Join us for the September 2026 Dundee Data Meetup

You're invited to the August 2026 edition of the Dundee Data Meetup!

Whether you're a data practitioner, a student, or simply interested in how data shapes our world, come along and be part of our growing community!

Speakers and Topics

AI Agents: From Perception to Autonomous Action

Recent advances in foundation models have given rise to AI agents capable of reasoning, planning, and acting autonomously across complex tasks. This talk explores the shift from static, single-purpose deep learning models towards agentic systems that combine perception, multi-modal understanding, and decision-making to operate independently in real-world environments. Drawing on examples from natural language processing and beyond, we examine the opportunities of building AI agents that are capable of carrying out complex multi-step tasks.

Speaker Bios

Steven Wallace, PhD Researcher at the University of Aberdeen

Steven Wallace is a PhD researcher at the University of Aberdeen working on deep learning foundation models for semantic segmentation in climate change analysis. With a background spanning energy consultancy, electronic engineering, and AI, he has built systems ranging from explainable heart disease classifiers to real-time surveillance object detection, and has taught and guest-lectured on deep learning and image segmentation at Aberdeen. Beyond computer vision, his research interests extend to multi-modal learning and AI agents.