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Revision as of 09:28, 17 October 2018

FAQ

Next Meeting: Prof Paul Newman of Oxford Robotics

October 15, 2018


Paul Newman is the BP Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Oxford. He is Director of the Oxford Robotics Institute within the Department of Engineering Science. The ORI enjoys a world leading reputation in mobile autonomy - developing machines which roll, walk, poke, swim and fly in the real world. His focus lies on pushing the boundaries of navigation and autonomy techniques in terms of both endurance and scale. In 2014 he founded Oxbotica - a spinout company focussed on Mobile Autonomy. He was elected fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the IEEE with a citation for outstanding contributions to robot navigation.

Month Day of Month Speaker Title
February 21st Dr James Luke Recent Developments in Artificial Intelligence
March 14th Mr Simon Wright Gene Editing and Intellectual Property Law
April 25th Prof David Howey Energy storage technologies - batteries and beyond
May 23rd Dr Mohammed Al-Ubaydli Patient-Centred Medicine
June 12th Dr Vinton G Cerf Google and the Internet
September 18th Mr Romain Kidd 3D Printing
October 15th Prof Paul Newman Mobile Autonomy
October 28th Dr Gary McLean Towards a Vaccine for the Common Cold

2019 Programme

Provisional dates for 2019 are as follows:

Month Day of Month Speaker Title
February 12th Dr David Kingman Small Modular Fusion.
March 12th Kevlin Henney Software Failure
April 2nd
May 7th
June 4th
September 11th
October 1st
November 5th