Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications

Deputy Director (founding) of the Oxford Robotics Institute, University of Oxford. Driven by an early passion for AI and machine learning in robotics, Ingmar read Electronic Systems Engineering at Aston University before joining Oxford's Department of Engineering Science. He now leads the perception and planning work within the Mobile Robotics Group (MRG). His expertise lies in the design and implementation of machine learning methods that enable an autonomous agent to interpret complex, dynamic environments in a way which permits robust decision-making, planning and exploration on-line and in real-time. His research tackles questions such as: what semantic information can be inferred about the environment the robot has traversed (e.g. what type of structures and objects can be found? What type of terrain is it travelling on?) and how this knowledge can feed into the decision-making process of an autonomous agent. Ingmar's work is frequently covered in the national and international press. Ingmar's work is frequently covered in the national and international press. In 2014 Ingmar co-founded Oxbotica, a leading provider of mobile autonomy software solutions. https://oxforduni-des-website.azurewebsites.net/people/ingmar-posner

The Founder, Board of Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of Robopreneur Sdn Bhd (Ltd). With more than 18 years experience in robotics research and development, Hanafiah is not only an academician, researcher, innovator, game changer and well describe as a symbolic of an emerging role that is the key to achieving corporate-wide adoption of robotics technology in business. He holds PhD in Information Science from Nagoya University Japan specializing in humanoid robot. Hanafiah also holds prominent position in robotics community such as Chairman of IEEE Robotics and Automation (RAS) Malaysia Chapter, Visiting Professors in some international universities and well known among robotics scientists and researchers.

A lady Robotics Professor in the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, the Duke Institute of Brain Sciences, and is the director of the Humans and Autonomy Laboratory and Duke Robotics. She received her Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2004. She was a naval officer and military pilot from 1988-1999, and was one of the Navy's first female fighter pilots. Her research interests include human-unmanned vehicle interaction, human-autonomous system collaboration, human-systems engineering, public policy implications of unmanned vehicles, and the ethical and social impact of technology. She is an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellow, a member of the AIAA Board of Trustees, the Defense Innovation Board, and the Veoneer, Inc. Board of Directors. https://pratt.duke.edu/faculty/missy-cummings

A Professor in Institute of International and Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University. He is the Treasurer of the World Council for Comparative Education Societies (2000-date) and the Chair of World Education Fellowship GB (1996-date). After graduating in Cambridge Engineering, David Turner became a science teacher in secondary schools for nine years, before moving into teaching in higher education. He has taught in a variety of higher education institutions, teaching comparative education at the University of London Institute of Education before moving to, South Wales and Beijing Normal University. He has wide-ranging interests in the field of Education Studies. His book, Theory of Education, presented a novel approach to viewing education as a complex system, which is shaped by the choices that individuals within the system make. He believes that the role of theory in education is to provide a coherent and stringent critique of policy, and by that means to provide a framework for improving educational institutions. He is critical of much current policy in education, including the desire to see institutions ranked in league tables. David is also the Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS) and Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (RSA) (1999-date). His insights in educational robotics would be impactful.

The Director of Overseas Business Department, BeiJing Canbot Technology Co., Ltd., and ShenZhen JustGood Technology Co.Ltd., the strategic partner of EUREKA Robotics Lab, Cardiff School of Technologies. The robotics company is the first ISO9001 certified service robotics enterprise in China and is elected to be CHINA TOP10 robots by Ministry of Industry and Information in China (more bio to come).

Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon, East Lancaster Hospital, NHS Trust (UK National Health Services). She was appointed to the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospitals in July 2016.She has an extensive educational background with a doctorate in Medicine (University of Liverpool) in the area of Head & Neck Cancer Survivorship and Quality of life. Before undertaking her current post, she worked as a Fellow of Head & Neck Oncology & Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, USA. Her specialised area in oral & maxillofacial surgery is Head & Neck Cancer and Reconstruction, and in particular, robotic surgery. She has successfully established the Head and Neck robot service in her current hospital, and is the only certified robot head and neck surgeon in Lancashire, Cumbria, and Manchester. She has widely published her work in scientific peer-reviewed journals, for which she has received awards and research grants. She is dually qualified in Dentistry from University of Malaya, and in Medicine from Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, University of London. She completed her Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery specialist training from the London, and Kent, Surrey and Sussex deaneries. During her training, she spent a year in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and completed the Diploma of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons. She was a Clinical Research Fellow at the Head & Neck unit, Aintree University Hospitals and undertook a Doctorate in Medicine (University of Liverpool) in the area of Head & Neck Cancer Survivorship and Quality of life.