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AI & Robotics @ EPSRC Dr Victoria Mico, Senior Portfolio Manager AI & Robotics, EPSRC
EPSRC research impacts all aspects of daily life
03/03/20203
driverless cars historic buildings sports technology music and art
defence and security healthcare infrastructure auto sector
clean energy energy networks finance care for the elderly
UKRI – opportunities
UKRI National productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) £7bn 2017/19 to 2021/22So far:
GCRF
AI & Robotics in the UKThe political profile of AI and Robotics has grown significantly, and continues to do so: • Industrial Strategy: AI and Data Economy is one of four Grand Challenges• Hall and Presenti Review ‘Growing the Artificial Intelligence Industry in the UK’• AI Sector Deal• Office for AI & AI Council• Robotics Growth Partnership to “put the UK at the cutting edge of the global
smart robotics revolution, turbo-charging economic productivity and unlocking benefits across society.”
AI Autonomous Systems Robotics
Build mutually beneficial
relationships with
stakeholders
Put the UK in a world leading position in AI research and
innovation
Understand the landscape,
and the opportunities
and gaps
Our Objectives around AI & Robotics
Work with the Office for AI, the Robotics Growth Partnership and stakeholders across the landscape
Lead a review of AI across UKRI, which aims to set out how UKRI should support AI research and innovation
Understand the UK’s position in AI and robotics, UKRI’s investment portfolio, and the activities of others
Lead new investments and manage existing strategic investments
Identifying and developing new directions and opportunities
Leading the Delivery of the UKRI AI Review, resulting in a UKRI AI
Strategy
Building Relationships, Knowledge and Influence to put EPSRC in a Leadership Position in
the AI and Robotics Landscape
Delivering the Trustworthy Autonomous
Systems SPF W2 Investment
Designing and Delivering a
£37.5M Investment in
Turing AI Fellowships
Coordinating the management and added value of the
£100M UKRI AI CDTInvestment
Management of EPSRC investments at the Alan Turing Institute, including the £40M W1
SPF investment in AI and Data Science for Science Engineering and Government
Stewardship and Management of the four ISCF Robotics for a Safer World
Hubs (£42M)
Management & Monitoring of Investments
Delivery of New Strategic Investments in 2019/20
Relationships & KnowledgeStrategies & Opportunities
Build mutually beneficial
relationships with
stakeholders
Put the UK in a world leading position in AI research and innovation
Understand the landscape,
and the opportunities
and gaps
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
8
4 CDTsThe Edinburgh Centre for Robotics Autonomous Intelligent Machines
and Systems Agri-Food Robotics
Future Autonomous Robotic Systems
NPIF Innovation FellowshipsProsperity Partnerships
T-B Phase: Bristol-Thales
ISCF wave 1
RAIN Hub (Nuclear)NCNR Hub (Nuclear)
FAIR-SPACE Hub (Space)ORCA Hub (Offshore Energy/ Assets)
Programme GrantsCASCADE (Complex
Autonomous aircraft Systems Configuration, Analysis and
Design Exploratory)Micro-Robotics for SurgeryMobile Robotics: Enabling a Pervasive Technology of the
Future Robotics for Nuclear
Environments
UK RAS NetworkMarch 2019: Robotics and
Autonomous Systems Network
DecarboN8 - An integrated network to decarbonise transport, Greg Marsden at LeedsDecarbonising Transport through Electrification, a Whole System Approach (DTE), Liana Cipicigan at CardiffNewJet Network+, Simon Blakey at BirminghamDecarbonising the UK's Freight Transport, Tristan Smith at UCLA network for hydrogen-fuelled transportation (Network-H2), Anthony Roskilly at Durham
Other team’s portfolios also touch on aspects of mobility and transport:
Trustworthy Autonomous Systems
The Hub is expected to start in June 2020
The nodes will commence October
2020
Hub outline panel took place on 27 January.
Nodes call closes on 20 February
£33.7m programmethat EPSRC will deliver on behalf of UKRI. Two interconnected parts: a
Hub, and seven research nodes.
Trustworthy Autonomous Systems is EPSRC’s first ‘Big Idea’ that was co-developed
to bid for and successfully obtain funding through the Strategic Priorities
Fund
The bid was also originally supported by DfT, MOD, DSTL, the Home Office, National Security and Intelligence, CPNI, UKAEA, CCAV, the Royal Academy of Engineering, Lloyds Register Foundation, and a number of representative companies
Overview of the programme
• UKRI is investing £33 million through the Strategic Priorities Investment Fund
• Up to £12 million for a central Hub• Up to £21 million for several research
nodes
Programme delivery
UKRI TAS programme
a) Coordination and collaboration
b) Creativity and multidisciplinarity
c) Advocacy and engagement.
Hub
Nodes
Leads on coordination• Building an interconnected community
Leads on advocacy and engagement• Engaging with stakeholders proactively
Deliver against the creativity and multidisciplinarity objective• Undertake focused, fundamental research
Collaborate within and beyond the programme
Safety of Mobility: The EPSRC Forward Look
In the 2016 Autumn Statement £4.7bn of additional funding for R&D was announced, with a rising profile, over the period 2017/18 to 2020/21.
• How can we work together to address the needs of the community?
• What relevant investments are there out there, and how can you engage with them?
• How can we work together to engage with new funding opportunities, and to influence the broader landscape?
• How can we ensure we enable a balance of both fundamental and use driven research?
Individual Role Team @ EPSRC
Anna Angus-Smyth Head of AI & Robotics AI & RoboticsVivienne Blackstone Turing AI Fellowships, People AI & RoboticsVictoria Mico Egea Trustworthy Autonomous Systems AI & RoboticsAnne Toft Robotics AI & RoboticsLaura Totterdell International, AI/Cyber Security, Made Smarter AI & RoboticsRuqaiyah Patel Alan Turing Institute, ASG Mathematical
SciencesRenée van der Locht UKRI AI Review, AI Technologies ICTAlex Shevchuk Portfolio Manager: Autonomous Systems AI & RoboticsLiam Boyle Portfolio Manager: Information Systems & Turing
AI FellowshipsAI & Robotics
Laura Cadman Portfolio Manager: AI Technologies ICTClara Morri Portfolio Manager: Robotics EngineeringNina Cox Portfolio Support Manager AI & Robotics
EPSRC AI & Robotics Team All: [email protected]: [email protected]
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council @EPSRC EPSRCvideo
TAS - Delivery timeline
Oct 19 Nov 19 Dec 19 Jan 20 Feb 20 Mar 20 Apr 20 May 20 Jun 20 Jul 20 Aug 20 Sep 20
Town Hall meeting
Hub Outline Call launches 18/10
Hub deadline
for Outlines 16:00 12/12
Nodes Outline Call launches
Hub Outline
panel wb 27/01
Hub Full Proposal deadline
16:00 12/03
Hub Full Proposal interview wb 20/04
PPR
Hub fixed start date
1/06
Nodes deadline for Outlines
Nodes Outline panel
Nodes Full
proposal deadline
Nodes interview
panel
PPR
Nodes Fixed
start date 1/10
Tentative timeline
The research nodes• Undertake creative, fundamental research focused in one topic (as below)
• Collaborate with other nodes, the Hub and the wider community
• Explore new research directions through accessing the pump prime funds
• Position the UK internationally in AI research and innovation, attracting further talent and inward investment
• Enable new models of collaboration and career paths across sectors
Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowships• £18M to fund a 3-5 of sizable awards (£3-5 million) for up to 5 years starting on 1 April
2021
• International recruitment and retention of world-leading AI researchers
• Enable the building of centres of excellence in key areas of AI research
Turing AI Fellowships
Turing AI Acceleration Fellowships• £18M to fund 10-15 fellows for 5 years starting on 1 January 2020
• Invest in accelerating the careers of high potential mid-career researchers towards a world-leading position
• Strong emphases on creativity of ideas, thought, and approach, and on enabling new models of collaboration between academia and other sectors
Turing AI Fellowships