THIRD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM



ROBOTTINGHAM 2024


TUESDAY | 9 / JULY / 2024

HIGHLIGHTING THE LEADING EDGE RESEARCH IN ROBOTICS AND AI @ 

UoN & NTU

SPONSORED BY

ROBOTTINGHAM aims to bring together academics, researchers, and students working in Robotics and AI from across the East Midlands. This will be the third edition of the event, now expanded to strengthen relationships across UoN, NTU, and the wider East Midlands region. We have talks from leading academics at UoN, NTU, and Loughborough universities, along with a networking session and a poster session for PhD students. Guests and attendees from the city, county, as well as beyond the East Midlands region, working on Robotics and AI activities, will be sharing their ideas to build on the East Midlands' leading role in advancing Robotics and AI in strategic applications domains.

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE (final)

08:30 - 09:00

REGISTRATION

People Arriving and Settling In

09:00 - 09:15

INTRODUCTION & WELCOME ADDRESS

Praminda Caleb-Solly and Nikhil Deshpande;

Welcome by Prof. Tony Pridmore, Head of Computer Science, University of Nottingham

09:15 - 09:40

INVITED SPEAKER Talk

Prof. Philip Breedon, NTU

09:40 - 10:05

INVITED SPEAKER Talk

Prof. Steve Benford, UoN

10:05 - 10:30

INVITED SPEAKER Talk

Prof. Eiman Kanjo, NTU

10:30 - 10:55

GUEST SPEAKER Talk - "AI for East Midlands"

Prof. Sergey Saveliev, Loughborough University

10:55 - 11:15

TEA / COFFEE BREAK (& poster viewing)

11:15 - 11:45

KEYNOTE TALK

Dr. Joe Shearring, EPSRC (East Midlands)

11:45 - 12:20

Lightning Talks for Poster presentations

2 mins each; 13 posters

12:20 - 13:20

LUNCH BREAK (& poster viewing)

13:20 - 13:45

GUEST SPEAKER Talk - "Responsible AI UK"

Prof. Elvira Perez Vallejos, UoN

13:45 - 14:10

INVITED SPEAKER Talk

Prof. Praminda Caleb-Solly, UoN

14:10 - 15:10

Visit to the CHART LAB for Demonstrations

15:10 - 15:30

TEA / COFFEE BREAK

15:30 - 16:45

FACILITATED GROUP DISCUSSION 

Specific Themes around "Robotics and AI @ UoN, NTU, and East Midlands"

16:45 - 17:00

CONCLUSION and POSTER AWARDS

ORGANISERS @ UoN

Nikhil Deshpande

Associate Professor in Robotics and AI

Praminda Caleb-Solly

Professor of Embodied Intelligence

Armaghan (Magan) Moemeni

Assistant Professor

Dominic Price

Research Fellow

Rebekah Moore

Project Manager

LOCATION

School of Computer Science

Room A7 and CS Atrium

Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham, UK