SYMPOSIUM ORGANISERS

 

UP Library Exucutive : Lindiwe Soyizwapi  -  Director; Modisa Khosie - Deputy Director: Information Resources, Access & Operations; Lazarus Matizirofa Deputy Director -Scholarly Communications, Digital Services & Systems;Anna Siwela - Deputy Director: Academic Services. 

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Important Dates
Conference Duration
10 November 2021 - 11 November 2021
Registration
2 December 2021 - 2 December 2021 [CLOSED]
Call For Abstracts
31 May 2021 - 2 December 2021
International Symposium on Robotics and AI in Libraries and the Education Sector 2021
Organiser
Name
Una Mgwenya
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Number
124204291
Streams
  • Humanoid robots for library services
  • utonomous delivery vehicles (ADVs) and other robots for library operations
  • Human-robot interaction design
  • Cognitive automation
  • Use and impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Collaborative robots (cobots) and hybrid robotics/automation, e.g. telepresence robots
  • Ethical and legal issues, algorithmic literacy, transparency, bias, oversight
  • Social considerations, singularity/multiplicity, work-force issues
  • Artificial Intelligence and Libraries.
  • MakerSpace.
  • Internet of Things and Libraries
  • Smart Cities and Smart Libraries
  • Blockchain Technologies in libraries
  • Library Software, Automation and Open-Source Technologies