Michael Jenkin is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and a member of the Centre for Vision Research at York University, Canada. Working in the fields of visually guided autonomous robots and virtual reality, he has published over 150 research papers including co-authoring Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics with Gregory Dudek and a series of co-edited books on human and machine vision with Laurence Harris.

Michael Jenkin's current research interests include work on sensing strategies for AQUA, an amphibious autonomous robot being developed as a collaboration between Dalhousie University, McGill University and York University; the development of tools and techniques to support crime scene investigation; and the understanding of the perception of self-motion and orientation in unusual environments including microgravity.

• Robotics and Autonomous System: Mobile robotic systems have found a wide range of applications, from sensing/survey tasks in dangerous environments, to environmental exploration, to carpet cleaning. This talk considers the three fundamental tasks underlying mobile robots: sen...
• Virtual Reality and Space: Our perceptual system is not perfect and this makes it possible to create compelling illusions of alternate realities.  How can we use virtual reality technologies to present compelling illusions of perception in outer space to humans with...