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UCI School of Education: “Interdisciplinary Team Presents at UROP: Supporting the Education of Homebound Children Through Cognitive Robotics”

May 31, 2019

An innovative interdisciplinary team from Engineering, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, and Psychology presented their collaborative research at the 2019 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Symposium on May 18. The team had been mentored by School of Education Alumna Veronica Ahumada Newhart, currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science; Jeff Krichmar, Professor of Cognitive Science; Graduate Student Research Tiffany Hwu (Cognitive Science); and PhD Candidate Hirak Kashyap (Computer Science). The team’s poster has been selected for display in Aldrich Hall.

Read the full story on the UCI School of Education news site.

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