Amir Aly

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Dr Amir Aly

Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Amir's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 14: SDG 14 - Life Below Water

About Amir

Dr Amir Aly is a lecturer of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the School of Engineering, Computing, and Mathematics at the University of Plymouth, and is the Director of the Center for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS) and the Artificial Intelligence programme manager at the UoP. Moreover, he is the founder and director of the SoAIR Laboratory. Dr Aly was awarded his Ph.D. degree in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) from ENSTA ParisTech (Institut Polytechnique de Paris) in France and his MSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Paris-Sorbonne (UPMC). Further, Dr Aly was a postdoctoral research fellow at Ritsumeikan University in Japan, where he led wide research in Cognitive - and Developmental - Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.
 
Dr Aly has a wide activity in the international community of robotics in AI including serving as associate editor (and guest editor) in top journals such as Cognitive Systems Research (CSR) among others, associate editor in top conferences like IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) and IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man) for several years, among others. Over and above, he served on the organization committee of different conferences as a co-chair (e.g., Ro-Man 2022). Last but not least, he was awarded different best paper awards in prestigious venues such as IROS 2015 in Germany, and ICDS 2024 in Spain, and different research grants in the UK and Japan. More information about my research is available at Google Scholar.

Teaching

Teaching recognition and qualification:

* Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

* In the UK
Since 2020, I have led – and am leading – a group of modules:
  • 2022/2023 - Present: Human-Robot Interaction (COMP3018)                                 
  • 2021/2022 - Present: Advanced Machine Learning (COMP5008)                                
  • 2020/2021 - 2021/2022: Software Development Tools and Practices (COMP2005)                    
  • 2021/2022: Computing Project (COMP3000)                                       
COMP3018 and COMP5008 are new modules that I created, while COMP2005 is a module that I refreshed.
 
Moreover, I am a moderator for some internal modules taught at the University of Plymouth as well as for a group of international modules taught at Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka campuses: 
  • Artificial Intelligence (COMP2002HK & MAL2019/COMP2002)
  • AI and Machine Learning (PUSL3123)
  • Distributed Systems (CNET343SL)
  • Introduction to IoT (PUSL2008)
  • Computing Project (PRCO303SL & PRCO304HK)
  • Machine Learning (COMP3003)
  • Artificial Intelligence (COMP2002)
  • Alternative Paradigms (COMP3002)
  • Software Engineering 1 (COMP1000)
  • Parallel Programming (COMP3001)
  • Algorithms and Data Structures (COMP1003)
 
* In France
 
Between 2011 and 2014, I led the following modules:
  • 2012/2013 - 2013/2014: Robotics Project - University of Paris XI (Paris-Saclay) - Paris                  
  • 2012/2013 - 2013/2014: Introduction to Robotics - AGROSUP - Dijon                               
  • 2011/2012: Introduction to Robotics and AI - ENSTA ParisTech - Paris                  

Contact Amir

Room A307 Portland Square, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 586077