim
Jülg Tobias
Koch Robin
Kota Rohan
Lygerakis Fotios
Mascot Annie
Melisch Vincent
Murtaza Zain
Oeser Camillo
Preziosa Giuseppe Fabio
Richardson Ben
Rimon Zohar
Suresh Barat
Schulz Andrew
Schwarz Lucas
Shafer Elisei
Shah Sharmi
Steiger Ludwig
Stolle Reiner
Wan Fang
Wang Kevin
Weichart Johannes
Yang Yaxun
Zai El Amri Wadhah

Organizing Committee

Roberto Calandra (TU Dresden)
Zdravko Dugonjić (TU Dresden)
Philipp Hanisch (TU Dresden)

Application

The Premier year of summer school will be open for 40 pre-selected researchers. For this year, the organizing committee decided to provide financial support to our participants by covering the full cost of lodging and meals at the venue for the entire five-day event.

Applications are now Closed

Location

All participants, including speakers, at TSPSS 2024 will be hosted at the Jugendgästehaus Liebethal just outside of Dresden, from 1-6 September 2024. Dresden is an old Baroque German city, the capital of Saxony. City offers rich historical experience, surrounded with beautiful natural landmarks around the city and down the river Elbe.

Contact

For more information, you can contact us at [email protected].