Theme: "Humans Need Not Apply"

In recent years human society has been hit by this rather strange force: automation. As we introduce this force into more and more parts of our world, it remains to be seen whether it will deprive us all of jobs or whether it will lead to a future free of labour and full of abundance.

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Alexandre Cohen

3rd year Mechatronics student and presiden of the UofG Robotics Society

Alexandre Cohen is a third year Mechatronics student at the University of Glasgow. He is also the president of the University’s Robotics Society. Cohen has been a team leader in ‘The Flash-line Follower’ robotics challenge in 2016 and the ‘R2-T2’ Eurobot UK and Eurobot World Final. On the GU Robotics Society’s website (2017), Cohen states that his mission is to ‘make robotics available and accessible to anyone, regardless of their degree.’

Dr Alessandro Vinciarelli

Senior Lecturer and Researcher

Dr Alessandro Vinciarelli is an acclaimed Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Additionally, Dr Vinciarelli is a Senior Researcher at the Idia Research Institute and cofounder of the webcasting company, Klewel (http://www.klewel.com/). He has over 100 published works and has researched in a variety of fields including Social Signal Processing, Personality Computing, Automatic Understanding of Nonverbal Behaviour, and Machine Learning.

Katerina Manoli

4th year Philospohy Student

Katerina Manoli is a 4th year Philosophy Student at the University of Glasgow. She spent her summer researching Artificial Intelligence ethics and safety at Donders institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour.