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2024
November
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Interdisciplinary Seminar by Dr Thomas Hiscock
-Interdisciplinary Seminar by Dr Thomas Hiscock (University of Aberdeen). Topic: How does a finger get its knuckles? Reaction diffusion models in the tetrapod limb and beyond
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BDI Agents in Natural Language Environments
-Developing autonomous agents to deal with real-world problems is challenging, especially when developers are not necessarily specialists in artificial intelligence. This poses two key challenges regarding the interface of the programming with the developer, and the efficiency of the resulting agents. In this talk, we cover a recent work to...
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Interdisciplinary Seminar by Dr Scott Doyle
-Interdisciplinary Seminar by Dr Scott Doyle (University of Aberdeen). Topic: Beyond Sparks: Plasma Science at Aberdeen
October
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Interdisciplinary Seminar by Dr Victoria Volodina
-Interdisciplinary Seminar by Dr Victoria Volodina (University of Exeter): The importance of uncertainty quantification for model credibility
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Stargazing in the Botanic Garden
-An opportunity for public and educational engagement in astronomy at amateur, school, and university levels. We will exhibit the University's new 16"-aperture telescope alongside its existing 10"-aperture telescope. Weather permitting, stargazing will be possible in the University's beautiful Cruickshank Botanic Garden.
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Interdisciplinary seminar by Dr Daniel Chaves
-Interdisciplinary seminar by Dr Daniel Chaves (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil). Topic to be confirmed.
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Summer student presentations for projects supported by the Worthington Fund
-Presentations by 3rd year undergraduate University of Aberdeen Physics and Mathematics students on their 3-month summer research projects carried out in the Department of Physics. These projects were supported by the Worthington Fund. Anticipated schedule: 1305-1325: "Inference or Gene Regulatory Networks from RNA-seq data"; 1325-1345: "Dynamics of coupled logistic maps"; 1345-1405: "Androgen Receptor Signalling".
July
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Towards understanding 3D poses and gestures of multiple hands
-Hands are primary interacting tools that provide humans an ability to interact with their outer environments. Therefore, recognizing poses and actions (gestures) of hands from images and videos is essential to comprehensively understand the daily human intentions. Challenges occur when more than one hand appear in an image, due to...
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A journey of the adoption of Blockchain in IoT Environments: Opportunities and Challenges
-Blockchain technology has emerged as a solution for providing transparency and trusted information in a decentralized and resilient manner. Particularly, there are significant potential benefits in integrating blockchain technology with the Internet of Things (IoT). However, adopting blockchain in hardware-constrained environments presents challenges. This integration introduces new issues, especially in...