Programme

Dates: July 15 - 26

Place: room T6.1 (6th floor), at Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DEEC, UC), Polo2.

Format: 12 modules (81 hours) in-person. Starting at 9:30 a.m.

N# max. students: 40 *

* due to the COVID-19 situation, and according to the DGS recommendations, the number of students is limited and subjected to revision.

Module 1. Introduction and overview: robotics and machine learning (15 July) 9h30
Cristiano Premebida / Jérôme Mendes
Module 2. Fundamentals of mobile robotics (15 July) 14h00
Jorge Batista / Pedro Martins / Fábio Faria
Module 3. Mobile robots perception (16 July) 9h30
Cristiano Premebida / Iago Gomes
Module 4. Mobile robotics hardware and systems (16 July) 14h30
Lino Marques / Sedat Dogru

Module 5. Robotics simulation, Robot Operating System (17 July) 9h30
David Portugal / Afonso Elói Carvalho / João Pedro Castilho / Luís Garrote
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Module 6. Probability, Bayesian inference, Bayesian Networks (17 July) 14h00
Cristiano Premebida
Module 7. Pattern recognition, principles, algorithms (18 July) 9h30
Paulo Peixoto / João Paulo

Module 8. Linear and non-linear regression (18 July) 13h00
Nuno Gonçalves
> > Special Event "Open Research Day @ISR-UC" (TBC)
Module 9. Introduction to Deep-learning and machine vision (19 July) 9h30
Pedro Martins / Pedro Conde / Cristiano Premebida
Module 10. Reinforcement Learning and Fuzzy-systems (19 July) 14h00
Urbano Nunes / Jérôme Mendes / Ricardo Pereira / Luis Garrote, João Perdiz

Module 11 & 12. Projects, case studies, assessment/presentations (week 22 - 26 July)
Topics related to robotics and machine learning.

Schedule

Typically, the Modules will be organized in two Sessions:

1st week (modules 1-10): lectures, tutorials, invited talks. Normally the lectures starts at 9h30 a.m. and then at 14h00 (after lunch).
2nd week (modules 11-12): practical/hands-on activities, projects.

Dates and Time (may be subjected to changes)

Module 1 - 15/July (Mon)

Module 2 - 15/July (Mon)

Module 3 - 16/July (Tue)

Module 4 - 16/July (Tue)

Module 5 - 17/July (Wed)

Module 6 - 17/July (Wed)

Module 7 - 18/July (Thu)

Module 8 - 18/July (Thu)

Module 9 - 19/July (Fri)

Module 10 - 19/July (Fri)

Module 11 and 12 - 22-26/July

> > Special Event "Open Research Day @ISR-UC" (to be confirmed)