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

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m.mangan@sheffield.ac.uk
Regent Court (DCS)

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

Michael Mangan joined the Department of Computer Science at the University 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 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

  • Sun X, Mangan M, Peng J & Yue S (2025) . Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 22(222).
  • Zhu L, Mangan M & Webb B (2023) . Science Robotics, 8(82).
  • Haalck L, Mangan M, Wystrach A, Clement L, Webb B & Risse B (2023) . Science Advances, 9(16).
  • Mangan M, Floreano D, Yasui K, Trimmer BA, Gravish N, Hauert S, Webb B, Manoonpong P & Szczecinski NS (2023) . Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 18(3).
  • Millward B, Maddock S & Mangan M (2022) . eLife, 11.
  • Ozdemir A, Scerri M, Barron AB, Philippides A, Mangan M, Vasilaki E & Manneschi L (2022) . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7(2), 4520-4527.
  • Sun X, Yue S & Mangan M (2021) . eLife, 10.
  • Buehlmann C, Mangan M & Graham P (2020) . Animal Cognition, 23(6), 1129-1141.
  • Mangan M, Fountain M, Delgado A, Hemer S, Dowding C, Badiee A, Pearson S & Davis F (2020) . Scientific Reports, 10.
  • Schwarz S, Mangan M, Webb B & Wystrach A (2020) . The Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(14).
  • Sun X, Yue S & Mangan M (2020) . eLife, 9.
  • Haalck L, Mangan M, Webb B & Risse B (2020) . Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 330.
  • Kirk R, Cielniak G & Mangan M (2020) . Sensors, 20(1).
  • Stone T, Mangan M, Wystrach A & Webb B (2018) . Interface Focus, 8(4).
  • Risse B, Mangan M, St羹rzl W & Webb B (2018) . Environmental Modelling & Software, 99, 88-100.
  • Schwarz S, Mangan M, Zeil J, Webb B & Wystrach A (2017) . Current Biology, 27(3), 401-407.
  • Ardin PB, Mangan M & Webb B (2016) . Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 10(1).
  • Ardin P, Peng F, Mangan M, Lagogiannis K & Webb B (2016) . PLoS Computational Biology, 12(2).
  • Wystrach A, Mangan M & Webb B (2015) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1816), ---.
  • Ardin P, Mangan M, Wystrach A & Webb B (2015) . Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 201(6), 585-597.
  • Graham P & Mangan M (2015) . Journal of Experimental Biology, 218(6), 819-823.
  • Cheung A, Collett M, Collett TS, Dewar A, Dyer F, Graham P, Mangan M, Narendra A, Philippides A, St羹rzl W , Webb B et al (2014) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(42), E4396-E4397.
  • Mangan M & Webb B (2012) . Behavioral Ecology, 23(5), 944-954.
  • Mangan M & Webb B (2009) . Biological Cybernetics, 101(4), 307-323.
  • Wessnitzer J, Haferlach T, Mangan M & Webb B (2008) . Adaptive Behavior, 16(4), 277-280.
  • Vickerstaff RJ & Di Paolo EA (2008) . Adaptive Behavior, 16(4), 275-276.
  • Wessnitzer J, Mangan M & Webb B (2008) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275(1637), 915-921.
  • Haferlach T, Wessnitzer J, Mangan M & Webb B (2007) . Adaptive Behavior, 15(3), 273-287.
  • Wystrach A, Mangan M, Philippides A & Graham P () . Journal of Experimental Biology.

Book chapters

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

Conference proceedings

  • Kirk R, Mangan M & Cielniak G (2020) . UKRAS20 Conference : Robots into the real world Proceedings (pp 21-23). Virtual Conference, 17 April 2020 - 17 April 2020.
  • Millward B, Maddock S & Mangan M (2020) . UKRAS20 Conference: Robots into the real world Proceedings (pp 140-141). Online conference, April 2020 - April 2020.
  • 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 - 22 October 2017.
  • Billington A, Walton G, Whitbread J & Mangan M (2017) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: 6th International Conference, Living Machines 2017, Stanford, CA, USA, July 2628, 2017, Proceedings, Vol. LNAI 10384 (pp 515-521). Stanford, CA, USA, 26 July 2017 - 26 July 2017.
  • Kodzhabashev A & Mangan M (2015) (pp 199-210)
  • Mangan M, Stone T, Webb B & Ardin P (2014) . Robotics: Science and Systems X, 12 July 2014 - 16 July 2014.
  • Philippides A, Dewar A, Wystrach A, Mangan M & Graham P (2013) (pp 427-430)
  • Sun X, Mangan M & Yue S () . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (10928) (pp 459-470). Paris, France, 17 July 2018 - 17 July 2018.

Preprints

  • Han C, Basu D, Mangan M, Vasilaki E & Gilra A (2024) , arXiv.
  • Sun X, Mangan M, Peng J & Yue S (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Millward B, Maddock S & Mangan M (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Sun X, Yue S & Mangan M (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Zhu L, Mangan M & Webb B (2020) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • 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.
Grants
  • ActiveAI: , EPSRC, 11/2019 - 10/2024, 瞿953,584, as Co-PI
  • SkyEye: Feasibility Study of Vision Based Localisation in GPS-compromised Environments, EPSRC, 10/2020 - 03/2022, 瞿24,993, as PI
  • Brains on Board: , EPSRC, 12/2016 - 06/2022, 瞿2,128,934, as Co-PI
  • Exploiting invisible cues for robot navigation in complex natural environments, EPSRC, 02/2015 - 08/2018, 瞿558,417, as Researcher Co-PI
Professional activities and memberships

Member of the  research group and Sheffield Robotics

Links

Machine Learning research group