Biography of ...

John Hallam

EURON's National Representative for Denmark and Turkey:

John Hallam, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute, University of Southern Denmark (Syddansk Universitet) (SDU), Odense Campus, Denmark. john AT mmmi.sdu.dk Web page

I am an established teacher and researcher from Jersey (the original one!) and progressing via Oxford and Edinburgh Universities to my current post in the University of Southern Denmark.

My research achievements include:

• Devised, investigated and tested the first simultaneous localisation and mapping techniques for mobile robot navigation (1979 to 1989);
• Encouraged the development of the field of biomimetic robotics, working particularly on modelling the cricket, high-duty-cycle bats, and lamprey (1994 to present);
• Introduced mobile robotics at the University of Edinburgh (1979) and responsible for the growth and direction of the Mobile Robotics Research Group (1979 to 2003).

My catholic interests include biomimetic robotics, evolutionary robotics, connectionist computing, computer vision, and electronic sensors and hardware. A mathematician by training, I have many years experience of electronic systems design, both academic and commercial, and familiarity with engineering language and methods. I enjoy travel and working in other countries.

More details can be found in the CV produced in 2001, and contact details in my MIP home page.