IPAB Workshop: The Feelings of Robots: A formal approach

Date: 
Thu, 06/06/2019 - 12:45
Location: 
Informatics Forum room 2.33, University of Edinburgh
Speaker: 
Michael Herrmann
University of Edinrburgh

UPDATE: Room has changed to 2.33.

There will be an IPAB workshop this Thursday in the Informatics Forum, room 2.33. Cakes will be provided.  Michael Hermann will be speaking.

Talk title: The Feelings of Robots: A formal approach

Prof. David Lane appointed to AI Council

Submitted by Mirren McLeod on Wed, 29/05/2019 - 14:02

Prof. David Lane joins leaders in business and data privacy organisations, as well as from academia, in his new role on the UK Government’s AI Council.

This is an important time in the evolution and application of this most disruptive and groundbreaking of technologies.

Prof. David Lane

The newly appointed members will help put in place the right skills, ethics and data so the UK can make the most of AI technologies.

Student CDT Conference

Date: 
Repeats every day until Tue Jun 04 2019.
Mon, 03/06/2019 - 00:00 to 23:45
Tue, 04/06/2019 - 00:00 to 23:45
Location: 
University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University

This event is to be the third annual student conference held jointly with the EPSRC CDTs in Bristol, Edinburgh and Oxford. To be hosted in exotic, wind-swept Edinburgh across the two universities which form the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics.

The first day of the conference, hosted in the University of Edinburgh's Informatics Forum, will consist of selected student talks and posters, a talk from a keynote speaker, and a tour of the facilities. A conference dinner will follow in the evening.

IPAB Workshop - From Automation to Autonomy: The Future of Interactive Robotics

Date: 
Thu, 30/05/2019 - 12:45
Location: 
Informatics Forum 4.31/4.33, University of Edinburgh
Speaker: 
Sethu Vijayakumar
University of Edinburgh

There will be an IPAB workshop this Thursday the 30th of May at the Informatics Forum in room 4.31/4.33, pastries will be provided.  Sethu Vijayakumar will be speaking.

Talk Title: From Automation to Autonomy: The Future of Interactive Robotics

Student wins prestigious RSE scholarship

Submitted by Anne Murphy on Mon, 27/05/2019 - 14:52

RAS CDT student Derek Chun has been awarded the John Moyes Lessells Travel Scholarship from the Royal Society of Edinburgh to carry out research in Japan with Prof. Koh Hosoda of Hosoda Lab, Osaka University. This is an amazing achievement as the scholarship is open to all branches of engineering in Scotland and Derek has suceeded in making his application stand out from all others.

Adventures with a Robot

Date: 
Wed, 22/05/2019 - 19:15 to Thu, 23/05/2019 - 20:45
Location: 
The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, Edinburgh EH1 1QW
Speaker: 
Prof Barbara Webb, Dr Subramanian Ramamoorthy and Vaishak Belle
University of Edinburgh

Robots combined with artificial intelligence (AI) are the future. Edinburgh's own Centre for Robotics is leading the field, with world-leading research across a variety of robotics projects. Join us for this fascinating evening on the future of robotics and AI. Should we regulate artificial intelligence? If we regulate now, will it impede technological innovation? And what can insects teach us about advanced robotics? Grab a pint and relax, this evening has a lot in store!