[AllUsers-ISR] Invited Talk Dr. Paulo Drews Jr. - May 27, 14:30 - ISR Amphitheater

[David Portugal]

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce an invited talk by *Paulo Drews Jr.* on May 
27 at 14:30, at the ISR Amphitheater.

Below you can find the title, abstract, and short bio of the speaker. We 
look forward to seeing you there!

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*Title*: Robotics and its Challenges in the World of Artificial Intelligence

*Abstract*: Robotics brings important challenges from both a scientific 
and technological point of view. The relevance and practical 
applications make efforts necessary. Within an extremely 
interdisciplinary robotics context, autonomy presents important and 
relevant challenges and opportunities that align with recent advances in 
artificial intelligence. Practical examples developed in projects by the 
Automation and Intelligent Robotics group – NAUTEC and the Embrapii 
Center for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence – iTEC, both from the 
Federal University of Rio Grande – FURG, Brazil, will also be discussed. 
These robotics examples include aerial, underwater, hybrid 
aerial-underwater, logistics, oil &gas and agriculture, among other 
applications.

*Short bio*: Paulo Drews-Jr holds a D.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Science 
from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, 
Brazil. His doctoral dissertation focused on restoring images acquired 
using participating media in robotics. His master's thesis was focused 
on change detection and shape retrieval in 3D Maps. He graduated in 
Computer Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), 
Rio Grande, Brazil. His main research interests are robotics, computer 
vision, image processing, pattern recognition, and machine learning. He 
was a researcher at the ISR Coimbra's Mobile Robotics Lab, collaborating 
as a research fellow on the FP projects Prometheus and IRPS. He was also 
a visiting researcher at the Autonomous System Lab at QCAT-CSIRO in 
Brisbane, Australia, and a Guest Professor at the Robot Learning Lab of 
the University of Freiburg, Germany. He is an Associate Professor of the 
Center for Computational Science - C3 at the Federal University of Rio 
Grande - FURG and the Director of the iTec/FURG EMBRAPII Unit in Robotic 
Systems and Automation. He is also a CNPq Research Fellow of 
Productivity in Technological Development and Innovative Extension.

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Best regards,

-- 
David Portugal, Ph.D.
Institute of Systems and Robotics
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Coimbra - Polo II
3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal
Tel: +351 239 796 213
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