The ULTRACEPT annual board meeting was hosted by ULTRACEPT partner Guangzhou University (GZHU). Due to the travel restrictions caused by COVID-19, the workshop was held in person by the research group at GZHU and as an online event using MS Teams on Thursday 25th March 2021. The meeting was combined with the ULTRACEPT Workshop 3 event. Attendees included students, researchers, academic staff, partner leads, and the project manager. The EU Project Officer Irina Tiron joined the group for the board meeting component of the event.
The mid-term meeting provided partners with an opportunity to engage in a fruitful and constructive dialogue between the consortium and the Research Executive Agency. The impact of COVID-19 on the project was also discussed as well as strategies to overcome the impact of the ongoing travel restrictions on the secondments. Thus far, the consortium has been able to progress the work packages by working remotely during lockdowns and also keeping in touch and collaborating via online platforms.
The ULTRACEPT mid-term meeting was hosted by UoL at the Cambridge Hotel in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It took place on the 26th February 2020. Attendees included students, researchers, academic staff, partner leads, the project manager and the EU Project Officer.
Due to the travel restrictions caused by the global pandemic Covid-19, the meeting was attended both in person and via Zoom video conferencing.
The mid-term meeting provided partners with an opportunity to engage in a fruitful and constructive dialogue between the consortium and the Research Executive Agency.
Members shared progress on the secondments, milestones and deliverables for the ULTRACEPT project. It also provided partners an opportunity to discuss challenges and to develop strategies for overcoming them.
In addition to this, a number of presentations were delivered by partner leads, researchers, and students as listed below. Presenters were able to demonstrate their research and share learning with others. In the afternoon, attendees had the opportunity to further network and share ideas.
09.45-10.05: WP1 Visual Neural Systems Modelling for near range emergent collision detection – Presented byShigang Yue UoL and Julieta Sztarker UBA
10.05-10.25: WP2Brain-inspired vision systems for long-range hazard perception – Presented by Xiaoyi Jiang WWM via video conference and Shyamala Doraisamy UPM.
10.25-10.45: WP3 Visual computation of multi-modality sensor data for collision detection – Presented by Shigang Yue UoL.
10.45-11.05: WP4 Systems integration, miniaturization, verification and demonstration – Presented by Shuang Li UHAM.
11.05-11.20: Mid-morning break
Coordinator’s/WP Leader Reports
11.20-11.40: WP5 Joint workshops, conference and dissemination – Presented by Shigang Yue UoL.
11.40-12.00: WP6: Project management and exploitation – Presented by Shigang Yue UoL
Researcher presentations
12.00-12.10: Detection of objects on the road in low light condition using deep learning – Presented by Azreen Azman UPM.
12.10-12.20: Road Wetness classification using acoustic signals – Presented by Siavash Bahrami UPM
12.20-12.30: Secondment Report for ULTRACEPT Meeting – Presented by Huatian Wang UoL via video conference
12.30-12.50: Multimodal teleoperation of robotic hand-arm system – Presented by Shuang Li UHAM.
12.50-13.00: Thermal imaging for vehicle collision prediction and avoidance – Presented by Yicheng Zhang UoL.
13.00-14.00: Lunch
14.00-15.00:Meeting between seconded researchers and the REA Representative, Irina Tiron. Attendees: Azreen Azman, Siavash Bahrami, Peimin Li, Huatian Wang (attend via video conference).
14.00-15.00: Team leaders – meet to discuss arrangements for the outstanding joint workshop and training seminar.
15.00-15.15: Afternoon break
15.15-16.15: Open discussion
16.15-16.30: Closing comments
16.30: Meeting close
Ultra-layered perception with brain-inspired information processing for vehicle collision avoidance