Workshops

Workshops

#1 - XR + AI for Empathy team

Date: September 19, 2024

Planning Committee: Caroline Cao, Avinash Gupta, Joshua Neela, Jen Whiting 
Explore and exchange current best practices in education and training for empathic communication.

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#2 - UIUC XR + AI for Empathy community

Date: February 6, 2025

Planning Committee: Jen Whiting, Duo Wang, Tian Sun
Define key challenges and identify potentials of AI and XR for empathy training in workforce development, using healthcare and law enforcement as initial use cases.

#3 - UIUC & external XR + AI for Empathy communities

Empowering Empathy

Date: April 10, 2025 at iHotel, Champaign, IL

Planning Committee: Caroline Cao, Mike Schlosser, Deana McDonagh, Jen Whiting, Tian Sun
Construct a roadmap/framework for research in empathy, and for the development of XR+AI technology to enable teaching of empathy.