Join the Global Engagement Seminar: The Future of Connection on Tuesday, October 21 between 4:00-5:00PM for Evan Ackermans's presentation Robots vs Reality: Responsible Science Communication in the Attention Economy.
Evan Ackerman is a senior editor at IEEE Spectrum, the award-winning flagship publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Evan has been writing about robots, science, and emerging technology for over 15 years. After co-founding his own robotics blog in 2007, he joined Spectrum in 2011. In addition to Spectrum, Evan’s work has appeared in a variety of other websites and print magazines, and you may have heard him talking about robots on NPR’s Science Friday or the BBC World Service if you were listening at just the right time. Evan currently lives in Oklahoma City, along with his partner and a steadily growing collection of robot vacuums. In his spare time, he enjoys scuba diving, squeezing flamingos, and playing bagpipes excellently.