This paper introduces MiRo the world’s first commercial biomimetic robot and describes how its vocal system was designed using a real-time parametric general-purpose mammalian vocal synthesiser tailored to the specific physical characteristics of the robot. MiRo’s capabilities will be demonstrated live during the hands-on interactive ‘Show & Tell’ session at INTERSPEECH-2017.

Previous studies indicate that prior experience of the outsourcer has an impact on the actual outsourcing evaluation. However, the question where this experience derives from remains unanswered. In an empirical analysis with Germany's 200 largest banks it is empirically shown that the level of experience indeed has a significant impact on senior management's attitude towards outsourcing. Furthe...

Over the past two years, the United States Coast Guard Academy developed and implemented a one-day hands-on Coast Guard Academy Robotics On Water program (CGAROW). The program is gaining national attention because of its success in recruiting a diverse group of students interested in pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers in the Coast Guard. In order to meet the growi...

Countries who learn from their own experiences have a better chance of avoiding the same mistakes and move forward. I will, therefore this evening, take a comparative long-term perspective and juxtapose Pakistan in relation to other developing countries and its own experience of the 1990’s. My hands-on involvement in restructuring of the economy during the last four years, in-depth analysis of ...