1. Applied research gets no respect…

2. What people care about is what changes their lives… Pléiades Autominder MAPGEN LITA Cyber Security Web services Manufacturing… Thanks to Kanna Rajan for the figures.

3. Trajectory: Robotics A technical committee is elected and steers toward the goal via rule changes, new leagues, and competitions Simple success criteria Scientific progress is encouraged by awards for Symposium papers Competition motivates students Prestige and encouragment for researchers to participate RoboCup Goal: By the year 2050 develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world soccer champion team Thanks to Paul Cohen for the original of this slide. Don’t forget…

4. Sometimes you aren’t told what you want to hear… Reviewers Don’t expect experimental control Think differently about review criteria Consider relevance to long term goals of field and what is learned about applicability of current techniques Authors Explain: what worked well, what needed to be changed/enhanced, what you learned and your guess(?) of why Make available data or code (when possible) or at least provide detailed descriptions on a website

5. How blocks should be used…