SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS @ ROBOTTINGHAM

Dr. JOE SHEARRING

Dr. Joe Shearring assumed the role of Head of Regional Engagement – East Midlands at the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) in 2021, having previously held a number of research and research support roles at the University of Nottingham. Most recently, he led the Research Development Team, supporting the university's research base and development of grants to a variety of funders and schemes. As a Head of Regional Engagement, Dr. Shearring is seeking to better understand the regions research strengths, needs and challenges and consider the intersection between research and place.

GUEST SPEAKERS

from AI FOR EAST MILDLANDS INITIATIVE

Prof. SERGEY SAVELIEV

Sergey Saveliev is a Professor in Theoretical Physics at Loughborough University. He is also the Associate Dean (Research and Innovation) at the School of Science, and the Academic Lead in cross-school pilot initiative in AI and Cognitive Technologies. In Aug 2015, he became the Head of the Department of Physics. Prior to this, he was a senior researcher at the RIKEN Institute (Japan), and a research fellow at the University of Tsukuba (Japan). He has been awarded with prestigious prizes including the MEXT Young Scientist Prize, Japan, the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Germany, and became IOP Fellow in 2011 and ASP Fellow in 2012.

from RESPONSIBLE AI UK

Prof. ELVIRA PEREZ VALLEJOS

Elvira Perez Vallejos is Professor of Mental Health & Digital Technology at the University of Nottingham, with a background in experimental psychology, she works across the School of Computer Science and Medicine. Her research is broad and highly multidisciplinary, but with a focus on responsible research and innovation (RRI) and digital mental health. Her more recent work focuses on Responsible AI for DeathTech and other emerging technologies designed to support end-end-life and the process of dying. She promotes Responsible AI and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion practices in her role as RRI and EDI Director at UKRI programmes Trustworthy Autonomous Hub (www.tas.ac.uk) and Responsible AI (www.rai.ac.uk)

INVITED SPEAKERS from NTU and UoN

Prof. EIMAN KANJO

Prof. Kanjo is a Professor of Pervasive Sensing and the head of the Smart Sensing Lab at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). She has been appointed as the Provost's Visiting Professor in tinyML at Imperial College London, and recently been honoured as one of the Top 50 Women in Engineering by the Women in Engineering Society. She is also one of the academic leads of the Turing University Network and a recipient of the Turing Network Development Awards 2022. With over 120 publications and several grants from various funders, including DCMS, InnovateUK, EPSRC, DSTL, ERDF, MoD, and the Lottery Fund, Prof. Kanjo currently serves on the steering committee for tinyML EMEA and Co-Lead TinyML UK.

Prof. PRAMINDA CALEB-SOLLY

Praminda Caleb-Solly is Professor of Embodied Intelligence at University of Nottingham, where she leads the CHART research group, since 2021. Before this, she was Professor of Assistive Robotics and Intelligent Health Technologies at the Bristol Robotics Lab, UWE, where she also held the post of Associate Head of Department for Research and Scholarship. Her recent portfolio of Innovate UK, EPSRC, AHRC, and EC funded projects includes socially and physically assistive robotics and Internet-of-Things sensor-based intelligent technology. She leads the EPSRC Healthcare Technologies Network+ Emergence: Robotics project to tackle frailty. Her research investigates how robotics can assist people and carers, with age-related disabilities and long-term conditions.

Prof. PHILIP BREEDON

Philip Breedon is Professor of Smart Technologies at Nottingham Trent University and leads the Medical Engineering Design Research Group. He is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT professional. He is a member of the UK’s Department of Health’s National Institute for Health Research invention for innovation funding panel (NIHR i4i) and holds a number of journal editorial positions. He also chairs the medical technologies and systems special interest group supported by Medilink East Midlands. His research interests and latest projects centre on wearable technologies, 3D printing of pathological models, additive / subtractive manufacturing, surgical robotics, cardiovascular devices, extended reality technologies, and the surgical pathway for ‘smart materials’ in medical applications.

Prof. STEVE BENFORD

Steve Benford is the Dunford Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham where he co-founded the Mixed Reality Laboratory. He is Director of the EPSRC-funded Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training and also Director of the University's Smart Products beacon of research excellence. He was previously an EPSRC Dream Fellow, a Visiting Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge and a Visiting Professor at the BBC. His research interests include Augmented and Mixed Reality, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing, Tangible and Material Computing, User Experience Design, Human Computer Interaction, Ethnography, with applications in Art & Performance, Games, Television, Museums and Amusement Parks.

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