Programme

SYMPOSIUM DAY 1: Tuesday 28 June 2022

12.00 Registration & Lunch

12.45 Welcome

Eddie Wilson (PHASE 2022 Conference Chair)
Philip Taylor (Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Enterprise, University of Bristol)

13.00 Plenary: True Partnership: An Actual Human Machine Team
Anna Trujillo (NASA Langley Research Center)

13.45 Plenary: Prerequisites for an Artificial Self
Verena Hafner (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

14.30 Break

15.00 Plenary: Trustworthy Human-Machine Teaming
Sarvapali Ramchurn (University of Southampton)

15.45 Plenary: The birth of a new standard: IEEE 7001-2021 on Transparency of Autonomous Systems
Alan Winfield (UWE Bristol)

16.30 Break for Drinks Reception 

17.00 Poster Session
Including selected Poster Introductions

18.30 Close

SOCIAL EVENT 1: Drinks Reception and Poster Session

Tuesday 28 June 2022, 16.30-18.30

SYMPOSIUM DAY 2: Wednesday 29 June 2022

09.00 Registration & Refreshments

09.15 A mathematical programming approach for trajectory optimisation in the presence of adversary sensors
Joerg Fliege (University of Southampton)

09.40 Swarm management under stringent communications constraint: a first-principles approach
Paul Kinsler (University of Bath)

10.05 Distributed Task Assignment in a Swarm of UAVs
Luigi Bobbio (University of Southampton)

10.30 Break

11.00 Plenary: Collaborative Robotic Systems for Sustainable Food Production
Elizabeth Sklar (University of Lincoln)

11.45 Plenary: Hybrid Autonomous Systems Engineering for Transport
Sarah Sharples (UK Department for Transport)

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Plenary: Working together and valuing each other – building deeply cooperative socio-technical systems
Simon Powers (Edinburgh Napier University)

14.15 Plenary: Learning-Based Methods for Cooperative Multi-Robot Systems
Amanda Prorok (University of Cambridge)

15.00 Break

15.30 Exploring further bio-inspired principles for swarm robot systems
Edmund Hunt (University of Bristol)

15.55 Operational Adaptation of DNN Classifiers using Elastic Weight Consolidation
Abanoub Ghobrial (University of Bristol)

16.20 Full automation will continue to be a dream: Hybrid is the reality
Jan Noyes (University of Bristol), Phil Morgan (Cardiff University)

16.45 Day 2 closing comments
Eddie Wilson (PHASE 2022 Conference Chair)

17.00 Close

SOCIAL EVENT 2: CONFERENCE DINNER

Wednesday 29 June 2022, 18.45-21.30

SYMPOSIUM DAY 3: Thursday 30 June 2022

09.00 Registration & Refreshments

09.15 Promoting Prosociality in Normative Multiagent Systems
Junda Liu (University of Bristol)

09.40 On the challenges of certifiably of autonomous and highly automated heavy-duty mobile machinery
Aimée M.R. de Koning (Tampere University)

10.05 The challenges and opportunities surrounding adaptive autonomous systems
Shane Windsor (University of Bristol)

10.30 Break

11.00 Plenary: Human-Robot Shared Control for Robotic Surgery Across Scales
Dandan Zhang (University of Bristol)

11.45 Plenary: Hybrid Autonomous Systems in Thales
Ben Pritchard (Thales UK, Autonomy Technology Centre)

12.30 Reflections on PHASE 2022
Discussion led by Eddie Wilson (PHASE 2022 Conference Chair)

12.45 Lunch

13.15 Close

List of plenary speakers

Verena Hafner (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): Prerequisites for an Artificial Self
Simon Powers (Edinburgh Napier University): Working together and valuing each other – building deeply cooperative socio-technical systems
Ben Pritchard (Thales UK, Autonomy Technology Centre): Hybrid Autonomous Systems in Thales
Amanda Prorok (University of Cambridge): Learning-Based Methods for Cooperative Multi-Robot Systems
Sarvapali Ramchurn (University of Southampton): Trustworthy Human-Machine Teaming:
Sarah Sharples (UK Department for Transport): Hybrid Autonomous Systems Engineering for Transport
Elizabeth Sklar (University of Lincoln): Collaborative Robotic Systems for Sustainable Food Production
Anna Trujillo (NASA Langley Research Center): True Partnership: An Actual Human Machine Team
Alan Winfield (UWE Bristol): The birth of a new standard: IEEE 7001-2021 on Transparency of Autonomous Systems
Dandan Zhang (University of Bristol): Human-Robot Shared Control for Robotic Surgery Across Scales

Posters

Investigating Heterogeneity in Multi-Agent Systems (Chris Bennett, University of Bristol)
Optimal Control of Autonomous Flying Vehicles in a Highly Dynamic Environment (Luigi Bobbio, University of Southampton)
Finite state machine based point merge system: modelling and verification (Yuan Gao, University of Bristol)
Operational Adaptation of DNN Classifiers using Elastic Weight Consolidation (Abanoub Ghobrial, University of Bristol)
Operator Decision-Making in a Search and Rescue Application (​Sophie Hart, University of Bristol)
Evolving Behaviour Trees for Supervisory Control of Robot Swarms (​Elliott Hogg, University of Bristol)
Machine safety conformance challenges of autonomous and highly automated heavy-duty mobile machinery (Aimée M.R. de Koning, Tampere University)
Multimodal Trust Implementation in Robot-Robot Interaction (Anna Lena Lange, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Promoting Prosociality in Normative Multiagent Systems (Junda Liu, University of Bristol)
On the Pathway to Autonomous Rail (Emily Morey, University of Bristol)
Socially Assistive Robot to aid learning of Reading skills in Children with Dyslexia (Shyamli Suneesh, University of Bristol)
Nanoswarms: Should we let a robot swarm treat your cancer? (Matimba Swana, University of Bristol)
Experimental Evaluation of Degraded Team Behaviour in Hybrid Autonomous Systems (T-B PHASE project team)
Experimental Evaluation of Empowered Agency in Hybrid Autonomous Systems (T-B PHASE project team)
INTEGRATE project​ and multi-agent simulator (​T-B PHASE project team​)

SOCIAL EVENTS

  1. Drinks Reception and Poster Session Tuesday 28 June 2022, 16.30-18.30
  2. Conference Dinner Wednesday 29 June 2022, 18.45-21.30