University of Hertfordshire

Computer Science Research Colloquium

Wednesdays 3-4 pm
Lecture Theatre E350 or E351
Hatfield, College Lane Campus

Schedule for 2007-2008 *

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SEMESTER A

• 3 October 2007
  Functions and Polynomials from the Computational Point of View
  Gábor Horváth (Algorithms Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)
  

• 10 October 2007
  Pauses as Neural Code in the Cerebellum
  Dr. Volker Steuber (Biological & Neural Computation Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 17 October 2007
  Contract Cheating by Computer Science Students -- Exploring the New Plagiarism Phenomenon
  Dr. Thomas Lancaster (Department of Computing, Birmingham City University)

• 24 October 2007
  [POSTPONED]

• 31 October 2007
  Software Engineering and the Science of Developing Computational Models
  Dr. Peter Lane (Algorithms Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 7 November 2007
  Do We Want Social Robots? Hard Problems in Human-Robot Interaction Research
  Prof. Kerstin Dautenhahn (Adaptive Systems Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 14 November 2007
  Energy Efficiency and Branch Predicition
  Michael Hicks (Algorithms Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 21 November 2007
  

  Graduation Ceremonies - No Meeting

• 28 November 2007
  A Look into the Future Impact of Information & Communication Technology on Our Lives
  Prof. Luciano Floridi (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire & St. Cross College, University of Oxford)

• 5 December 2007
  Spots before the Eyes: Tracking Brain Development
  Dr. Samantha England (Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge)

• 12 December 2007
  Information-Processing Architectures for Intelligent Robots: Designs, Tools, Examples and Experiments
  Dr. Nick Hawes (School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham)

• [16 January - Exams Week - No Meeting]

  SEMESTER B

• 23 January 2008
  Ethical Issues in Human-Robot Interaction - A Call to Action
  Dr. Blay Whitby (Informatics, Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Sussex)

• 30 January 2008
  Report on the Development of a Psychological User Model
  Asli Adisen & Dr. Trevor Barker (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 6 February 2008
  Be Empowered: Guiding Adaptation through Potential Information Flow
  Dr. Daniel Polani
  (Adaptive Systems Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 13 February 2008
  The Design Space for Robot Appearance and Behaviour for Social Robot Companions
  Dr. Michael L. Walters (Adaptive Systems Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 20 February 2008
  Extending Trust in Cyberspace
  Stephen Clarke (Algorithms Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 27 February 2008
  Drum-mate: A Human-Humanoid Drumming Experience
  Dr. Hatice Köse-Bagci (Adaptive Systems Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 5 March 2008
  STRI Showcase - no colloquium

• 12 March 2008
  Debugging Functional Programs
  Dr. Olaf Chitil (Computing Laboratory, University of Kent)

  [3 WEEK SPRING VACATION]

• 10 April 2008 (Note: 4 pm THURSDAY, Wright Building, Room F326)
  Prime Decomposition Theorem for Finite Idempotent Semirings using the Triangular Product of B. I. Plotkin
  Prof. John L. Rhodes (University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.)

• 16 April 2008
  Information Sensitivity, Biosemiotics and the Slow Road to Contentful Representation
  Prof. Daniel D. Hutto (Department of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire)

• 23 April 2008
  No Meeting (due to Department Meeting)
  [ there will be a seminar afterwards on
  "Self-Organisation, Complexity and Computational Mechanics" by
  Philippe Capdepuy (Adaptive Systems Research Group)
  [Room To Be Announced] ]

• [30 April 2008 - Exams Weeks and End of Semester B - No Meetings]

  Additional Summer Prestige Lectures (Semester C)

• 19 June 2008 Thursday (in Seminar Room F315)
  "Causal Information Flows and the Common Cause Principle"
  Prof. Nihat Ay (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Germany & Santa Fe Institute, USA)

• 25 June 2008 Wednesday (Seminar Room LC108)
  "Using UAVs in Wilderness Search and Rescue: The Right Human to Robot Ratio"
  Prof. Michael A. Goodrich (Computer Science, Brigham Young University, USA)

• 5 August 2008 (Tuesday in Seminar Room D120 at 3 p.m.)
  "Towards Incremental, On-line Learning of Full Body Motion Primitives for Humanoid Robots"
  Dr. Dana Kulic (University of Tokyo, Japan)

* 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 2006-2007 Computer Science Research Colloquium Programme and Abstracts

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