University of Hertfordshire

Computer Science Research Colloquium

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

Schedule for 2006-2007 *

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SEMESTER A

• 4 October 2006
  "Effect of Multi-Level Fitnesses on the Evolution of Multicellular Artificial Organisms"
  Moritz Buck (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)
  

• 11 October 2006 [Talk Postponed]

• 18 October 2006
  "Visualization of Biochemical Pathways and their Simulation Results"
  Dr. Katja Wegner (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 25 October 2006
  "The Evolution of Affective Displays: An Artificial Life Approach"
  Robert Lowe (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 1 November 2006
  "Declarative Stream Processing for Multicores with S-Net"
  Clemens Grelck (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 8 November 2006
  "From Continuous Dynamics to Discrete Expressions of Behaviour"
  Dr. René te Boekhorst (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 15 November 2006
  [POSTPONED]

• 22 November 2006
  Graduation Ceremonies - No Meeting

• 29 November 2006
  "Models, simulations, and scientific method"
  Dr. Caroline Lyon (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 6 December 2006
  "Synthesizing Behaviour in a Complex Evolving Ecosystem"
  Peter-Paul Pichler (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 13 December 2006
  "The Role of Affect in Imitation"
  Arnaud Blanchard (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 10 January 2007
  "Generic Programming in the Context of Array Processing Languages"
  Stephan Herhut (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• [17 January - Exams Week - No Meeting]

  SEMESTER B

• 24 January 2007
  'He knows when you are sleeping' - Privacy and the Personal Robot Companion
  Dag Sverre Syrdal (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire)

• 31 January 2007
  "A Spiking Neuron Model of Cortical Broadcast and Competition"
  Prof. Murray Shanahan (Department of Computing, Imperial College London)

• 7 February 2007
  "Pattern Formation in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Swarms: Differences Between Versatile and Specialized Agents"
  Sven Magg (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 14 February 2007
  "Putting People into Software Evolution: simulation-based work in progress"
  Dr. Paul Wernick (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 21 February 2007
  "Genotype-Phenotype Maps and their impact on Differentiation in Genetic Regulatory Networks"
  Johannes Knabe (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 1 March 2007 (THURSDAY) - USABILITY WORKSHOP in Seminar Room C154 at 1:30 pm
  

  "What Do Users Want?"
  Prof. Antony Unwin (University of Augsburg, Germany)
  1:30-2:30 pm

  Refreshments

  "Human-Robot Interaction from a Human-Centred Perspective"
  Dr. Nuno Otero (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)
  3:00-4:00 pm

• 7 March 2007
  "From Petri Nets to Finite State Automata - When a Routine Step Goes Wild"
  Dr. Attila Egri-Nagy (Royal Society Wolfson BioComputation Research Lab, University of Hertfordshire)
  

• 14 March 2007
  [No Colloquium Meeting - due to overlap with EU Framework 7 Proposal Meeting, UK Research Office]

• 21 March 2007
  "Exploratory Study of a Robot Approaching a Person in the Context of Handing Over an Object"
  Dr. Kheng Lee Koay (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 28 March 2007
  "I know how to do that!" - Using Ideomotor Theory, Self-Imitation, Task and Environmental Scaffolding for Robot Teaching
  Dr. Joe Saunders (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• [3 Week Spring Vacation - No Meetings]

• 25 April 2007
  "The Assembly, Tuning, and Transfer of Action Systems in Infants and Robots "
  Dr. Luc Berthouze (Department of Informatics, University of Sussex)

• 2 May 2007
  "The Power of Posture as a Modality for Affective Human-Computer Interaction"
  Dr. Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze (UCL Interaction Centre, University College London)

• 22 May 2007 (TUESDAY)
  ENGAGEMENT, PLAY AND THERAPY IN INTERACTIVE AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS THEMED DAY,
  Lectures: 10 am - 12 noon, Lecture Theatre E350

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

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