WFAR3-program
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| 3rd German-Pakistani Workshop on Field & Assistive Robotics (WFAR) | |
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| Nov 16-17, LUMS School of Science & Engineeing, Lahore, Pakistan | |
Day 1: Friday Nov 16, 2012 - Venue: 10-401, 4th floor, SSE building
| TIME | SPEAKER | TITLE | SLIDES / VIDEO |
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| 8:00-9:00 | Registration | ||
| 9:00-9:05 | Recitation from the Holy Quran | ||
| 9:05-9:10 | Dr. Abubakr Muhammad, LUMS | Welcome by the organizing committee | Slides |
| 9:10-9:20 | Prof. Dr. Adil Najam, Vice Chancellor, LUMS | Opening | |
| 9:20-9:30 | Ursula Saarbeck, Director DAAD Information Center, Islamabad | Activities of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Pakistan | Slides |
| 9:30-10:30 | Prof. Dr. Karsten Berns, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany | Minicourse A
Behavior Based Control Architecture - 1 | Slides |
| 10:30-11:00 | Tea break | ||
| 11:00-12:00 | Dr Abubakr Muhammad, LUMS, Pakistan | Minicourse B
Sampling Based Motion Planning Algorithms - 1 | Slides |
| 12:00-12:30 | Syed Atif Mehdi, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany | At the Research Frontier
Probabilistic Search of Human by Autonomous Mobile Robot | Slides |
| 12:30-12:50 | Mhequb Hayat, CASE, Pakistan | Pakistan University Spotlight
Robotics at Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering (CASE), Islamabad | Slides |
| 12:50-13:00 | Group Photo | ||
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch / Prayer break | ||
| 14:30-15:30 | Prof. Dr. Karsten Berns, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany | Minicourse A
Behavior Based Control Architecture - 2 | Slides |
| 15:30-16:00 | Dr. Aamir Khan, CTO, Ayton Willow, Pakistan / UK | Pakistan Industry Spotlight
Robotic Vehicles, Surgical Mechanisms and Green Technologies at AW. | |
| 16:00-16:15 | Prayer break | ||
| 16:15-17:15 | Dr Abubakr Muhammad, LUMS, Pakistan | Minicourse B
Sampling Based Motion Planning Algorithms - 2 | Slides |
| 17:15-17:45 | Tea / Prayer break | ||
| 17:45-18:30 | Mr. Nauman Saeed, CEO, MicroTech Industries (Ltd), Pakistan
Prof. Dr. Sohail Qureshi, Dean SBASSE, LUMS Dr. Aamir Khan, CTO, Ayton Willow, UK Prof. Dr Aamer Iqbal Bhatti, MAJU, Pakistan Prof. Dr Karsten Berns, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany Dr Faheem Sheikh, Mentor Graphics, Pakistan Muhammad Fuzail, LUMS Student Entrepreneur | Panel Discussion
Opportunities and challenges in setting up a robotics industry in Pakistan | Slides |
| 19:30-21:00 | Dinner at LUMS Executive Dining Hall
(Invited speakers and guests only) |
Day 2: Saturday Nov 17, 2012 - Venue: 10-301, 3rd floor, SSE building
| TIME | SPEAKER | TITLE | SLIDES / VIDEO |
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| 9:00-10:00 | Prof. Dr. Aamer Iqbal Bhatti, MAJU, Pakistan | Invited Keynote Address
Modeling and Control of Underground Coal Gasification Process at Thar | |
| 10:00-11:00 | Prof. Dr. Karsten Berns, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany | Minicourse A
Behavior Based Control Architecture - 3 | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Mhequb Hayat, CASE, Pakistan | Minicourse B
Tutorial on Open Motion Planning Library (OMPL) | Slides |
| 11:45-12:00 | Tea break | ||
| 12:00-13:00 | Parallel Activity
Hands-on computer lab on Open Motion Planning Library (OMPL) Competition winners: Usman Ayub Sheikh, Zain Ul Muhsinin Hassan (PIEAS) Parallel Activity Networking, exhibits and cyphynets lab tour. | manual | |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch / Prayer break | ||
| 14:30-15:00 | Daniel Schmidt, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany | At the Research Frontier
Behavior-based Arm Control for an Autonomous Bucket Excavator | Slides |
| 15:00-15:20 | Mr. Sajid Nisar | Pakistan University Spotlight
Robotics at SEECS-NUST, Islamabad | |
| 15:20-15:40 | Dr. Salman Aslam | Pakistan University Spotlight
Robotics at College of Aeronautical Engineering (CAE), Risalpur | |
| 15:40-16:30 | Prof. Dr. Adil Najam, Vice Chancellor, LUMS | Award distribution and Closing Remarks. | |
| 16:30-17:30 | Refreshments+Tea |
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