Congratulations to Edinburgh Centre for Robotics student Siobhan Duncan (2016 cohort) who was awarded first place in the ACM SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing Student Research Competition held in Cyprus in April for her work titled “Bringing Stigmergy into the Real World”
More details to follow.
By invitation only
13.00 Networking lunch
14.00 Review of current - David Lane/Sethu Vijayakumar
Update new CDT - Helen Hastie/Michael Mistry
National Robotarium - David Lane
Q&A Session
15.30 Break for Tea/Coffee
16.00 Student feedback - Centre Directors
Professor Stefan Willliams, Head of School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Sydney visited Heriot-Watt University on Monday 13th May and delivered a seminar on Applications in Marine Imaging.
The 2018 cohort of RAS CDT students will be showcasing the research work being undertaken at Edinburgh Centre for Robotics through a series of demos and interactive sessions at the 2019 Edinburgh International Science Festival. The students will be based in the Learning Centre Level 2 in the National Museum of Scotland and they will be there from 10.00 - 17.00 hours on 11th - 15th April.
Please note this meeting has been postponed. New date will be advised asap
Science in an Age of Change will explore cutting-edge issues in science in our fast-changing world. Dr Ron Petrick from the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University will speak about the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence.
More information and booking https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-in-an-age-of-change-tickets-56052299938
At ACM International Conference of Virtual Agents, https://iva2019.sciencesconf.org July 2nd 2019 Room 114, Paris-6 University, Paris, France
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