Dr Michael Mangan
MEng, MSc, PhD
School of Computer Science
Senior Lecturer in Machine Learning and Robotics
Operations Director of Sheffield Robotics
Member of the Machine Learning research group


Full contact details
School of Computer Science
Regent Court (DCS)
211 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
- Profile
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Michael Mangan joined the Department of Computer Science at the 海角社区 of Sheffield in April 2018. Before joining he was a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science in College of Science and member of the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS).
He received his undergraduate degree in Avionics (MEng) from the 海角社区 of Glasgow in 2004, before moving to the 海角社区 of Edinburgh where he completed an MSc in Neuroinformatics (2006) and a PhD in biorobotics (2011).
He remained at the 海角社区 of Edinburgh for the next 4 years receiving funding awards from the BBSRC and EPSRC. He joined the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems in April, 2016.
- Research interests
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Dr Mangan's primary research focuses on modelling the navigational behaviour of insects, which are able to travel through complex environments robustly despite their limited nervous and sensory systems. Revealing the sensory and algorithmic underpinning of these capabilities will not only aid the understanding of biological systems but may also offer engineering solutions - building robots able to navigate as well as the humble ant.
- Publications
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Journal articles
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
Preprints
- Grants
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Research grants
- ActiveAI: , EPSRC, 11/2019 - 10/2024, 拢953,584, as Co-PI
- SkyEye: Feasibility Study of Vision Based Localisation in GPS-compromised Environments, EPSRC, 10/2020 - 03/2022, 拢24,993, as PI
- Brains on Board: , EPSRC, 12/2016 - 06/2022, 拢2,128,934, as Co-PI
- Exploiting invisible cues for robot navigation in complex natural environments, EPSRC, 02/2015 - 08/2018, 拢558,417, as Researcher Co-PI
- Professional activities and memberships
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Member of the Machine Learning research group and Sheffield Robotics