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Robot expert is our guest speaker
A renowned expert on artificial intelligence is the special guest speaker at the annual dinner of technology company directors, held as part of the Southern Tech 100.
Dr Nick Hawes (pictured) speaks on intelligent robotics to audiences nationwide. He has built robots used in commercial environments including a security guard that patrols the offices of a Gloucestershire company.
Organised by The Business Magazine, the annual Tech 100 lists the top private tech companies in the south. Ranked by turnover, the list includes telecoms, software and computer hardware companies plus distributors and niche service businesses.
Tech companies are invited to the Tech 100 dinner at the Forbury Hotel, Reading, on March 10 to hear Hawes talk about his cutting-edge research, including enabling robots to reason.
Hawes is a reader in autonomous intelligent robotics in the school of computer science at the University of Birmingham.
His research applies techniques from artificial intelligence to allow robots to perform useful tasks for, or with, humans in everyday environments (such as making your breakfast, supporting nursing staff in a care home, or carrying boxes in a warehouse).
Hawes is particularly interested in how robots can understand the world around them and how it changes over time (eg where objects usually appear, how people move through buildings etc), and how they can exploit this knowledge to perform tasks more efficiently and intelligently.
The dinner is by invitation only but if any readers are interested in attending, they can apply to Linda Morse, events manager, at:
linda@elcot.co.uk
The Southern Tech 100 is supported by Barclays, accountants Moore Stephens, solicitors Marks & Clerk and recruitment firm GCS.
For the 2016 Southern Tech 100 listing see pages 13-15.
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL – FEBRUARY 2016
www.businessmag.co.uk
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