University of Hertfordshire

Computer Science Research Colloquium

Wednesdays 1-2 pm
Location: Seminar Room D102
Hatfield, College Lane Campus

Schedule for 2016-2017 *

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Next Talk:

• 17 May 2017 in Lecture Theatre B404
  "Computational Tools for Neural Data Analysis"
  Dr. Shabnam Kadir (Bioengineering Dept., Imperial College London)

  SEMESTER A

• 5 October 2016
  "How Human Should Domestic Robot Companions Be?"
  Adeline Chanseau (Adaptive Systems Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 12 October 2016 at 12 noon in Seminar Room D102
  "Information Warfare -- Is It Real and How Will We Know If It Has Happened?"
  Prof. Andy Jones (Cyber Security Centre, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 13 October 2016- Special Event: Thursday 7:30 p.m. at the Lindop Building

  Ada Lovelace Commemorative Lecture:

  "The Brave New World of Technology Enhanced Learning: Will We Still Need the Teachers? "
  Prof. Amanda Jefferies (School of Computer Science, Univ. Herts)

• 19 October 2016
  "Neuromorphic Computing in Odour Space "
  Dr. Michael Schmuker (Biocomputation Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 26 October 2016
  "Formal Methods for Robot Behavior Verification using Linear Temporal Logic"
  Dr. Joe Saunders (Adaptive Systems Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 2 November 2016
  "Computational Psychiatry: Bridging the Gap between Genes and Symptoms "
  Dr. Christoph Metzner (Biocomputation Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 9 November 2016
  [No Meeting]

• 16 November 2016
  "Toward an Acceptable Human-Robot Social Interaction: Development of Perception and Attention Models for Humanoid Robots"
  Dr. Abolfazl Zaraki (Adaptive Systems Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 23 November 2016
  "Methods for the Analysis of Structure-Dynamics Relationships in Complex Networks: Applications in Computational Neuroscience"
  Dr. Tuomo Mikael Mäki-Marttunen (Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway)

• 1 December 2016 THURSDAY AT 1 pm in 2H250 CP Snow Building
  "Embodied Affect in Autonomous and Social Robots"
  Dr. Lola Cañamero (Adaptive Systems Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 8 December 2016 THURSDAY at 1 pm in Lecture Theatre B404
  "Affective and Social Signal Processing for Human-Robot Interaction"
  Dr. Helen Gunes (Computer Lab, University of Cambridge)

• POSTPONED --> NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
  "Is information always informative? Perhaps to you, but is it to the Colour-vision deficient?"
  Majed Alsafyani (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

  2017 and SEMESTER B

• 11 January 2017 (Wednesday)
  "A New Perspective from Information Theory on Properties of Genetic Sequences"
  Dr. Omri Tal (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany)

• 15 February 2017
  
  POSTPONED to 22 March...

• 22 February 2017
  "Machine Learning may be the Answer but is it Trustworthy?"
  Prof. Martin Shepperd (Dept. Computer Science, Brunel University London)

• 1 March 2017
  "Probabilistic Models of Sensorimotor Control and Decision Making"
  Prof. Daniel Wolpert, FMedSci FRS (Sensorimotor Learning Group, Dept of Engineering, University of Cambridge)

• 8 March 2017
  "Goal-oriented Self-organized Behaviour in Autonomous Robots"
  Dr. Simon Smith (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire)

• 15 March 2017
  "Auto-detecting Human Hand Gestures using Biological Signals and Machine Learning (SVM) "
  Dr. Farshid Amirabdollahian (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire)
  

• 22 March 2017
  "Hormonal Modulation of Developmental Plasticity in an Epigenetic Robot"
  John Lones (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire)
  [postponed from 15 February]

• 29 March 2017
  "Static Deadlock Analysis of Process Networks with Reactive Interface Automata"
  Simon Maurer (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 5 April 2017 in Lecture Theatre C400
  "Finite State Markov Decision Problems with Transfer Entropy Constraints"
  Dr. Takashi Tanaka (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)

• 19 April 2017
  "The Moodle CodeRunner question type"
  Dr. Richard Lobb (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

• 26 April 2018
  "Evolving Computational Models to Understand Psychological Data"
  Dr. Peter Lane (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire)

• 3 May 2017 in Seminar Room D450
  "Autonomous Behaviour in Tangible User Interfaces as a Design Factor""
  Dr. Diana Nowacka (UCL Interaction Centre, University College London)

• 17 May 2017 in Lecture Theatre B404
  "Computational Tools for Neural Data Analysis"
  Dr. Shabnam Kadir (Bioengineering Dept., Imperial College London)
  

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