MAV 08 Seminar Presentations Schedule

12 March 2008
Chairmen        : Dr. Anthony Finn, DSTO, Australia
..................... ..: Mr. G Elangovan, DRDO, India

12.1     1430-1500 hours
Title                : Flight Dynamics in the Hawk Moth Manduca Sexta
Speaker          : Professor Thomas Daniel, University of Washington, USA

12.2     1500-1530 hours
Title                : Optimizing Robot Chemical Mapping and Localization by 
Building an Artificial Insect: the Bond between Perception and Action
Speaker          : Dr. Paul. Verschure, University of Pompeu Fabra, Spain

12.3     1530-1600 hours
Title                : Onboard Information Processing and Data Compression for
Micro-Aerial Vehicles
Speaker          : Professor Rama. Chellappa, University of Maryland, USA

1600-1630 hours         : Coffee

12.4     1630-1700 hours
Title                : The Human Brain: Biological Networks and Complexity
Speaker          : Dr. Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, NBRC, India

12.5     1700-1730 hours
Title                : Vision-based Navigation and Control of MAVs
Speaker          : Professor Mandyam Srinivasan, University of Queensland, Australia

12.6     1730-1800 hours
Title                : Novel Methods in Explosives Detection: From Operations to Olfaction
Speaker          : Dr. Regina E. Dugan, RedXDefense, USA

13 March 2008

 Chairmen        : Dr. Clayton Stewart, ONR-G, US Navy
........................ : Professor S Seetarama Bhat, IISc, India

13.1     1430-1500 hours
Title                : Mobile Robotics - A DRDO Perspective 
Speaker          : Mr. V S Mahalingam, CAIR, DRDO, India

13.2     1500-1530 hours
Title                : Deconfliction and Collision Avoidance Algorithms for Unmanned 
Systems
Speaker          : Professor Farshad Khorrami, Brooklyn Poly, USA

1530-1600 hours         : Coffee

13.3     1600-1630 hours
Title                : Coordination of MAVs and UGVs for Information - Theoretic 
Urban Search and Rescue
Speaker          : Dr. Tomonari Furukawa, University of New South Wales, Australia

13.4     1630-1700 hours
Title                : Human Factors Considerations for MAV
Speaker          : COL. James McGhee, USAARL, USA

 14 March 2008

 Chairmen        : Dr. Ryszard Szczepanik, Polish Air Force, Poland
: ...................... Professor C Venkatesan, IIT - Kanpur, India

14.1     1430-1500 hours
Title                : Rotor Based Micro Air Vehicles: Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker          : Professor Inderjit Chopra, University of Maryland, USA

14.2     1500-1530 hours
Title                : Hovering Capability of Fixed-Wing Micro-Aerial Vehicles
Speaker          : Professor Jean-Marc Moschetta, University de Toulouse, France and
Dr. Sergey V. Shkarayev, University of Arizona, USA

14.3     1530-1600 hours
Title                : Autonomy in Robots
Speaker          : Professor Kenzo Nonami, Chiba University, Japan

1600-1630 hours         : Coffee

14.4     1630-1700 hours
Title                : Morphing Wings: From Concept to Reality 
Speaker          : Dr. Jayanth Kudva, NextGen Aeronautics, Inc, USA

14.5     1700-1730 hours:
Title                : MAV System Design and integration Issues
Speaker          : Dr. Robert Michelson, Georgia Tech, USA