Edinburgh Centre for Robotics
Dimitris Dimakopoulos is a CDT PhD Researcher at the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics since September 2023, with a strong background in data science and research engineering. Prior experience includes serving as a Research Engineer at Alana from August 2021 to September 2023 and as a Data Scientist at Constellation AI and Avanade between May 2019 and May 2019. Additionally, Dimitris gained valuable experience at UCL Energy Institute as a Data Scientist from November 2016 to December 2017, and completed internships at the Computer Technology Institute and Philips in roles such as Research Intern and Software Engineering Intern. Dimitris holds a Doctor of Philosophy in PhD from The University of Edinburgh, a Master’s Degree in Computational Statistics & Machine Learning from UCL, and a Higher National Diploma in Computer Engineering from the University of Patras, along with another Doctor of Philosophy in PhD from Heriot-Watt University.
Edinburgh Centre for Robotics
Robots have the potential to revolutionise the world's economy and society over the next twenty years, working for us, beside us and interacting with us. The robotics and autonomous systems area has been highlighted by the UK Government in 2013 as one the 8 Great Technologies that underpin the UK's Industrial Strategy for jobs and growth. Heriot-Watt University (Engineering and Physical Sciences, Mathematical and Computer Sciences) and the University of Edinburgh (Informatics, Engineering) are jointly offering an innovative 4 year PhD training programme, drawing on our long standing record of postgraduate education in the robotics and autonomous systems area, and research supervision drawing on our established background in all of the above mentioned areas. This will provide individually tailored course and project portfolios during the first year of the programme, ensuring that all students will have a strong grounding in current theory, methods and applications, with flexibility for strategic individualised study, and strong support leading to a specialised PhD project in subsequent years. A key focus of our Centre is to produce innovation-ready graduates - who can not only make fundamental advances in the theory and development of robotics technology, but also have the skills to take these advances through to achieving impact in the form of new products and new companies. Moreover, the course will develop teamwork and presentation skills and give students a broad appreciation of the ethical issues associated with the Robotics and Autonomous Systems area. The Centre includes the National Robotarium, a world-leading centre for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, creating innovative solutions to global challenges.