People
Members of IPAB.
Director
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Subramanian Ramamoorthy | Robot Learning for Decision Making under Uncertainty, Dexterous Manipulation and Control, Human-Robot Interaction, Physics-informed Machine Learning, Safe and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence |
Academic Staff
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Stefano V. Albrecht | Robust sequential decision making by autonomous agents in complex dynamic environments. Deep reinforcement learning, multi-agent reinforcement learning, models of other agents (beliefs, goals, plans) in interactive decision making. |
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Hakan Bilen | Computer vision, machine learning, deep learning, weakly supervised learning, multiple task learning, object recognition, action classification |
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Bob Fisher | Model-based vision, 3D/range data interpretation and applications, video sequence analysis |
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Michael Herrmann | Neurorobotics, self-organisation of behaviour, prosthetic control, computational neuroscience, neuroinformatics |
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Timothy Hospedales | Computer vision. Deep learning. Lifelong machine learning. Transfer and multi-task learning. Learning to Learn. Domain adaptation. Language and vision. Reinforcement Learning for control. Active Learning. Weakly supervised learning |
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Mohsen Khadem |
Medical Robotics, Image-guided Surgery, Continuum Robots, Dynamic Modeling and Simulation, Applications of Control Theory in Robotics |
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Taku Komura | Computer graphics, robotics and biomechanics: human motion analysis and synthesis, physically-based animation and real-time computer graphics. |
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Changjian Li | Computer Graphics, 3D Vision and Medical Image Processing: 3D Shape Creation and Analysis with applications in Sketch-based Modeling, Shape Reconstruction and Analysis from Point Clouds, and Medical Image Processing and Modeling. |
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Zhibin (Alex) Li |
Control of complex behaviors for robots, eg humanoids, to achieve human-comparable ability to move and manipulate through control theories, optimization and machine learning. |
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Chris Xiaoxuan Lu | Mobile Robotics. Mixed Reality. Spatial AI under Low-visibility. Fog Robotics and Edge IoT. Human-robot Collaboration. Secure and Privacy-aware Autonomous Systems |
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Michael Mistry |
Dexterous motion, dynamics modelling, and control of physical interaction, for humans and robotic systems.
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Laura Sevilla-Lara |
Computer Vision, Motion Estimation, Temporal Modeling, Object Segmentation, Object Tracking, Deep Learning, Unsupervised Learning |
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Kartic Subr | Graphics, Stochastic sampling, signal processing and image manipulation |
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Steve Tonneau |
Humanoid/legged robotics; computer graphics; Motion planning; Optimal control |
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Amir Vaxman | Geometry processing, computer graphics, directional field processing, meshing, reconstruction in medical imaging, discrete differential geometry |
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Sethu Vijayakumar | Statistical Machine Learning for Robotics; Planning, Optimisation and Adaptive Control for Anthropomorphic (Humanoid) Platforms; Computational Motor Control; Rehabilitation Robotics |
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Barbara Webb | Perceptual systems for the control of behaviour, robot models of animals, simulation of neural circuits |
Honorary Staff
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Michael Burke | Robot learning and control, specifically in the development of probabilistic machine learning and computer vision tools for robotics applications |
Associate Academic Staff
Tim Colles | Mobile robot programming languages |
Alex Lascarides | Computational semantics, particularly discourse, conversation and gestures; learning strategies in complex games; learning to adapt to unforeseen possibilities |
Oisin Mac Aodha |
Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Computer-Assisted Teaching |
Siddharth Narayanaswamy | |
Kia Nazarpour | Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Machine Learning for Health |
Austin Tate | Planning and activity management, Human-robot collaboration, Emergency response, search and rescue |
Chris Williams | Machine learning and computer vision |
David Willshaw | Construction of networks of neurons and the computations performed by them |
Research Staff
Keyhan Babarahmati |
Safe and Compliant Human-Robot Interaction/Cooperation/Collaboration, Robot Manipulation, Tele-cooperation (Tele-(operation/manipulation) + Human-Robot Cooperation) |
Ignacio Carlucho | Robotics, reinforcement learning, multi-agent systems, ad hoc teamwork |
Osmar Cedron | Deep reinforcement learning, computer vision, compositional robotics and theory of neural networks |
Wenqian Du | |
Xin Du | Exceptional Model Mining, Causal Inference, Trustworthy ML, Geo-spatial Science |
Evripidis Gkanias |
Bio-inspired artificial intelligence,Computational neuroethology, Computational modelling, Learning and memory, Insect-inspired navigation |
Henry Gouk |
Optimisation and machine learning, robust deep learning, interpretable representation learning, computer vision |
David Hanley | |
Craig Innes | |
Florent Le Moel | |
Weihong Li | |
Yihe Lu | Associative learning and memory consolidation in the neural circuits in fruit fly's mushroom body |
Mohammad Mohades Kasaei | Efficient machine learning for robotics including deep reinforcement learning and computer vision. |
Joao Pousa de Moura | |
Saeid Samadi | multi-contact motion planning and balance control of humanoid robots as a means of implementing challenging scenarios |
Mohamed Sorour | |
Cheng Wang |
PhD Research Students
Yurdusev Yakup Akan | |
Rana Alkhoury-Maroun | |
Ebtehal Alotaibi | |
Titas Anciukevicius | Generative Models, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics |
Marina Aoyama | |
Ruchika Chavhan | |
Thomas Corberes | |
Jianning Deng | |
Zhaoxing Deng | |
Panagiotis Eustratiadis | Deep reinforcement learning, adversarial robustness, explainable AI |
Linxu Fan | Computer graphics, physical-based animation |
Levi Fussell | |
Evripidis Gkanias | |
Arushi Goel | Vision and Language, Deep learning |
Jiacheng Gu | |
Julian Habekost | |
Anna Hadjitofi | Computational neuroscience, behaviour modelling, communication in insects, honeybees |
Wenbin Hu | |
Aditya Kamireddypalli | |
Alexandros Keros | |
Kiyoon Kim |
Video action recognition, efficient temporal modelling, disambiguation of video label space |
Taha Kocyigit | |
Adam Li | |
Peize Li | |
Quanyi Li | |
Zhaocheng Liu | |
Ran Long | |
Zhen Luo | |
Emile Mackute | Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Medical Image Analysis, Surgical Robotics |
Xiaofeng Mao | |
Octave Mariotti | Computer vision, unsupervised learning and object pose estimation |
Robert Mitchell | |
Ruaridh Mon-Williams | |
Aruna Raman | |
Muhammad Ahmed Raza | |
Fady Rezk | |
Emily Rolley-Parnell | Robotic grasping, insect grasping, ant behaviour, ant behavioural modelling |
Jack Rome | |
Brian Seipp | |
Lukas Schafer | |
David Sinclair | |
Stefanie Speichert | |
Arturas Straizys |
Medical robotics, imitation learning, tactile sensing |
Zhaole Sun | |
Balint Thamo | |
Eleftherios Triantafyllidis |
Human-Computer and Robot Interaction,Multimodal and Multisensory Integration,Immersive Technologies (VR/MR),Machine Learning for Robotics and Learning from Demonstration/Imitation |
Thomas Walker | |
Jiayi Wang | Quadruped Locomotion |
Ruyi Wang | |
Yucheng Xu | |
Wanming Yu |
Legged locomotion, deep reinforcement learning |
Bruce Zhang | |
Jinwei Zhang | |
Xiaoyu Zhang | |
Frederica Zhao | |
Le Zhu | Memory and learning mechanisms in insect brains |
Lab Manager
Saeid Samadi | Lab Manager |
Administrative Staff
Ruta Bader | Portfolio Manager | |
Karolin Reh | Finance Administrator | |
Jodie Cameron | Institute Administrative Assistant | |
Stephanie Smith | Institute Administrator |
Business Development
Cristian Novotny | Business Development Executive |
Technical Support
Dave Hamilton | Superintendent |
Garry Ellard | Electronic Technician |
Douglas Howie | Technician |
Gilbert Inkster | Electronic Technician |
Tom Whigham | Technician |
Affiliates
Anthony Ashbrook | 3D vision, statistical modelling of visual data, dynamic models |
Richard Baldock | |
Joanna Bryson | Agent architectures and action selection for real and virtual robots |
Helen Hastie | Head of School of Informatics |
John Hallam | Biorobotics, especially sensory biorobotic systems; user modelling in computer games; computational neuroscience and machine learning |
Margarita Chli |
Computer Vision for Robotics |