We are excited to welcome you to the NU SEDS Annual Research Conference – "Transforming the Future of Engineering and Digital Sciences Research in Central Asia" – taking place on April 10-11, 2025. After two successful years of hosting the NU SEDS Annual Research Week, we are thrilled to announce that this year, the event has evolved into a conference format. As in previous years, the event will be dedicated to celebrating Kazakhstan Science Workers' Day on April 12, honoring the vital contributions of scientists and researchers in Kazakhstan.
The inaugural Annual School of Engineering and Digital Sciences Research Conference, a significant event that brings together prominent researchers, academicians, and students. The conference theme, “Transforming the Future of Engineering and Digital Sciences Research in Central Asia” emphasizes the collaborative spirit that fosters research, creativity, and advancement.
The Conference focuses on five strategic research and development directions of SEDS (Energy, Materials and Sustainability; Communications, Computation and Data Analytics; Sustainability and the Built Environment; Robotics and Artificial Intelligence; Advanced technologies for Manufacturing, Agriculture, Mining and Health) to cultivate an intellectually stimulating environment aimed at developing collaborative solutions to the present and future challenges facing Central Asia.
This multidisciplinary two days Conference offers insightful plenary sessions from distinguished speakers, enlightening debate by global and local experts, poster exhibition highlighting latest research by SEDS research community, SEDS 3MT competition, SEDS research excellence awards, workshops and talks by esteemed SEDS faculty.
- Shane Xie
Professor at the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, UKAdvanced Robotics for Effective Stroke Rehabilitation Treatment in Home EnvironmentAbstract: Stroke and neurological diseases have significant impact on our society, robotic technologies have shown potential for delivering effective care and presented many opportunities for the healthcare industry. The talk will cover the recent development of robotics for stroke rehabilitation, the research gaps and the need for new technologies in neuroscience, robotics and artificial intelligence. The talk will introduce a EPSRC-funded project on intelligent reconfigurable exoskeletons tailored to meet patients’ needs, deliver effective diagnosis and personalised treatment, and monitored remotely by rehabilitation therapists. Examples of some of the current ongoing research work at the Leeds Centre for Assistive/Rehabilitation Robotics will be presented including peanumatic Peano muscle, DEA, soft exoskeleton, bilaterial robot, neuromuscular and brain computer interfaces. The focus is on the enabling technologies for those whose strength and coordination have been affected by amputation, stroke, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy and ageing.
Short bio: Prof Shane (Sheng Q) Xie, Ph.D., FRSNZ, FEngNZ, FIEEE, FASME, FIMechE and FAAIA, is the Chair of Robotics and Autonomous Systems and Director of the Rehabilitation Robotics Lab at the University of Leeds, and he was the Director of the Rehabilitation and Medical Robotics Centre at the University of Auckland, New Zealand (NZ, 2002-2016). He has >30 years of research experience in healthcare robotics and exoskeletons. He has published > 500 refereed papers and 8 books in rehabilitation exoskeleton design and control, neuromuscular modelling, and advanced human-robot interaction. He has supervised >15 postdocs, 100 PhDs and 80 MEs in his team with funding of >£30M from five countries since 2003. His team has invented three award-winning rehabilitation exoskeletons. He is an expert in control of exoskeletons, i.e. impedance control, adaptive control, sliding mode control, and iterative learning control strategies. He has received many distinguished awards including the New Zealand Science Challenge Award, the David Bensted Fellowship Award, and the AMP Invention Award. He is an elected Fellow of Royal Society of New Zealand, Fellow of Engineering New Zealand, Fellow of IEEE, ASME, IMechE and AAIA. He was the Technical Editor for IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics, Associate Editor for Mechatronics Elservier and Editorial member of many top journals in Mechatronics and Robotics. - Eva StarkCustomer Support
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- Header Size: Use a font size of 48 for headers.
- Subheader Size: Use a font size of 36 to 40 for subheaders.
- Body Text Size: Use a font size of 32 to 34 for body text.
- References Size: Use a font size of 18 to 24 for references.
- Image Quality: If possible, do not use images less than 300 dpi
Color Scheme: Use the color scheme provided in the selected template.
- Author names and Affiliations: Use your full first name followed by your last name.
- Right under your name list your institutional affiliation. For authors having multiple affiliations, list the primary one first, followed by the secondary one.
- If there are multiple authors, list all authors and their respective affiliations. If authors share the same affiliation, you can use numerical superscripts to indicate affiliations and list the institutions below the authors. See example:
Example:
Akhmet Akhmetov¹, Assem Assetova², and Abay Abayev¹
¹Department of Biology, Nazarbayev University
²Department of Chemistry, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
The title should be short and draw interest. It should be a clear and compelling summary of your research topic.
Aim for a word count of about 300 to 800 words. This ensures the poster contains enough detail to be informative but not overwhelming.
- Determine which SDGs your research topic addresses. You can find detailed descriptions of each SDG on the UN website (https://sdgs.un.org/goals)
- The SDG icons are provided here. Each icon is labeled with its corresponding SDG number.
Place the relevant SDG icons in a corresponding section on the poster template in the bottom right corner.
- Include a section for acknowledgments to thank those who contributed to your research.
- If applicable also indicate the Award number of your grant.
- PowerPoint.
- Poster printing costs (around 20 000 KZT) will be covered from the grant holder’s project.
SEDS Research Awards are given to SEDS students (graduate and undergraduate) to honor and recognize students' achievements. The award would be given to students for publishing in the top 10% of journals# (https://www.scopus.com/sources). To qualify for the award, the student must be the lead author*. For students publishing multiple papers in the top 10% of journals, only one research award will be given. Please note that the paper must be published during the year 2024 and the student’s affiliation must be with NU. The deadline for submission is February 28, 2025.
Please complete the form available at the following link.
Notes:
# The latest SCOPUS journal ranking would be used to find the top 10% journals.
* The co-authors (e.g., second or third authors) are also eligible for the research award if, in the published manuscript, it is clearly stated that these authors have equally contributed as the lead author.
- Author Information
- First Name
- Last Name
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Publication Details- Title of the Manuscript
- Name of the Journal
- Volume
- Year of Publication
- Authorship Information
- Are you the lead author? (Radio Button: Yes / No)
- If you are the co-author, is it clearly stated that you equally contributed as the lead author? (Radio Button: Yes / No)
- Institutional Affiliation
- Did you publish with NU affiliation? (Radio Button: Yes / No)
- Journal Ranking & DOI
- What is the ranking of the journal? (Text Input + Link to Scopus Journal Rankings)
- File Upload
- Upload the Manuscript (File Upload Button)
- Enhancing the competencies of PhD researchers
- Developing a culture of research at NU
- Establishing and cultivating external partnerships for the university
Students enrolled with 1) SEDS department based PhD program and 2) Science Engineering and Technology PhD program are eligible to apply.
To compete for the competition, students must have 1) successfully defended the research qualifying exam/research proposal and 2) completed substantial part of the research work
The following are not eligible to apply:
- 1st year PhD students.
- Students who have graduated.
The winner will serve as the representative for their School in the subsequent phase of the competition to be held at university level. In the event that the winner is unable to be present at the final, the runner-up will advance to the subsequent stage of the competition.
The People's Choice award (determined by audience voting) from each School has the opportunity to compete for a place in the Wildcard competition at the University level. If the School winner is also the People's Choice winner, the runner-up advances to the Wildcard competition at the University level.- Only one static PowerPoint slide is allowed. Slide transitions, animations, or any form of movement are strictly prohibited. The slide is to be presented at the commencement of the speech.
- Additional electronic media, such as sound and video files, are not allowed.
- Additional props such as costumes, musical instruments, and laboratory equipment are not allowed.
- The duration of presentations is strictly limited to a maximum of 3 minutes, and any contestants who exceed this time limit will be disqualified.
- Oral presentations must adhere to spoken language and should not include poems, raps, or songs.
- The presentations will begin from the stage.
- The commencement of presentations is marked by the initiation of a presenter's speech or physical action.
Members of SEDS Research Committee. The SEDS research committee can invite additional experts to judge the 3MT competition session.
Prizes
At school level, a certificate of appreciation would be awarded.
- First Prize
- Runner-Up
- People’s choice award (Audience voted)
- First Prize
- Runner-Up
- People’s choice award (Audience voted)
Students apply and submit their 3MT® slides as per Appendix 2, to the link shared by the SEDS Research office |
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