Dr Michael Mangan

MEng, MSc, PhD

School of Computer Science

Senior Lecturer in Machine Learning and Robotics

Operations Director of 91直播 Robotics

Member of the Machine Learning research group

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m.mangan@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 1905

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Dr Michael Mangan
School of Computer Science
Regent Court (DCS)
211 Portobello
91直播
S1 4DP
Profile

Michael Mangan joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of 91直播 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 University of Glasgow in 2004, before moving to the University of Edinburgh where he completed an MSc in Neuroinformatics (2006) and a PhD in biorobotics (2011).

He remained at the University 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

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

Journal articles

  • Zhu L, Mangan M & Webb B (2023) . Science Robotics, 8(82). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Haalck L, Mangan M, Wystrach A, Clement L, Webb B & Risse B (2023) . Science Advances, 9(16). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mangan M, Floreano D, Yasui K, Trimmer BA, Gravish N, Hauert S, Webb B, Manoonpong P & Szczecinski NS (2023) . Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Millward B, Maddock S & Mangan M (2022) . eLife, 11. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ozdemir A, Scerri M, Barron A, Philippides A, Mangan M, Vasilaki E & Manneschi L (2022) . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 1-1. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sun X, Yue S & Mangan M (2021) . eLife, 10. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ozdemir A, Scerri M, Barron AB, Philippides A, Mangan M, Vasilaki E & Manneschi L (2021) EchoVPR: Echo State Networks for Visual Place Recognition. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 脰zdemir A, Barron AB, Philippides A, Mangan M, Vasilaki E & Manneschi L (2021) EchoVPR: Echo State Networks for Visual Place Recognition.. CoRR, abs/2110.05572. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mangan M, Fountain M, Delgado A, Hemer S, Dowding C, Badiee A, Pearson S & Davis F (2020) . Scientific Reports. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Schwarz S, Mangan M, Webb B & Wystrach A (2020) . The Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(14). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sun X, Yue S & Mangan M (2020) . eLife, 9. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Buehlmann C, Mangan M & Graham P (2020) . Animal Cognition. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Haalck L, Mangan M, Webb B & Risse B (2020) . Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 330. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kirk R, Cielniak G & Mangan M (2020) . Sensors, 20(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Stone T, Mangan M, Wystrach A & Webb B (2018) . Interface Focus, 8(4), 20180010-20180010. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Risse B, Mangan M, St眉rzl W & Webb B (2018) . Environmental Modelling & Software, 99, 88-100. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Schwarz S, Mangan M, Zeil J, Webb B & Wystrach A (2017) . Current Biology, 27(3), 401-407. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ardin PB, Mangan M & Webb B (2016) . Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 10(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ardin P, Peng F, Mangan M, Lagogiannis K & Webb B (2016) . PLoS Computational Biology, 12(2), e1004683-e1004683. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wystrach A, Mangan M & Webb B (2015) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1816). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ardin P, Mangan M, Wystrach A & Webb B (2015) . Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 201(6), 585-597. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Graham P & Mangan M (2015) . Journal of Experimental Biology, 218(6), 819-823. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cheung A, Collett M, Collett TS, Dewar A, Dyer F, Graham P, Mangan M, Narendra A, Philippides A, St眉rzl W , Webb B et al (2014) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(42), E4396-E4397. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wystrach A, Mangan M, Philippides A & Graham P (2013) . Journal of Experimental Biology, 216(10), 1766-1770. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mangan M & Webb B (2012) . Behavioral Ecology, 23(5), 944-954. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mangan M & Webb B (2009) . Biological Cybernetics, 101(4), 307-323. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wessnitzer J, Haferlach T, Mangan M & Webb B (2008) . Adaptive Behavior, 16(4), 277-280. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vickerstaff RJ & Di Paolo EA (2008) . Adaptive Behavior, 16(4), 275-276. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wessnitzer J, Mangan M & Webb B (2008) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275(1637), 915-921. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Haferlach T, Wessnitzer J, Mangan M & Webb B (2007) . Adaptive Behavior, 15(3), 273-287. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Kirk R, Mangan M & Cielniak G (2021) , Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 211-222). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kirk R, Mangan M & Cielniak G (2021) , Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 223-233). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhu L, Mangan M & Webb B (2020) , Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (pp. 415-426). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vouloutsi V, Halloy J, Mura A, Mangan M, Lepora N, Prescott TJ & Verschure PFMJ (2018) Preface (pp. V-VII). RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2016) Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Sun X, Mangan M & Yue S (2018) (pp 459-470) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Risse B, Mangan M, Webb B & Del Pero L (2018) . 2017 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops (pp 2840-2849). Venice, Italy, 22 October 2017 - 29 October 2017. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Billington A, Walton G, Whitbread J & Mangan M (2017) (pp 515-521) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kodzhabashev A & Mangan M (2015) (pp 199-210) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mangan M, Stone T, Webb B & Ardin P (2014) . Robotics: Science and Systems X, 12 July 2014 - 16 July 2014. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Philippides A, Dewar A, Wystrach A, Mangan M & Graham P (2013) (pp 427-430) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kirk R, Mangan M & Cielniak G () . UKRAS20 Conference: 鈥淩obots into the real world鈥 Proceedings RIS download Bibtex download
  • Millward B, Maddock S & Mangan M () . UKRAS20 Conference: 鈥淩obots into the real world鈥 Proceedings RIS download Bibtex download

Preprints

  • Han C, Basu D, Mangan M, Vasilaki E & Gilra A (2024) Dynamical-VAE-based Hindsight to Learn the Causal Dynamics of Factored-POMDPs, arXiv. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sun X, Mangan M, Yue S & Peng J (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Millward B, Maddock S & Mangan M (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Gkanias E, Risse B, Mangan M & Webb B (2018) From skylight input to behavioural output: a computational model of the insect polarised light compass. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sun X, Yue S & Mangan M () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhu L, Mangan M & Webb B () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sun X, Yue S & Mangan M () . RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mangan M, Milford M, Kim H, Leuteneggar S, Stone T, Webb B & Davison A () Place recognition with event-based cameras and a neural implementation of SeqSLAM. RIS download Bibtex download
Grants

Current research grants

  • ActiveAI - , EPSRC, 11/2019 - 10/2024, 拢953,584, as Co-PI

Previous research grants

  • 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
  • , EPSRC, 02/2015 - 08/2018, 拢558,417, as Researcher Co-PI
Professional activities and memberships

Member of the Machine Learning research group and 91直播 Robotics