Speaker
Talk Summary
Agenda
09:00 – 09:15 | Registration
09:15 – 09:30 | Opening Remarks
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Assistant Professor, Imperial College London
Introduction to the Multi-Scale Embodied Intelligence Lab
09:30 – 09:55 | Research Spotlight: Dr. Qingbiao Li
Assistant Professor, University of Macau
Talk: “Embodied Artificial Intelligence for Surgical Robotics”
20 min Talk + 5 min Q&A
Session 1: Trustworthy Perception, Interaction, and Robotic Systems
Chair (In-person): Dr. Dandan Zhang
Co-Chair (Online): Wen Fan
*10:00 – 10:30 | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Majid Taghavi
Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London
Talk: “Intelligent Soft Actuation Technologies”
25 min Talk + 5 min Q&A
*10:30 – 11:00 | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Shan Luo
Reader, King’s College London
Talk Title: “Tactile Intelligence in Robotics: Sensing and Interaction Across Scales”
25 min Talk + 5 min Q&A
11:00 – 11:45 | Lab Tour
White City Campus
*11:45 – 12:15 | Keynote Speaker: Prof. Etienne Burdet
Professor, Imperial College London
Talk Title: “Interaction Control between Humans and with Robots”
25 min Talk + 5 min Q&A
12:15 – 13:00 | Networking Lunch
Session 2: Trustworthy AI and Computational Intelligence in Healthcare
Chair (In-person): Dr. Dandan Zhang
Co-Chair (Online): Lan Wei
13:00 – 13:25 | Research Spotlight: Dr. Dandan Zhang
Assistant Professor, Imperial College London
Talk: “Microrobots for Biomedical Applications”
20 min Talk + 5 min Q&A
13:25 – 13:45 | Invited Talk: Wei Lan
Talk Title: “Machine Learning-Based Perception of Optical Microrobots”
15 min Talk + 5 min Q&A
13:45 – 14:00 | Invited Talk: Zongcai Tan
Talk Title: “Machine Learning-Based Simulation and Interaction of Optical Microrobots”
10 min Talk + 5 min Q&A
*14:00 – 14:40 | Keynote Speaker: Prof. Sabine Hauret
Professor, University of Bristol
Talk Title: “Swarm Engineering Across Scales”
30 min Talk + 10 min Q&A
14:40 – 15:00 | Invited Talk: Nitirak Rayabphand
Talk Title: “Magni-DOME: A Platform for High-Resolution Light-Based and Magnetic Contactless Microfabrication”
15 min Talk + 5 min Q&A
15:00 – 15:20 | Invited Talk: Dr. Yingying Fang
Talk Title: “Explainable AI-Powered Insights for Lung Disease Outcome Prediction”
15 min Talk + 5 min Q&A
15:20 – 15:40 | Invited Talk: Junhong Chen
Talk Title: “Trustworthy Embodied AI for Surgical Robots”
15 min Talk + 5 min Q&A
15:40 – 16:00 | Invited Talk: Wen Fan
Talk: “Digital Twin-Driven Mixed Reality with Haptic Rendering and Tactile Perception”
15 min Talk + 5 min Q&A
*16:00 – 16:30 | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kelly Zhang
Assistant Professor, Imperial College London
Talk Title: “Designing and Validating Reinforcement Learning for Digital Health Interventions”
25 min Talk + 5 min Q&A
16:30 – 17:30 | Networking Event
