Seminars relevant to Informatics

[Andrew Macnaughtan <andrew.macnaughtan AT ed.ac.uk>]

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ORGANIZER;CN=Andrew Macnaughtan:mailto:andrew.macnaughtan AT ed.ac.uk
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DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Good afternoon\,\n\nAn IPAB visitor seminar will
  be taking place on Friday 23rd October at 10am in room MF2\nDr Peter Drew
 es will be speaking.\n\nTitle: 50 Years of Autonomy: Why Haven't We Solved
  It Yet? From Perception to Collaboration to Commander's Intent\n\nAbstrac
 t: For more than 50 years\, advances in sensing\, perception\, artificial 
 intelligence\, and computing have enabled robots to navigate\, recognize o
 bjects\, and make increasingly sophisticated decisions. Yet truly autonomo
 us systems capable of collaborating and achieving shared mission objective
 s remain elusive. Why?\nPerhaps the greatest obstacle is not technological
 \, but architectural and institutional. Decades of research within closed 
 architectures\, proprietary ecosystems\, and isolated demonstrations have 
 produced sophisticated but disconnected platforms. We have optimized indiv
 idual robots rather than collective missions\, limiting interoperability\,
  collaboration\, and operational scalability. This presentation explores w
 hy progress in perception has outpaced our ability to build connected\, mi
 ssion-aware systems. True autonomy requires resilient communications\, sha
 red mission understanding\, coordinated decisions\, and the ability to ada
 pt when connectivity fails.\nUltimately\, the missing element is Commander
 's Intent—the ability to understand the purpose behind a mission and col
 laboratively achieve its objectives\, even when disconnected. We spent 50 
 years teaching robots to perceive the world. Now we need to teach them to 
 understand the mission.\n\nBio: Dr. Peter Drewes is a seasoned technology 
 executive and strategist with over 25 years of experience at the intersect
 ion of artificial intelligence\, autonomous systems\, and defence innovati
 on. Currently serving in a Futures/technology role at SAIC\, he leads next
 -generation autonomy and modelling & simulation initiatives\, with recent 
 contributions to multibillion-dollar AI-based training and experimentation
  programs\, including the AUKUS Talisman Sabre 2025 experiment. His career
  spans leadership roles at Lockheed Martin\, Amazon Web Services\, and SAI
 C\, where he has consistently translated cutting-edge AI/ML research into 
 real-world impact. A prolific contributor to the field with over 30 techni
 cal publications\, Dr. Drewes holds a PhD in Computer Engineering from the
  University of Central Florida and an MBA from Texas A&M\, and has served 
 as an Adjunct Professor at UCF since 1994. He brings a rare blend of deep 
 technical expertise and executive-level strategic vision to today's conver
 sation on autonomy.\n\nKind regards\,\n\nAndrew\n\n\n_____________________
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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-GB:IPAB Visitor Seminar - Friday 23rd October 10:00\, R
 oom MF2\, Speaker: Dr Peter Drewes
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