Simran Bhatia

UW Informatics 20 Grad. Interested in all XR, Data Science, Women in Tech, Accessibility, Research. 🐼🥑☔️

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

An interesting study about the potential of social teen-robot interactions in VR vs other embodiments. Read more here⬇️

[Elin Björling ☮️ @elinbjorling]

Finally our robot embodiment paper is out! LOTS of teens shared their stressors with @RobotEMAR in #VR, on a computer, and physically present. Guess which embodiment they preferred for this activity? https://t.co/k2NkWGO0MQ @ProjectEMAR @HonsonLing @jeffmatarrese @sim18ran

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

@savostrowski Happpy Birthdayy! Hope you’re doing well 💙

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

@Anne_Spencer_ Congratulations, this is amazing!!

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

@elinbjorling So sorry to hear this, *hugs*.

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

Had a lot of fun & awkwardness navigating my first *virtual* poster presentation. Thanks @elinbjorling and @RobotEMAR for giving me this awesome opportunity 🤖

[Elin Björling ☮️ @elinbjorling]

Go Team EMAR! @sim18ran is doing a wonderful job presenting our new mixed-methods #stress paper at #ICSR2020 ! This @ProjectEMAR paper is the result of a few long nights of analysis and hardworking students @HonsonLing https://t.co/Jh1e70osc8

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

Exploring WebXR technologies through teen-robot interactions with @RobotEMAR

[ProjectEMAR @ProjectEMAR]

Last summer we explored a virtual version of @robotemar with #teens. Participants designed their own virtual EMAR environments with researchers @sim18ran @TanyaBudhiraja1 @elinbjorling! Read more in our blog:
https://t.co/ClyEz6Yz3y

#STEM #robotics #UW #stress #teenmentalhealth

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

@cfiesler I’d suggest posting in women affinity groups, eg. GHC 2020, Society of Women Engineers, etc. they certainly have a higher reach

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

Great example of creativity during quarantine, loved collaborating on this project. Check it out!

[ProjectEMAR @ProjectEMAR]

Under quarantine, Project EMAR researchers @elinbjorling @p_alvesoliveira @mayacakmak explored teens designing their own at-home EMAR social robots. Visit our blog to read more!

https://t.co/qyCfbcytYk

#STEM #robotics #covid #UW #teens #stress #teenmentalhealth #hcde

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

@jeffmatarrese WOOHOO

[Anthony Steed @anthony_steed]

This prevents the use of Oculus devices in classrooms and research labs.

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

@p_alvesoliveira @UW @uwcse @mayacakmak @elinbjorling Congratulations! So excited to have you here 😍

[Sara Hooker @sarahookr]

There is a misconception that famous researchers in ML are innately brilliant.

Most well known researchers I meet are not. They are smart. But the dominant traits are perseverance and sense of research agenda. They pursue interesting questions and are willing to fail doing so.

[Elin Björling ☮️ @elinbjorling]

Talking about robot creepiness with #teens for @ProjectEMAR - Regarding a security robot, an 18 year old, female teen shared, “Human police are making mistakes all the time, I might be more comfortable being confronted by a robot police person.”

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

@jeffmatarrese Happy Birthday, Jeff! 🎈🎈🎈

[Elin Björling ☮️ @elinbjorling]

Today @sim18ran and I talked with #teens about what technologies are creepy and why for @ProjectEMAR creepiness study. I am always amazed at what teens have to say and how they think. Today is no exception.

[Elin Björling ☮️ @elinbjorling]

Any #teens (13-18) out there looking for something fun to do? @ProjectEMAR team is looking for teen collaborators to help us better understand what makes a social #robot creepy. Join our online project! https://t.co/gBOYAiMZ7E

[Miles Beckett @mbeckett]

7/9 This is the heart of Simpson's paradox. If you pool data without regard to the underlying causality, you'll get erroneous results. https://t.co/lbPJF3A8WP

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

@jeffmatarrese @elinbjorling Immersive teleop, I’ll slack the link to you!

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

@elinbjorling @pisastero @ProjectEMAR @jeffmatarrese @psim97 @InvictusBot @elizajyl Thank you @pisastero for the AMAZING masks 🙏🙏

[Simran Bhatia @sim18ran]

Thank you @elinbjorling and @ProjectEMAR for the beautiful robot themed mask 🙌 this is going to make outdoors a lil more robot-y