Bio I've been asked on more than one occasion how I took a path from Film, Television & Radio theory to Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). Frankly, the connection to me seems very clear -- its all about human communication and interaction (development and use of, as well as responses to) electronic mediums.
Established in 1990, the NRC Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT) is one of the National Research Council's 20 research institutes and national programs. NRC-IIT is dedicated to R&D in software and systems technologies. The Institute is a key player in R&D collaborations and partnerships in information and telecommunications technologies with business, universities and government agencies, in Canada and around the world.