2023 Speaking Engagements

November 30, 2022 Author: Michael

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Invited keynote at the Neuro Inspired Computational Elements Conference (NICE) conference at The University of Texas, San Antonio, April 13th, 2023.

2023

  • 23 February, “Kingston AI Group Overview”, ABC Radio Brisbane, Drive with Steve Austin.
  • 3 March, Insights and New Questions for Machine and Natural Learning of Spatial Intelligence in Robots and Animals, 126th International Titisee Conference “NeuroAI – connecting advances in machine learning and neuroscience, Germany
  • 14 March, “Strategic Research State of Play Report”, QUT CARRS-Q Strategic Planning Day, Brisbane
  • 17 March, Lead Speaker, Electric transport technology opportunities – charging/ software/ interface with the electricity network system /autonomous electric vehicles Panel, at the Electric Transport Industry Transformation Forum, Brisbane, hosted by RACQ, QUT and UQ.
  • 22 March, Strategic research snapshots, introspection and pitching, QUT Tier 1 Centre Directors and Managers Meeting
  • 28 March, AI and Creativity, Lourdes Hill College, Brisbane, Australia
  • April 3 – 13: various talks throughout the United States
    • 03 April, University of California Irvine, California, United States
    • 06 April, Notre Dame University, Indiana, United States
    • 07 April, New York University, New York City, United States
    • 10 April, CSAIL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, United States
    • 10 April, Hariri Institute for Computing and Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE), Boston University, Boston, United States
    • 13 April, Invited Keynote Speaker, Neuro Inspired Computational Elements Conference (NICE), San Antonio, Texas, United States
  • 19 April (18 April in the United States), “Exploring The Performance Potential of Neuromorphic Positioning Systems”, NeuroPAC Forum on Neuromorphic Navigation, online.
  • 19 April, Brief on New AI Developments, EDVC group, QUT
  • 21 April, “AI, Automation and Robotics”, QUT Industry Breakfast
  • 26 April, “Candidate Benchmarking (Jobs/Grants), Interviewing, and Managing Professional Rejection”, ARC ITTC Joint Biomechanics Workshop
  • 27 April, AI and Education, ABC Radio Brisbane Drive Program with Steve Austin, listen from 1:06:33
  • 09 May, Leader Perspective, QUT Women in STEMM Leadership Shadowing Program End of Program Event, Brisbane
  • 23 May, Exciting Opportunities in Adaptive, High Speed Positioning and Perception Systems: Combining Spatial Neuroscience and Neuromorphic Compute and Sensing, AUSMURI Australian Review Meeting, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
  • 29 May – 02 June, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 1 workshop talk, 6 researcher talks/posters & 3 collaborator workshop talks/posters:
    • 02 June, Invited speaker, Active methods in autonomous navigation Workshop
    • Helen Carson, researcher talk for accepted paper, “Unsupervised Localization Quality Prediction for Improved Single-Frame and Weighted Sequential Visual Place Recognition”
    • Somayeh Hussaini, researcher talk for accepted paper, “Ensembles of Compact, Region-specific & Regularized Spiking Neural Networks for Scalable Place Recognition”
    • Morgan Windsor, researcher talk for accepted paper, “Pose Quality Prediction for Vision Guided Robotic Shoulder Arthroplasty”
    • Connor Malone, researcher talk for accepted paper, “Boosting Performance of a Baseline Visual Place Recognition Technique by Predicting the Maximally Complementary Technique”
    • Dimity Miller, researcher talk for accepted IEEE RA-L paper, “Uncertainty for Identifying Open-Set Errors in Visual Object Detection”
    • Tobias Fischer, researcher talk for accepted IEEE RA-L paper, “How Many Events do You Need? Event-based Visual Place Recognition Using Sparse But Varying Pixels”, IEEE RA-L paper with presentation at ICRA
    • 02 June, Workshop Paper: Patch-DrosoNet: Classifying Image Partitions with Fly-Inspired Models For Lightweight Visual Place Recognition, Bruno Arcanjo, Bruno Ferrarini, Michael Milford, Klaus McDonald-Maier and Shoaib Ehsan
    • 02 June, Workshop Paper: Visual Place Recognition with Low-Resolution Images, Mihnea-Alexandru Tomiță, Bruno Ferrarini, Michael Milford, Klaus McDonald-Maier and Shoaib Ehsan
    • 02 June, Workshop Paper: An Evaluation and Ranking of Different Voting Schemes for Improved Visual Place Recognition, Maria Waheed, Michael Milford, Xiaojun Zhai, Klaus McDonald-Maier and Shoaib Ehsan
  • 6 June, Digital Learning for Change forum – Future directions for higher education: Learning, digital tools and industry partnerships panel, QUT, Brisbane
  • 7 June, invited speaker, Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury and New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre, Australian Catholic University (online)
  • 13 June, “Two Weeks Touring the US”, talk at QUT Centre for Robotics weekly seminar, QUT and online
  • 14 June, Speaker and panelist at “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once – Navigating the Impact of AI”, Compare The Market Event, Brisbane
  • 15 June, “2023: The Age of Artificial Intelligence”, Invited speaker, Disability Employment Australia Conference, W Hotel, Brisbane
  • 15 June, Speaker and Panel, Generative AI: Opportunities, Challenges, and Uncertainties, QUT, Brisbane.
  • 19 June, “Hacking Academia”, HDR Careers Week at QUT, Brisbane
  • 25 June, AI and Education, QAMT (Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers) State conference, Sandgate District State High School, Brisbane
  • Interview: 28 June, ABC’s The World, “Why bees are great at making decisions”, https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/worldtoday/why-bees-are-great-at-making-decisions/102535728
  • 12 July, “Rewiring your brain – how AI will change the way we work”, ANCA leadership conference, online.
  • 10-14 July, Invited speaker at Workshop on Rapid and Robust Robotic Active Learning (R3AL), Robotics Science and Systems conference, Daegu, Korea
  • 14 July, How to Build a Superstar profile, QUT Office of Research Bootcamp (remotely online)
  • 19 July, “Challenges and Opportunities of Modern-Day Academia”, IEEE ITSS Young Professionals Webinar, online.
  • 25 July, “Navigation, Neuroscience and Neural Networks: Building Better Technology for Robots and Autonomous Vehicles”, Navigating Spaces Symposium, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia.
  • 26 July, Leadership in an Exciting but Uncertain Future, Year 11 Leadership Day at Indooroopilly State High School, Brisbane
  • 27 July, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles and Robots in the Year 2023″, CASE VIP Insight webinar, online
  • 8 August, “2023: The Age of AI: What’s Changed, Impacts, Navigating Uncertainty”, QUT Law School Lunchtime Seminar Series Part 1, Brisbane
  • 28 September, “Navigating the World of Autonomous Vehicles”, Dubai World Congress For Self-Driving Transport, as international judge for The Dubai World Challenge For Self-Driving Transport, Dubai, UAE.
  • 6th October, “Supervising HDRs using Al in their research: a panel discussion”, QUT online session
  • 1-5 October, 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Detroit, Team Presentations and Workshop:
  • 13 October, Leaders at Lunch series speaker, QUT School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • 18 October, Plenary Speaker at eResearch Australasia 2023, Brisbane.
  • 24 October, Presentation to MIT and University of Auckland MBA students and faculty, Brisbane
  • 25 October, Panelist, Mobility 2032: Fast Tracks & Future Hacks, Room 360 QUT, Brisbane
  • 14 November, “Key Challenges in Robot Localization and an Introduction to the QUT Centre for Robotics”, Invited Talk at University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (ping me for calendar invite)
  • 15 November, “How to Navigate a Path Through Exciting and Confronting Developments in Artificial Intelligence”, invited talk to School Leaders, Mathematical Association of Western Australia School Leaders Meeting, 2023 WA Annual Maths Conference, Perth, Australia
  • 15 November, “What’s Happening and Not Happening in Autonomous Vehicles, and a Showcase of QUT Robotics”, Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct Open Day, Perth, Australia
  • 16 November, “The Age of Artificial Intelligence”, 2023 WA Annual Maths Conference, Perth, Australia
  • 23 November, Hopefully good and some definitively bad advice for researchers in the digital AI age (invited keystory talk), Research Bazaar Queensland 2023, University of Queensland
  • 24 November, “All About Collaboration”, QUT Centre for Robotics Retreat
  • 30 November, “Mentoring Advice for Senior Academics”, jointly with Jonathan Roberts, QUT School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics End of Year Retreat, Gold Coast.