Turn Left - Nourbakhsh, Illah
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Illah Nourbakhsh has spent fifty years navigating the space between cultures in conflict, enduring adversity, becoming resilient and successful, and yet, still failing to satisfy the question: "Where do I belong?" Illah Nourbakhsh has spent fifty years navigating the space between cultures in conflict, enduring adversity, becoming resilient and successful, and yet, still failing to satisfy the question: "Where do I belong?" As an Iranian-born immigrant in the United States, Nourbakhsh doesn't buy into the assigned categories of "bicultural" and "Iranian-American." What these phrases fail to…mehr

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Illah Nourbakhsh has spent fifty years navigating the space between cultures in conflict, enduring adversity, becoming resilient and successful, and yet, still failing to satisfy the question: "Where do I belong?" Illah Nourbakhsh has spent fifty years navigating the space between cultures in conflict, enduring adversity, becoming resilient and successful, and yet, still failing to satisfy the question: "Where do I belong?" As an Iranian-born immigrant in the United States, Nourbakhsh doesn't buy into the assigned categories of "bicultural" and "Iranian-American." What these phrases fail to recognize is that immigrants and their identities are not centered in one category, like those within monoculture. Rather, Nourbakhsh states, immigrants are in between, always watching the spectacle of conflict from a unique space. As he follows the evolution of his sense of belonging from childhood to the present day, he discovers that the answer to his question lies in the space between categories. His journey takes him through the Iranian Revolution, the Gulf Wars, 9/11, the AI revolution, the dot-com boom, NASA, social robotics, and two American universities. An intriguing personal story of one man's life of invention, Turn Left invites us to explore our true identities and consider what it looks like to leave a legacy of community and connection.
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Illah R. Nourbakhsh is Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he has taught for twenty-eight years. He is vice president of the school board for Winchester Thurston School and on the board of directors of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project. He is also a trustee of the Benedum Foundation, which provides funding for local health, education, and small business development. Currently, Nourbakhsh is honored as a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, a Hastings Fellow, and an inductee of the June Harless West Virginia Hall of Fame. Whether with NASA, the Jet Propulsion labs, or otherwise, Illah's research centers on ethics and technology, engaging with communities around the world to co-invent technologies that provide power and agency to marginalized populations that have a right to shape their own destiny. He has also authored Robot Futures, AI and Humanity, and Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots.