Julian de Hoog
Dr Julian de Hoog
Completed Projects:
Interests
Please note: I have graduated! Please contact me at julian@dehoog.ca from now on, or visit my personal website at juliandehoog.com.
My interests include:
- Multi-robot exploration, robotic search-and-rescue
- Multi-agent systems, autonomous agents
- Machine learning, neural networks, reinforcement learning
My research involves communication-limited exploration algorithms for teams of autonomous mobile robots. Applications include exploration of unknown terrain, search-and-rescue, and inspection of hazardous areas.
The approach developed during the course of my PhD, "Role-Based Exploration", has been demonstrated both in simulation and on a team of Pioneer robots in the CONET Integrated Testbed at the University of Seville's Robotics, Vision and Control Group.
I am also currently in charge of the Robotic Search and Rescue project and I am co-developing the Amsterdam Oxford Joint Rescue Forces , a joint team with the University of Amsterdam's Intelligent Systems Laboratory that competes in RoboCup's Virtual Robots competition. The competition involves multiple simulated robots cooperating in a search and rescue scenario.
Teaching
- Three lectures for Computer Animation - Michaelmas Term 2009
- Practicals for Intelligent Systems I - Michaelmas Term 2009
- Practicals for Intelligent Systems I - Michaelmas Term 2008
- One lecture for Intelligent Systems I - 07.11.08
Selected Publications
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Dynamic Team Hierarchies in Communication−Limited Multi−Robot Exploration
Julian de Hoog‚ Stephen Cameron and Arnoud Visser
In IEEE International Workshop on Safety‚ Security‚ and Rescue Robotics (SSRR). July, 2010.
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Selection of Rendezvous Points for Multi−Robot Exploration in Dynamic Environments
Julian de Hoog‚ Stephen Cameron and Arnoud Visser
In Workshop on Agents in Realtime and Dynamic Environments‚ International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi−Agent Systems (AAMAS). May, 2010.
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Autonomous Multi−Robot Exploration in Communication−Limited Environments
Julian de Hoog‚ Stephen Cameron and Arnoud Visser
In Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS). September, 2010.
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