University of Hertfordshire

Computer Science Research Colloquium

Wednesdays 3-4 pm
Lecture Theatre E350
Hatfield, College Lane Campus

Schedule for 2005-2006 *

• 31 August 2005
  "Towards an "ageless" aerospace vehicle: design vs. self-organization
  Dr. Mikhail Prokopenko (Autonomous Systems, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia)

  SEMESTER A

• 5 October 2005
  "Social Learning and the Development of Intelligent Robots"
  Joe Saunders (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 12 October 2005
  "Evolving Computational Models of Human Behaviour"
  Dr. Peter C. Lane (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 19 October 2005
  A Humanoid Robot as Assistive Technology for Encouraging Social Interaction Skills in Children with Autism"
  Ben Robins (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 26 October 2005
  "EMBER: Reinforcement Learning in Embodied Agents"
  David Jacob (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 2 November 2005
  "Computational Memory Architectures for Autobiographic and Narrative Virtual Agents"
  Steve Ho (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 9 November 2005 [BioCrunch]
  "Improving Computational Predictions of Cis-Regulatory Binding Sites using Non-linear Classification Algorithms"
  Mark Robinson (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 16 November 2005
  [Awards Ceremony - No Meeting]
  

• 22 November 2005 (TUESDAY!) in LF321 (Wright Building)
  "Taking Derivatives of Functional Programs: AD in a Functional Framework"
  Prof. Jeffrey Mark Siskind (Purdue University, USA)

• 30 November 2005
  "Exploiting Historical Information to Understand How Software is Developed"
  Prof. Daniel M. German (University of Victoria, Canada)

• 7 December 2005 [BioCrunch]
  "Discriminating Coding, Non-coding and Regulatory Regions using Rescaled Range and Detrended Fluctuation Analysis"
  Dr. René te Boekhorst (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 14 December 2005 [BioCrunch]
  "A Closer Look at Gene Transcription"
  Dr. Maria Schilstra (BioComputation Research Group, University of Hertfordshire)

  Winter Vacation

• 11 January 2006
  "Delayed Branches"
  Dr. Colin Egan (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 18 January 2006
  "Optics, Fibers, and Information"
  Prof. Alexander Shafarenko (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 25 January 2006
  [Exams Week - No Meeting]
  

• 1 February 2006
  [Exams Week - No Meeting]
  

  SEMESTER B

• 8 February 2006
  "The Role of Ripple Effect in Software Evolution"
  Dr. Sue Black (London South Bank University)

• 15 February 2006
  "Extracting Refactoring Trends from Open-Source Software and a Possible Solution to the 'Related Refactoring' Conundrum"
  Dr. Steve Counsell (Brunel University, UK)

• 22 February 2006
  *** no meeting - lecture POSTPONED til March 22 ***
  

• 1 March 2006
  "(Mis)Communication: Repair Driven Co-ordination in Human Communication"
  Dr. Pat Healey (Interaction, Media and Communication Group, Queen Mary, University of London)
  

• 8 March 2006
  "Coordinate Systems of Understanding"
  Dr. Attila Egri-Nagy (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 15 March 2006
  "Relevant Information in Optimized Persistence vs. Progeny Strategies"
  Dr. Daniel Polani (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 22 March 2006
  "Lessons of using Single Assignment C in numerical modelling of the KPI equation"
  Dr. Sven-Bodo Scholz (University of Hertfordshire)
  

  Spring Vacation
  

• 26 April 2006
  "UH Research in the RobotCub European Project : Interaction Histories, Kinesics and Sensorimotor Maps"
  Naeem Assif Mirza (University of Hertfordshire)

• 3 May 2006
  *** No Meeting ***
  

• 10 May 2006
  "Document Copy Detection"
  Dr. Junpeng Bao (Xian Jiaotong University, China & University of Hertfordshire, UK)

• 17 May 2006
  "Landscape Analysis in Science and Engineering"
  Dr. Andreas Albrecht (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 24 May 2006
  "Towards Mobility Skeletons"
  Dr. Phil Trinder (University of Edinburgh)

• 31 May, 7 June, 12 June
  [Exams Weeks - No Meetings]
  

* This schedule is subject to modification in case of the arrival of external invited speakers on short notice and possibly due to other circumstances.

Link to the 2004-2005 Computer Science Research Colloquium Programme and Abstracts

Link to the 2003-2004 Computer Science Research Colloquium Programme and Abstracts
Link to the 2002-2003 Computer Science Research Colloquium Programme and Abstracts
Link to the 2001-2002 Computer Science Research Colloquium Programme and Abstracts