Julian de Hoog

Dr Julian de Hoog

Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD

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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