Marian Andrecki will be presenting the paper:
- Prediction Under Uncertainty with Error-Encoding Networks. Mikal Henaff, Junbo Zhao, and Yann LeCun.
Siobhan Duncan will be presenting:
- Benchmark of swarm robotics distributed techniques in a search task. Micael S. Couceiro, Patricia A. Vargas, Rui P. Rocha, and Nuno M.F. Ferreira.
Heriot-Watt University’s reputation for AI and robotics has been bolstered after it was selected as the UK’s only entrant in this year’s $3.5 million Amazon Alexa Prize.
A seven-strong group of PhD students – named Team Alana - will once again go head-to-head with universities from around the world to develop an artificial intelligence software that can understand and respond to human conversation.
Heriot-Watt University Dubai welcomed Professor David Lane to the annual Vice-Chancellor Distinguished Lecture. The prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lectures invite global leaders of industry, business and academia to share their knowledge and vision with students, colleagues and guests.
Professor Lane FREng FRSE CBE, Founding Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, discussed some of the exciting advances underway in research and innovation, as well as recent successes in commercialisation and international challenge competitions.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND A NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON...
Edinburgh Centre for Robotics is hosting its own “Google Hash Code Hub” on Thursday 1st March. The event which is being organised by a small group of female STEM students, led by PhD student Siobhan Duncan, is open to female developers, engineers and tech enthusiasts from all across Edinburgh.
The next executive meeting will take place March 28th at 10AMin the Robotarium Seminar Room at HWU.
The next IPAB seminar will take place on Thursday, 15th February 2017 at 12:45pm in room 4.31/33. Pastries will be available.
Title: The SpiNNaker HPC and Robotics
A fast paced, intellectually stimulating and highly interactive 2 day workshop bringing an evidence based approach to generating ideas and design thinking for real world challenges in robotics. Students will learn how to think big, spot new research possibilities, solve tricky problems and generate ideas. They’ll also learn new skills to support communication and collaboration when thinking collectively about complex problems.
This dinner forms part of our annual conference and is by invitation only
After Dinner Keynote:
Dr Kimberly Hambuchen, Principal Technologist for Robotics, Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA, Houston, Texas
Title: A Small-Town Girl’s Journey to NASA Robotics Principal Technologist