{"692199":{"#nid":"692199","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Conversations@TechSquare: Convergence of Data and Power","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArturo N\u00fa\u00f1ez\u003C\/strong\u003E is the Domain Expert Director of Convergence of Data and Power for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.southwire.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESouthwire\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. Before joining Southwire, he was the Senior Manager of Asset Monitoring and Substation Reliability Center of Excellence (COE) Manager for MISTRAS Group where he managed hundreds of projects for testing and monitoring HV assets in 20+ countries. He helped develop remote monitoring instrumentation, applications and a technology package and was the principal investigator on research projects with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Mr. N\u00fa\u00f1ez also worked as a Research Engineer at the Electrical Research Institute of Mexico. N\u00fa\u00f1ez is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) where he participates in the development of standards and is a member of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETopics covered in this talk include: Future power delivery, AI sandbox for research, grid intelligence, asset monitoring, and future energy production.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Topics covered in this talk include: Future power delivery, AI sandbox for research, grid intelligence, asset monitoring, and future energy production."}],"uid":"36792","created_gmt":"2026-09-02 15:46:22","changed_gmt":"2026-09-02 15:48:33","author":"zluo317","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-09-29T15:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-09-29T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-09-29T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-09-29 19:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-09-29 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-09-29 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"The Clubhouse at TechSquare","extras":[],"hg_media":{"681037":{"id":"681037","type":"image","title":"Arturo N\u00fa\u00f1ez","body":"\u003Cp\u003EArturo N\u00fa\u00f1ez is the Domain Expert Director of Convergence of Data and Power for Southwire.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1788363646","gmt_created":"2026-09-02 15:40:46","changed":"1788363917","gmt_changed":"2026-09-02 15:45:17","alt":"Arturo N\u00fa\u00f1ez is the Domain Expert Director of Convergence of Data and Power for Southwire. 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This talk presents a program of research on multimodal and social human-robot interaction that investigates how humans and robots establish shared understanding and adapt their communication to one another. First, I describe our work on multimodal human-to-robot communication through speech, gaze, gesture, and embodied behavior. We show that people often rely on nonverbal cues, particularly gaze, to clarify underspecified verbal instructions. Building on these findings, we develop a gaze-aware multimodal instruction-understanding model to improve target-object grounding and intent understanding. Second, I present a set of studies on robot-to-human communication. These studies examine how robots can establish shared context, align task goals with diverse users, and adapt communication strategies to users\u0027 states and interaction contexts. I conclude with implications and open directions for building human-aware robots to support natural, effective, and inclusive human-robot collaboration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBio: Na Du is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, School of Computing and Information at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests include human factors in intelligent systems, human-agent teaming, and interaction design, with applications spanning robotics, transportation, healthcare, and other intelligent systems. She is a recipient of several prestigious awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, HFE Women Rising Star Award, and Best Paper Awards from HRI and HFES international conferences. She earned her Ph.D. in Industrial \u0026amp; Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2021. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E---\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIPaT: GVU Lunch Lecture Series\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IPaT: GVU Lunch Lecture Series is free and features guest speakers presenting on topics related to people-centered technologies and their impact on society. Lunch is provided at 12:00 p.m. (while supplies last) and the talks begin at 12:30 p.m. Join us weekly or watch video replays. Lectures are held in the \u003Cstrong\u003ETech Square Clubhouse\u003C\/strong\u003E behind the Centergy One building in Technology Square.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/lunch-lectures\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ehttps:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/lunch-lectures\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis talk presents research on bidirectional multimodal human-robot communication, examining how robots can understand human intent, establish shared context, and adapt communication to support effective collaboration.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This talk presents research on bidirectional multimodal human-robot communication, examining how robots can understand human intent, establish shared context, and adapt communication to support effective collaboration."}],"uid":"36792","created_gmt":"2026-08-31 14:54:33","changed_gmt":"2026-08-31 14:57:19","author":"zluo317","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-09-22T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-09-22T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-09-22T13:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-09-22 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-09-22 17:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-09-22 17:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Tech Square Clubhouse","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188084","name":"go-ipat"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}