<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Dear All</span><span style="color:rgb(66,66,66);font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"></span><div style="border:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(66,66,66);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)">* <u>Apologies for cross-posting</u>*</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)">I’m pleased to share that the next talk of the <b>CRNS Talk Series</b> at the University of Plymouth, scheduled for May 14th, will be an </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>IEEE-RAS</b></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"> </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>co-sponsored Prestigious Lecture.</b></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>Prof. Tony Prescott </b>from the University of Sheffield will deliver a talk on Wednesday, <b>May 14th </b></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)">from </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><b>11:00 AM - 12:30 PM</b></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"> </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:13.32px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b></b></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">(</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red"><b>London time</b></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">) over </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)">Zoom</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">. <u>Thank you for forwarding the invitation to any of your colleagues who might be interested</u>.</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">>> <b>Events</b>: The CRNS talk series will cover a wide range of topics including Social and Cognitive Robotics, Computational Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, Computational Linguistics, Cognitive Vision, AI and Machine Learning, and healthcare. More details are available here:</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"> <span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a title="Original URL: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/robotics-neural-systems/whats-on. Click or tap if you trust this link." id="m_257742339555246480gmail-OWA8894de29-eafb-525d-af63-9d062b88c714" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.plymouth.ac.uk%2Fresearch%2Frobotics-neural-systems%2Fwhats-on&data=04%7C01%7Camir.aly%40plymouth.ac.uk%7Ccc2c14f8cea84b5ca57008d9e66bc8f7%7C5437e7eb83fb4d1abfd3bb247e061bf1%7C1%7C0%7C637794174088133015%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=WvbN9fuNT6UfUlocuG0asp9iUHev227dEAHAFz00p34%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/robotics-neural-systems/whats-on</a></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">>> <b>Link for the next event</b>: According to IEEE regulations, registration to the event is required (<b><a title="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/484198" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/484198" target="_blank" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Registration Link</a></b>).  A Zoom link will be sent to registered persons prior to the event. </div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">>> </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><b>Title of the talk:  </b></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><b>Analysis and Synthesis of the Embodied Self: A Robotics Perspective</b></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><b>Abstract</b>:</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">This talk will consider the specific challenge of synthesizing a robot “sense of self”. The starting point is an analysis of the human self that sees it as brought into being by the activity of a set of transient self-processes instantiated by the brain and body. I propose that we can better understand this self-system, and thereby this core aspect of the human condition, through embodied (robotic) modelling. The self begins with the brain’s discovery of the body, of its ability to control it, and of the distinctive dynamics of interoceptive compared to exteroceptive sensory signals. These processes give rise to a minimal sense of self as a bounded agent, upon which layers of reflective self-processes are constructed that extend the self in space and time and that allow the recognition of other selves. To illustrate the talk, I will discuss ongoing attempts to create a sense of self for robots within my own lab and others.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">>> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me, </div></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Regards</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></div></div></div></div><p style="color:rgb(66,66,66);font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">--------------------------------------------</span></p><p style="color:rgb(66,66,66);font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><b>Dr. Amir Aly</b>, PhD, FHEA, SIEEE<br>Lecturer in </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">Artificial Intelligence and Robotics<br></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">Programme Manager of Artificial Intelligence </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br>UK and Ireland IEEE RAS Chapter Vice Chair</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">Director of the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS)<br>School of Engineering, Computing, and Mathematics</span></p><p style="color:rgb(66,66,66);font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">Room A307 Portland Square, Drake Circus, </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">PL4 8AA</span></p><p style="color:rgb(66,66,66);font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">University of Plymouth, UK</span></p></div>