Monthly Archives: March 2011

Friday 1st April 2011 – Dr Alessandro Vinciarelli

Dr Alessandro Vinciarelli – University of Glasgow Social Signal Processing: Understanding Nonverbal Communication in Social Interactions There is more than words in linguistic communication. Whenever involved in social interactions, people display a wide number of nonverbal behavioural cues (facial expressions, … Continue reading

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Friday 18th Mar 2011 – Dr Rahul Santhanam

Dr Rahul Santhanam  – University of Edinburgh The Complexity of the Satisfiability Problem The Boolean satisfiability problem, which asks whether a given Boolean formula has a truth assignment of its variables for which the formula evaluates to true, is one … Continue reading

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Friday 11th Mar 2011 – Prof Aaron Quigley

Prof Aaron Quigley – University of St Andrews Information Visualisation and Social Networks Information visualisation is a research area that focuses on the use of graphical techniques to present data in an explicit form. Such static (pictures) or dynamic presentations … Continue reading

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Friday 4th Mar 2011 – Dr Andrew Coles

Dr Andrew Coles – University of Strathclyde Temporal Planning: POPping Forwards In many important situations, giving consideration to the time and resource impact of planning decisions made is essential to allow useful plans to be produced. For instance, if the … Continue reading

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