[visionlist] [Courses] SoRAIM Winter School

[Xavier Alameda Pineda]

Greetings from the French Alps!


The early bird deadline has been *extended to December 23rd*!!!

Are you a MSc Student, a PhD Candidateor a Research Fellowinterested in 
topics related to multi-modal artificial agents and intelligent social 
robots? You should check this out.


We are happy to let you know that the registration is now open 
<https://project.inria.fr/soraim/registration/>for the Winter School on 
Social Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Multimedia (SoRAIM 2026 
<https://project.inria.fr/soraim/>), which we are organizing in Autrans 
(Vercors, near Grenoble, France) from February 9th to 13th, 2026.


The goal of the school is to bring together researchers from 
complementary fields—such as computer vision, speech/audio processing, 
and human-robot interaction—who share a common interest in social 
robotics. The event aims to foster cross-disciplinary exchange and 
discussion, both through formal courses and informal interactions. Our 
Expert Invited Speakers are:

 1.

    Prof. Magalie Ochs
    <https://pageperso.lis-lab.fr/magalie.ochs/>(social and affective
    signal processing),

 2.

    Prof. Silvia Rossi
    <http://wpage.unina.it/silrossi/index.html>(human-robot interaction
    and social robotics),

 3.

    Prof. Éva Székely
    <https://www.kth.se/profile/szekely>(conversational speech synthesis),

 4.

    Dr. Christian Wolf <https://chriswolfvision.github.io/www/>(computer
    vision (and beyond) for robot/social navigation),

 5.

    Prof. João Magalhães <http://ctp.di.fct.unl.pt/~jmag/>(multi-modal
    multi-person dialogue),

 6.

    Dr. Maribel Pino
    <https://www.linkedin.com/in/maribel-pino-17332042/?originalSubdomain=fr>(experimental
    psychology and social robotics).



 7.

    In addition, there will be a hands-on programme proposed by PAL
    Robotics <https://pal-robotics.com/>with the Tiago Robot.


Set in the beautiful Vercors mountains, the school takes place in 
Autrans, a scenic and easily accessible location from Grenoble,offering 
many opportunities for outdoor activities and informal networkingin a 
relaxed atmosphere (including a SPA).


The registration fees (700€ before Dec 23rd) include:

 1.

    Access to conference sessions,

 2.

    Coffee breaks,

 3.

    Meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) from Monday 3PM to Friday 2PM,

 4.

    Accommodation from Monday 9th to Friday 13th,

 5.

    Bus from Grenoble to the place of the event (Escandille, Autrans).

(You should secure travel to Grenoble on your own)


Do not miss this opportunity to engage in wonderful scientific 
discussionswith experts in a variety of fields, to meet new colleagues, 
and to share an inspiring weekwith other passionate research fellows!


Xavier Alameda-Pineda and Thomas Hueber

on behalf of the SoRAIM 2026 
<https://project.inria.fr/soraim/>Scientific and Organising Committees


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