Curriculum Vitae

On this page is a summary of my relevant academic experience. Please visit my LinkedIn (see sidebar) for my full profile.

Education

• MEng in Computing and Electronics, Heriot-Watt University, 2018 (Distinction)
• MScR in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Heriot-Watt University / University of Edinburgh, 2019 (Distinction)
• PhD in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Heriot-Watt University / University of Edinburgh, 2019 - Present

Publications

Adaptivity as a Service (AaaS): Enabling Deep Personalisation for a Heterogeneous Ambient Assisted Living Landscape

R. Smith, "Adaptivity as a Service (AaaS): Enabling Deep Personalisation for a Heterogeneous Ambient Assisted Living Landscape", presented at the Workshop on Behavioral Patterns and Interaction Modelling for Personalized Human-Robot Interaction at HRI `20, 2020.

Human-in-the-Loop Adaptation and Reuse of Robot Assistance Policies for Ambient Assisted Living

R. Smith, "Human-in-the-Loop Adaptation and Reuse of Robot Assistance Policies for Ambient Assisted Living", in UKRAS ’20 Conference: “Robots into the real world”, Apr. 2020, pp. 24-26.

A COTS (UHF) RFID Floor for Device-Free Ambient Assisted Living Monitoring

R. Smith, Y. Ding, G. Goussetis, and M. Dragone, "A COTS (UHF) RFID Floor for Device-Free Ambient Assisted Living Monitoring", in Ambient Intelligence -- Software and Applications --,10th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence, 2020.

Adaptivity as a Service (AaaS): Personalised Assistive Robotics for Ambient Assisted Living

R. Smith, "Adaptivity as a Service (AaaS): Personalised Assistive Robotics for Ambient Assisted Living", in Ambient Intelligence -- Software and Applications --,10th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence, 2020.

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant
  • Sensors, Actuators and Internet of Things (2018 - Present)
    Heriot-Watt University
  • Embedded Software (2020 - Present)
    Heriot-Watt University
  • Praxis Programming (2020 - Present)
    Heriot-Watt University

Work Experience

• June - December 2017: Industrial Placement Hardware Engineer
  • Leonardo S.p.A.
  • Duties included: digital logic implementation, state machines, FPGA design for radar applications