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Continual learning in sensor-based human activity recognition

Group: Systems Seminars
Speaker: Dr Juan Ye (Erica), University of St Andrews
Date: 12 December, 2023
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Location: Room 422, SAWB

This systems seminar is delivered by Dr Juan Ye (Erica) from University of St Andrews, School of Computer Science.

She will be delivering the talk in-person. 

Please find the abstract and bio below:

Abstract: Human activity recognition (HAR) is a key enabler for many applications in healthcare, factory automation, and smart home. It detects and predicts human behaviours or daily activities via a range of wearable sensors or ambient sensors embedded in an environment. As more and more HAR applications are deployed in the real-world environments, there is a pressing need for the ability of continually and incrementally learning new activities over time without retraining the HAR model. In this talk, we will present our recent progress in developing various continual learning techniques for HAR, including regularisation, generative rehearsal, and dynamic architecture techniques. We will summarise with what we have learnt from these projects and discuss future directions. 

Bio: I am a Reader in the School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews. My research interests centre around adaptive pervasive systems, specialising in sensor-based human activity recognition, sensor fusion, context awareness, ontologies, and uncertainty reasoning. I have a PhD degree in computer science from University College Dublin, Ireland and a BSc and MSc degree from Wuhan University, China.

Meeting ID: 861 8632 5698 
Passcode: 803628

FATA Seminar

Group: Formal Analysis, Theory and Algorithms (FATA)
Speaker: TBC
Date: 12 December, 2023
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Room 422, SAWB

Creating Trouble with Dots and Joins

Group: Human Computer Interaction (GIST)
Speaker: Professor Gilbert Cockton, University of Sunderland; Northumbria University; Teesside University
Date: 14 December, 2023
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Location: Sir Alwyn Williams Building, 423 Seminar Room

 
ABIOSTRACT: Gilbert Cockton was a founder member of GIST in 1988 (called GUCCHI for its first year). He is now an Emeritus Professor in both Design (Northumbria) and Computer Science (Sunderland), as well as an occasional external research mentor to the Centre for Culture and Creativity at Teesside University. He has explored the dynamics of the dot-to-dot puzzle of design work since 1982, when he authored eLearning programs while a secondary school teacher. His initial research focused on one dot, exploring specification notations and architectures for interactive systems. He then focused on the joins and more dots with his first two Glasgow PhD students: Steven Clarke had an early look at the mechanics of Contextual Design; Darryn Lavery critiqued usability problems and how to find them. Together we created trouble in different ways, challenging orthodoxies on language models for interaction, the logic and realities of Contextual Design, and the contextuality of usability problem discovery. Moving to a research chair at Sunderland in 1997 via a year at Northumbria (while still a visiting research fellow at Glasgow), he focused on evaluation work and accessibility as a specific focus for contextual design (including culturally sensitive design). He also directed large regional support projects for the digital sector in the northeast of England, adding a new (to him) dot of product strategy to the dots of digital artefacts, evaluation and usage contexts. This led to a NESTA fellowship on value-centred design (now WoFo -worth-focused design) and then a move from computing to design. In 2009 he became professor of Design Theory in the School of Design at Northumbria. He created more trouble there (for computing) by challenging the linear orthodoxies of (software) engineering design and later the dot-poverty of agile processes. His BIG Design paradigm framed design work as connecting between the four dots of artefacts, beneficiaries, evaluations and purpose. His Northumbria PhD student Jenni George developed novel ways of tracking the evolution of these four dots (design arenas) and the joins between them, using a range of novel approaches to linking artefacts to purpose, purpose to beneficiaries, and evaluation to purpose. BIG Design was combined with Jenni's framework in courses at NordiCHI, CHI, World Usability Day, Postgraduate design degrees at TU/e, and HCI PhD schools.
 
Gilbert has had leadership roles in the British HCI Group, SIGCHI, ACM and IFIP, and Associate Dean and Head of Department roles. He won't mention these at all in his talk, or how he ended up with two emeritus titles. He was awarded the SIGCHI Lifetime Service Award in 2020 and an IFIP TC13 Pioneer award in 2023.
 
In his talk, Gilbert will present BIG WoFo design as a concurrent dot-to-dot creative strategic approach to the design of interactive digital systems. He will relate relevant aspects to his research within GIST, mainstream HCI research at Sunderland, and research into creative practices at Northumbria.
 
 
 
 

FATA Seminar

Group: Formal Analysis, Theory and Algorithms (FATA)
Speaker: TBC
Date: 19 December, 2023
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Room 422, SAWB

FATA Seminar

Group: Formal Analysis, Theory and Algorithms (FATA)
Speaker: TBC
Date: 26 December, 2023
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Room 422, SAWB

46th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2024)

Group: Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA)
Speaker: SICSA Event, SICSA
Date: 24 March, 2024
Time: 00:00 - 00:00
Location: School of Computing Science, Sir Alwyn Williams Building, Lilybank Gardens, University of Glasgow, ,

We are delighted to be supporting the 46th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) taking place in Glasgow on 24 - 28 March 2024 The 46th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) is the annual premier European forum for the presentation of new research results in the broadly conceived area of Information Retrieval. ECIR provides an opportunity for both young and established researchers to present research papers reporting new, unpublished, and innovative research results. ECIR has traditionally had a strong student focus and papers whose sole or main author is a postgraduate student or postdoctoral researcher are especially welcome. For all the information on the Conference along with details of how to register, please see the ECIR 2024 Conference website

SICSA Sponsored Conference: 46th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2024)

Group: Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA)
Speaker: SICSA Event, SICSA
Date: 24 March, 2024
Time: 00:00 - 00:00
Location: TBA

We are delighted to be supporting the 46th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) taking place in Glasgow on 24 - 28 March 2024 The 46th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) is the annual premier European forum for the presentation of new research results in the broadly conceived area of Information Retrieval. ECIR provides an opportunity for both young and established researchers to present research papers reporting new, unpublished, and innovative research results. ECIR has traditionally had a strong student focus and papers whose sole or main author is a postgraduate student or postdoctoral researcher are especially welcome. For all the information on the Conference along with details of how to register, please see the ECIR 2024 Conference website

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