University of Hertfordshire

Computer Science Research Colloquium

Wednesdays 1-2 pm
Location: Lecture Theatre E351
Hatfield, College Lane Campus

Schedule for 2011-2012 *

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• 16 May 2012 in Lecture Theatre E351
  "When Good Decisions Go Bad: Reinforcement Learning and Computational Psychiatry"
  Professor Peter Dayan (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, UK)

  SEMESTER A

• 5 October 2011
  "Evolutionary Selection of Neural Network Structure and Function"
  Prof. Larry S. Yaeger (School of Informatics & Computing, Indiana University at Bloomington, USA)

• 12 October 2011
  "Modelling Caregiver Tutored Development of Pronunciation in a Young Child"
  Dr. Ian S. Howard (Computational & Biological Learning Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK)

• 19 October 2011
  "The Transition from Secondary School to University in Mathematical Sciences"
  [in conjunction with the Science Technology and Creative Arts Learning and Teaching Seminar]
  AProf. Megan Clark (Victoria University, New Zealand)
  

• 26 October 2011
  "Can We Predict Faulty Code in Software by Looking at Code Metrics?"
  David H. Bowes (Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK)

• 2 November 2011
  "The Misuse of the NASA Metrics Data for Software Defect Prediction"
  David Gray (Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK)

• 9 November 2011
  "Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems for Autonomous Intelligent Agents"
  Prof. Tomoharu Nakashima (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)

• 16 November 2011
  "What is Meaning? - Formalizing the Distributional Hypothesis"
  Dr. Daoud Clarke (University of Herfordshire, Computer Science & Gorkana Group)

• 23 November 2011
  "Avartar - Virtual Platform (The Added Value of Teaching in Virtual Worlds)"
  [in conjunction with the Science Technology and Creative Arts Learning and Teaching Seminar]
  Andrew Marunchak and Prof. Jill Hewitt (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
  

• 30 November 2011
  [postponed]
  Dr. Bernadette Byrne (Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK)

• 7 December 2011
  "Nonverbal Communication with a Multimodal Agent using Facial Expressions"
  Dr. Samuel Marcos (Cartif Technology Centre, Valladolid, Spain)

• 14 December 2011
  

• 11 January 2012
  "Language Based Security for Functional Active Objects"
  Dr. Florian Kammueller (Computer Science, Middlesex University, UK)

• 18 January 2012
  "Developing Cognitive Models of Problem Gambling: Mechanisms for Memory, Reinforcement, and Emotions"
  Dr. Marvin Schiller (Dept. of Psychology, Brunel University, UK)

• SEMESTER B

• 15 February 2012 in C402
  "Objective test questions - interoperability options within e-learning systems"
  Dr. Bernadette Byrne (Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK) and Ralph Attard (RALAND.NET)

• 22 February 2012 in C152
  " Development and Characteristics of Social Interaction (And How to Make Robots Better At It)"
  Dr. Frank Broz (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordhire, UK)

• 29 February 2012 in C402
  "Engaging students online - your place or mine?"
  Dr. Guy Saward (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK)

• 7 March 2012 [No Seminar]

• 14 March 2012 in C152
  "Spoken Language Processing: Where Do We Go from Here?"
  Prof. Roger K. Moore
  (Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK)

• 21 March 2012 in C402
  "Modeling Human Memory in Artificial Agents and Robots"
  Dr. Wan Ching Ho (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire)
  

• 28 March 2012 in C152
  "Variational Problems of Information Theory and Optimal Markov Evolution"
  Dr. Roman V. Belavkin (School of Engineering and Information Sciences, Middlesex University, UK)
  

      [2 Week Easter Vacation]

• 18 April 2012 (2 pm in C402)
  "Robotic Support for Arm and Hand Treatment after Stroke"
  Sharon Nijenhuis (Roessingh Research and Development, Enschede, The Nethterlands)
  

• 25 April 2012
  CS Away Day - No Meeting
  
      [Exams]

• 2 May 2012 [No Meeting - BSc Committee]
  

• 8 May 2012 (Tuesday 11 am)
  "Do Enactive Cognitive Robots Need a Self? -- Lessons from Neuroscience"
  Dr. Elena Antonova (Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK) & Prof. C. L. Nehaniv (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire, UK)

• 16 May 2012 in Lecture Theatre E351
  "When Good Decisions Go Bad: Reinforcement Learning and Computational Psychiatry"
  Professor Peter Dayan (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, UK)