Journal Club

Date: 
Thu, 05/04/2018 - 18:00 to Fri, 06/04/2018 - 17:45
Location: 
Informatics Forum 4.31/4.33, University of Edinburgh
Speaker: 
Jan Stanciewicz & Martin Asenov

There will be a journal club meeting this Thursday at 6pm in the Forum, rm 4.31/33.

 

Jan Stanciewicz will be presenting 

- Cellular evidence for efference copy in Drosphila visuomotor processing. Ammo J Kim, Jaime K Fitzgerald, and Gaby Maimon (2015).

 

And Martin Asenov will be presenting

- World Models. David Ha and Jurgen Schmidhuber (2018).

Socially Competent Robot (SoCoRo) team attend Scottish Autism Conference

Submitted by Anne Murphy on Tue, 03/04/2018 - 16:25

Ever wondered what it would be like to have a robot boss or robot colleague? This is just one of the topics raised by the Socially Competent Robot (SoCoRo) team at this year’s Scottish Autism Conference. The event, hosted by the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) on 28th March, gave researchers the opportunity to openly discuss the SoCoRo project aims, and gather feedback from a variety of interested parties: parents of autistic children, academics, teachers, and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

As Dr Peter McKenna explained,

Professor Sethu Vijayakumar speaks at OGTC's Tech20

Submitted by Zoe McGonigle on Tue, 03/04/2018 - 14:00

The Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) has launched a series of weekly events called 'Tech20'.  It is hoped that these social showcases, where speakers present technology focused topic, will inspire a culture of innovation in the North-East of Scotland.

On March 30th Professor Sethu Vijayakumar participated as a keynote speaker at the OGTC in Aberdeen as part of the Tech20 event series.  His talk was titled: Shared Autonomy: The Future of Interactive Robotics?

Professor David Lane appointed as a Maritime 2050 panel expert

Submitted by ls234 on Thu, 29/03/2018 - 17:21

Maritime 2050 will be a bold new strategic vision to ensure that the UK maritime sector remains a leading global power, strengthening the UK economy for 2050 and beyond.

Professor David Lane has been appointed to the Maritime 20150 panel by the Secretary of State and will look strategically at the issues that will be of critical importance to the maritime industry, and all the industries it sustains, up to 2050. 

IDCOM Seminar: Visual, Auditory and Collaborative Sensing for Autonomous Robots

Date: 
Tue, 27/03/2018 - 13:00 to Wed, 28/03/2018 - 13:45
Location: 
Kings Buildings, Hudson Beare Building, Classroom 8
Speaker: 
Andrea Cavallaro
Queen Mary University of London

There will be a talk this Tuesday March 27th at Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh. It is part of the School of Engineering Institute for Digital Communications Seminar Series.
 

Visual, Auditory and Collaborative Sensing for Autonomous Robots

Abstract:

Tech20: Professor Vijayakumar talks robots

Date: 
Fri, 30/03/2018 - 12:30
Location: 
The Oil & Gas Technology Centre, 20 Queens Road, Aberdeen AB15 4ZT

The Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) has launched a series of weekly events called ‘Tech20’.  It is hoped that these social showcases, where speakers present technology focused topic, will inspire a culture of innovation in the North-East of Scotland.

Professor Sethu Vijayakumar will present on Friday 30th March 12:30 to 13:30.

Address: The Oil & Gas Technology Centre, 20 Queens Road, Aberdeen AB15 4ZT

CreatED - 24 hour hardware hackathon

Date: 
Sat, 07/04/2018 - 09:00 to Sun, 08/04/2018 - 08:45
Location: 
Appleton Tower, University of Edinburgh

CreatED is a 24 hour hardware hackathon being run at the University of Edinburgh. Come along to the only student-run event of its kind for a weekend of free food, making and meeting new people!

FAQ
- Is the event free?
Yes, the event is completely free to attend.

- What is a hardware hackathon?
A hardware hackathon is an event that happens over a weekend (including overnight!) where people build projects using electronics and microcontrollers. This could be anything from using a micro:bit to building an IoT application.