3 October 2012
"Efficient Safety Verification of Hybrid Systems"
Dr. Olga Tveretina (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)
(no meeting)
"Computational Models of Intracellular Signalling and Synaptic Plasticity Induction in Neurons"
Thiago Matos Pinto (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)
"Towards Ad Hoc Interactions with Robots"
Dr. Subramanian Ramamoorthy (School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh)
"Optimizing Compilation with Preservation of Structural Code Coverage Metrics to Support Software Testing"
Dr. Raimund Kirner (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)
"Robotics at Life's Edges: Adaptive Robotic Assistants for Children and the Elderly"
Dr. Yiannis Demiris (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London)
"Analysis of Facial Behaviour in Naturalistic Environments"
Dr. Hamit Soyel (Department of Computer Science, Queen Mary, University of London)
"Optimization of Neuronal Morphologies for Pattern Recognition"
Dr. Giseli de Sousa (Connectionism & Cognitive Science Laboratory, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)
"Trouble with Computation"
Prof. J. Mark Bishop (Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London)
"Robots in the Mist"
Dr. Peter Wallis (Department of Computer Science, Sheffield University)
SEMESTER B
"Towards Natural Ways for Interacting with Robots"
Dr. Joan Saez-Pons (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire)
11 am - Lecture Room B200
"Motor Interference and Motor Coordination in Human-Humanoid Interaction"
Qiming Shen (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire)
1 pm -Lecture Theatre LC108
"Using Computer Simulations to Organize Biological Science and Educate Young Children:
An Exploration of 30 years of Computational Neuroscience Oddly Linked to 30 years of Early Science Education Reform"
Prof. James M. Bower
(University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA)
[Postponed]
"Empowerment and State-dependent Noise - An Intrinsic Motivation for Avoiding Unpredictable Agents"
Dr. Cornelius Glackin (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire)
(joint work with Dr. D. Polani and C. Salge)
"Going Back to the Future : A Gentle Introduction to the Adjoint Mode of Automatic Differentiation"
Prof. Bruce Christianson (Algorithms Group, University of Hertfordshire)
"Software Crisis and Coordination Programming: A Strategic View"
Prof. Alex Shafarenko (Compiler Technology and Computer Architecture Group, University of Hertfordshire)
"Self-Organizing Particle Systems"
Malte Harder (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire)
"Research and Teaching at the BSEL: Experiences in Computer Science Education"
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Monett (Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany)
20 March 2013
[No Meeting]
"Assistive & Rehabilitation Robotics: Challenges & Potentials"
Dr. Farshid Amirabdollahian (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire)
"Playing Piano Like a Virtuoso: How to Build Robotics That Can Train a Human"
Dr. Arno Stienen (Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente, The Netherlands)
"Computational Systems Neurobiology: Multi-scale Models of Information Processing in Single Neurons and Networks"
Dr. Volker Steuber (BioComputation Group, University of Hertfordshire)
"Learning Probabilistic Models of Atari 2600 Games" Dr. Joel Veness (DeepMind Technologies Ltd., London, UK and University of Alberta, Canada)
"My 'New' Robot Companion"
Anna Dumitriu and Alex May (Artists in Residence, Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire)
[HARRi Robot]
"Private Traits and Attributes are Predictable from Digital Records of Human Behavior"
Dr. Thore Graepel (Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK)
"GENTLE/A: Adaptive robotic assistance for upper-limb rehabilitation"
Radhika Chemuturi (Adaptive Systems Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)
"Conceptual Motorics - Generation and Evaluation of Communicative Robot Gesture"
Dr. Maha Salem (Adaptive Systems Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)