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SUMMARY:SICSA Seminar - Dr Carl Strathearn presents AI-driven Humanoid Robots for Education
DESCRIPTION:AI-driven Humanoid Robots for Education: Insights from UK Rapid Technology Assessments with Dr Carl Strathearn\nAbstract:\nAI-driven humanoid robots are gradually moving out of laboratories and into factories around the world. However\, more challenging domains such as education\, domestic environments\, and healthcare are significantly more unpredictable and difficult to evaluate in terms of effectiveness\, social interaction\, and risk.\nLast year\, Dr Strathearn contributed to the development of two rapid technology assessments published by the UK Government Office for Science on humanoid and AI-driven robots. These reports examined the feasibility and challenges of deploying such systems in their current state to help inform policymakers across government. In this talk\, he will provide a deep dive into the current state of the art in humanoid robotics\, covering large language models (LLMs)\, vision-language models (VLMs)\, and emerging vision-language-action (VLA) models\, and discuss some of the key challenges involved in deploying this technology in education going forward.\nDr Carl Strathearn is a lecturer in computer science and researcher in AI and humanoid robots at Edinburgh Napier University.\nThis seminar will be hybrid from Edinburgh Napier University’s Merchiston Campus. Register to receive meeting link.
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/sicsa-seminar-dr-carl-strathearn-presents-ai-driven-humanoid-robots-for-education/
LOCATION:Merchiston Campus\, Edinburgh Napier University\, 10 Colinton Road\, Edinburgh\, EH10 5DT
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SUMMARY:SSBSE 2026 Challenge Track Workshop 2
DESCRIPTION:About\nThis workshop series is a hands-on\, team-forming sprint. \nYou will meet potential collaborators\, shape a concrete research idea and leave with a realistic plan and division of labour toward a Challenge-Track submission for SSBSE 2026. \nThe SSBSE 2026 Challenge Track explores how Search-Based Software Engineering (SBSE) can optimize agentic AI systems (LLM-powered agents with tools\, memory\, planning\, and autonomy) for real software engineering tasks. You can read more about the challenge and its three themes at:  https://conf.researchr.org/track/ssbse-2026/ssbse-2026-ssbse-challenge. \nWho can participate?\nThe workshops are free and open to all. We particularly encourage academics and their PGR students to attend\, alongside industry practitioners and anyone interested in SBSE techniques for agentic AI systems\, especially undergraduate students interested in conducting research at the intersection of AI and Software Engineering. \nNo prior experience with specific agent frameworks or search based method is required. The workshop aims to find complementary expertise to provide solutions.  We will provide short technical briefings and a Discord channel for the workshop to provide timely technical and scientific support for the participants. \nFunding to support travel for staff and students at Scottish universities is available.   See event page for full details and registration.
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/ssbse-2026-challenge-track-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Merchiston Campus\, Edinburgh Napier University\, 10 Colinton Road\, Edinburgh\, EH10 5DT
CATEGORIES:Event,Workshop
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SUMMARY:SSBSE 2026 Challenge Track Workshop
DESCRIPTION:About\nThis workshop series is a hands-on\, team-forming sprint. \nYou will meet potential collaborators\, shape a concrete research idea and leave with a realistic plan and division of labour toward a Challenge-Track submission for SSBSE 2026. \nThe SSBSE 2026 Challenge Track explores how Search-Based Software Engineering (SBSE) can optimize agentic AI systems (LLM-powered agents with tools\, memory\, planning\, and autonomy) for real software engineering tasks. You can read more about the challenge and its three themes at:  https://conf.researchr.org/track/ssbse-2026/ssbse-2026-ssbse-challenge. \nWho can participate?\nThe workshops are free and open to all. We particularly encourage academics and their PGR students to attend\, alongside industry practitioners and anyone interested in SBSE techniques for agentic AI systems\, especially undergraduate students interested in conducting research at the intersection of AI and Software Engineering. \nNo prior experience with specific agent frameworks or search based method is required. The workshop aims to find complementary expertise to provide solutions.  We will provide short technical briefings and a Discord channel for the workshop to provide timely technical and scientific support for the participants. \nFunding to support travel for staff and students at Scottish universities is available.   See event page for full details and registration.
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/ssbse-2026-challenge-track-workshop/
LOCATION:Merchiston Campus\, Edinburgh Napier University\, 10 Colinton Road\, Edinburgh\, EH10 5DT
CATEGORIES:Event,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250624T100000
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SUMMARY:Towards Reliable Machine Learning Models for Code - SICSA Guest Seminar by Foutse Khomh
DESCRIPTION:Professor Foutse Khomh from Polytechnique Montréal will be visiting Edinburgh Napier University on 24th June to deliver a Systems and Software Seminar. \nAll staff and students at Scottish Universities are invited. \nFind out more and register for your in-person or online tickets.
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/towards-reliable-machine-learning-models-for-code-sicsa-guest-seminar-by-foutse-khomh/
LOCATION:Merchiston Campus\, Edinburgh Napier University\, 10 Colinton Road\, Edinburgh\, EH10 5DT
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