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Committee members

Prof. Helen Hastie

h.hastie@hw.ac.uk

CDT Director Phase 1 and 2

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Sethu Vijayakumar FRSE

sethu.vijayakumar@ed.ac.uk

Centre Director

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Nick Taylor

n.k.taylor@hw.ac.uk

Deputy Director

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Michael Mistry

mmistry@ed.ac.uk

CDT Director Phase 2

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Yvan Petillot

y.r.petillot@hw.ac.uk

International Exchange Manager

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Adam Stokes

adam.stokes@ed.ac.uk

Deputy Director, UK RAS Network Lead

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Mustafa Suphi Erden

m.s.erden@hw.ac.uk

Graduate School Lead

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Barbara Webb

bwebb@inf.ed.ac.uk

Equality and Diversity

University of Edinburgh
Dr. J. Michael Herrmann

michael.herrmann@ed.ac.uk

Pastoral Care

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Subramanian Ramamoorthy

s.ramamoorthy@ed.ac.uk

Outreach and Public Engagement Lead

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Alex Li

zhibin.li@ed.ac.uk

Deputy UK RAS Network Lead

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Ignazio Maria Viola

I.M.Viola@ed.ac.uk

Committee member

University of Edinburgh

External Advisory Board

Prof. Iain Gray, CBE

Cranfield University
Prof. Katja Mombaur

katja.mombaur@uwaterloo.ca

University of Waterloo, Canada
Prof. Ana Paiva

ana.paiva@inesc-id.pt

University of Lisbon
Prof. Gabriel Skantze

gabriel@speech.kth.se

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Supervisors

Dr. Stefano Albrecht

Keywords:
Autonomous agents, multi-agent systems, reinforcement learning, probabilistic inference, state estimation

Theme:
Control and Motion Planning, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems), Verification and Security

s.albrecht@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Yoann Altmann

Keywords:
Institute of Sensors, Signals and Systems; research; uk; robotics; biomedical; imaging

Theme:
Vision and Perception, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems), Bioinspired Approaches

y.altmann@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Morteza Amjadi

Keywords:
Soft robotics, smart materials, wearable sensors

m.amjadi@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Tughrul Arslan

Keywords:
Haptic Feedback for Human-Robot Interaction, Radio Frequency (RF) SLAM for Robotic Navigation; Real-Time Systems,...

T.Arslan@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Ruth Aylett

Keywords:
Afffective computing, social robotics

r.s.aylett@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Lynne Baillie

Keywords:
Human Robot Interaction, Health...

Theme:
Human Robot Interaction

l.baillie@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Phil J. Bartie

Keywords:
geoinformatics; spatial analysis; LiDAR; visibility modelling; data visualisation

phil.bartie@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Vaishak Belle

Keywords:
Explainable AI, Machine learning, Cognitive robotics, Integrated task and motion planning

Theme:
Control and Motion Planning, Human Robot Interaction, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems), Verification and Security

vaishak@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Hakan Bilen

Keywords:
Computer vision and machine learning

hbilen@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Frédéric Bosché

Keywords:
Automation, imaging, defect, construction, management

Theme:
Vision and Perception, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems)

f.bosche@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Keith Brown

Keywords:
Condition monitoring, signal processing, sonar

k.e.brown@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Alan Bundy

Keywords:
Automation of reasoning; formation and evolution of representations of knowledge; logical theory creation and evolution...

bundy@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Mike Chantler

Keywords:
human-robot co-operation through visual interfaces; computer vision and image processing, texture

M.J.Chantler@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. David Corne

Keywords:
data analytics, machine learning, swarm intelligence, autonomous task co-ordination

d.w.corne@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Louise Delicato

Keywords:
emotion recognition, visual perception, health and wellbeing

Theme:
Vision and Perception, Human Robot Interaction

L.Delicato@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Christian Dondrup

Keywords:
Human-Robot Interaction, Social Robotics, (Human-aware) Navigation...

c.dondrup@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Mauro Dragone

Keywords:
robotics, human-robot interaction, robotic ecology, multi-agent systems, internet of things

m.dragone@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Matthew W. Dunnigan

Keywords:
Control, modelling, estimation

m.w.dunnigan@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Mustafa Suphi Erden

Keywords:
Assistive robotics, skill assistance, physical human-robot interaction, medical robotics, mechatronics design

Theme:
Control and Motion Planning, Vision and Perception, Human Robot Interaction, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems), Robot Design and Soft Robotics

m.s.erden@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Arash Eshghi

Keywords:
Spoken Dialogue Systems, Natural Language Processing, Linguistics, Human Interaction

Theme:
Human Robot Interaction, NLP

a.eshghi@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Robert Fisher FIAPR FBMVA

Keywords:
3D and Stereo Vision

Theme:
Vision and Perception

rbf@inf.ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Prof. David Flynn

Keywords:
Microsystem sensors, condition monitoring, prognostics

d.flynn@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Francesco Giorgio-Serchi

Keywords:
Underwater Robotics, Bioinspired Robotics, Soft Robotics, Vehicle Hydrodynamics, Mechatronics, Actuator Design, Model...

Theme:
Control and Motion Planning, Robot Design and Soft Robotics, Bioinspired Approaches

f.giorgio-serchi@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Abderrahim Halimi

Keywords:
image processing, computational imaging, 3D Lidar

a.halimi@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Helen Hastie

Keywords:
Human-robot interaction including affective computing and spoken dialogue systems. Interaction for autonomous vehicles.

Theme:
Human Robot Interaction, NLP

h.hastie@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. J. Michael Herrmann

Keywords:
Robot learning; self-organisation; developmental robotics; neuroprosthetics; computational neuroscience; data analysis

michael.herrmann@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Timothy Hospedales

Keywords:
meta-learning, deep learning, computer vision

t.hospedales@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Andrew Ireland

Keywords:
Automated reasoning; formal modelling; verification and synthesis; productive use of failure; system safety

a.ireland@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Frank Keller

Keywords:
Cognitive modeling, language processing, language and vision, parsing, unsupervised learning, eye-tracking

keller@inf.ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Benjamin Kenwright

Keywords:
Autonomous Agents; Computer Graphics and Animation; Game Technologies

b.kenwright@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Mohsen Khadem

Keywords:
Medical Robotics, Image-guided Surgery, Continuum Robots, Applications of Control Theory in Robotics

mohsen.khadem@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Ekaterina Komendantskaya

Keywords:
Logic in AI, Verification, Theorem Proving, Types, Programming Languages

e.komendantskaya@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Taku Komura

Keywords:
Animatronics, Computer graphics and Animation

tkomura@inf.ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Xianwen Kong

Keywords:
Robotics; parallel mechanism; parallel robot; reconfigurable robot; adaptive robotic hand/gripper; compliant mechanism...

Theme:
Human Robot Interaction, Robot Design and Soft Robotics

X.Kong@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Ioannis Konstas

Keywords:
Natural Language Processing, Natural Language Generation, Deep Learning, Machine Learning

Theme:
NLP, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems)

i.konstas@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Oliver Lemon

Keywords:
Human-robot interaction, speech, machine learning, multimodal interfaces, collaboration, HRI

Theme:
Human Robot Interaction, NLP, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems)

o.lemon@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Alex Li

Keywords:
Meta-learning and data-efficient learning; Deep reinforcement learning; Autonomous robot manipulation & locomotion;...

Theme:
Control and Motion Planning, Human Robot Interaction, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems), Robot Design and Soft Robotics

zhibin.li@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Theo Lim

Keywords:
Visualisation, haptic interfaces, manufacturing

Theme:
Human Robot Interaction, Robot Design and Soft Robotics, Bioinspired Approaches

T.Lim@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Katrin Solveig Lohan

Keywords:
Human-robot interaction; developmental robotics; cognitive robotics; intelligent system

k.lohan@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Michael Lones

Keywords:
bio-inspired control, predictive modelling, optimisation

M.Lones@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Chris Lu

Keywords:
SLAM, Sensing and Perception under Visual Degradation. Multi-modal sensor fusion

Theme:
Vision and Perception, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems)

xiaoxuan.lu@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Oisin Mac Aodha

Keywords:
Compuer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, 3D Understanding

Theme:
Vision and Perception, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems)

oisin.macaodha@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Michael Mistry

Keywords:
dynamics and control, human motion, humanoid robotics

mmistry@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Joao Mota

Keywords:
Optimization Algorithms and Theory, Machine Learning, Multimodal Signal Processing, Network Science

Theme:
Control and Motion Planning, Vision and Perception, Verification and Security

j.mota@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Wei Pang

Keywords:
Bio-inspired Computing, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Explainable AI, Qualitative Reasoning

Theme:
Vision and Perception, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems), Bioinspired Approaches

w.pang@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Yvan Petillot

Keywords:
Robotics, image processing, vision, autonomy

y.r.petillot@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Ron Petrick

Keywords:
Automated planning, cognitive robotics, knowledge representation, human-robot interaction, explainable planning

Theme:
Control and Motion Planning, Human Robot Interaction, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems)

R.Petrick@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Norbert Radacsi

Keywords:
Artificial skin, nanofabrication, sensors

n.radacsi@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Thusha Rajendran

Keywords:
Developmental Psychology; Developmental Disorders

Theme:
Human Robot Interaction

T.Rajendran@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Subramanian Ramamoorthy

Keywords:
Robot Learning for Decision Making under Uncertainty, Dexterous Manipulation and Control, Human-Robot Interaction,...

Theme:
Control and Motion Planning, Human Robot Interaction, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems), Bioinspired Approaches, Verification and Security

s.ramamoorthy@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Verena Rieser

Keywords:
NLP, deep learning, reinforcement learning, spoken and multimodal interaction

Theme:
Human Robot Interaction, NLP, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems)

v.t.rieser@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Michael Rovatsos

Keywords:
Multiagent systems, coordination technologies, safe and ethical AI, human-AI collaboration, automated planning,...

Michael.Rovatsos@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Sven-Bodo Scholz

Keywords:
Compiler Technology; sensor fusion; heterogeneous systems; high-performance computing; low-power systems

s.scholz@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Laura Sevilla-Lara

Keywords:
Computer Vision, Video Understanding, Machine Learning

lsevilla@exseed.ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Robert Stewart

Keywords:
Parallel programming languages, domain specific languages, dataflow models, embedded systems, hardware, model checking...

Theme:
Vision and Perception, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems), Verification and Security

R.Stewart@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Adam Stokes

Keywords:
Soft Materials and Biomimetic Robotics

adam.stokes@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Kartic Subr

Keywords:
Computer Graphics, stochastic sampling, signal processing and image manipulation

K.Subr@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Austin Tate FREng FRSE

Keywords:
Intelligent Planning and Execution, Search and Rescue

a.tate@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Prof. Nick Taylor

Keywords:
Robot motion planning; human-robot co-operation; robot safety; AUV fault diagnosis and recovery

n.k.taylor@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Steve Tonneau

Keywords:
Humanoid robotics; Motion planning, Optimal control

stonneau@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Marta Vallejo

Keywords:
optimisation, classification, machine learning, deep learning, evolutionary algorithms, neurodegenerative diseases,...

m.vallejo@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Patricia A. Vargas

Keywords:
Neurorobotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Rehabilitation Robotics, Evolutionary Robotics, Swarm Robotics, Biologically-...

Theme:
Control and Motion Planning, Human Robot Interaction, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems), Bioinspired Approaches

p.a.vargas@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Sethu Vijayakumar FRSE

Keywords:
Humanoid robotics; Robot learning; Computational motor control; Adaptive motion synthesis; Prosthetics

Theme:
Control and Motion Planning, Human Robot Interaction, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems)

sethu.vijayakumar@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Ignazio Maria Viola

Keywords:
Insect-scale drones, micro aerial vehicles, nature-inspire technology, fluid mechanics

Theme:
Robot Design and Soft Robotics, Bioinspired Approaches

I.M.Viola@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Dr. Changhai Wang

Keywords:
Robotic micromanipulation, sensors and integration, MEMS and microsystem technology

C.Wang@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Sen Wang

Keywords:
Localisation, navigation, robotic vision, SLAM, autonomy, robot learning

Theme:
Vision and Perception, Machine Learning and AI (inc. multi-agent systems)

s.wang@hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University
Prof. Barbara Webb

Keywords:
Bio-robotics, Sensorimotor Control

Theme:
Vision and Perception, Robot Design and Soft Robotics, Bioinspired Approaches

bwebb@inf.ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh