Alexandr Lucas

School of Computer Science

Teaching Associate in Robotics

Deputy Admissions Tutor (General Engineering)

IPE Tutor

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alex.lucas@sheffield.ac.uk

Regent Court (CS)

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Alexandr Lucas
School of Computer Science
Regent Court (CS)
211 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP

Profile: Alex Lucas is a University Teaching Associate in Robotics, joining the School of Computer Science in September 2019.

Publications

Davies S, Lucas A, Ricolfe-Viala C & Di Nuovo A (2021) A database for learning numbers by visual finger recognition in developmental neuro-robotics. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 15(1).
Di Nuovo A, Varrasi S, Lucas A, Conti D, McNamara J & Soranzo A (2019) Assessment of Cognitive skills via Human-robot Interaction and Cloud Computing. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 16(3), 526-539.

Cheung HC, Cameron D, Lucas A & Prescott T (2024) Effects of summer robotics activities in libraries on children’s interest in robotics and STEM career In Balogh R, Obdržálek D & Fislake F (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (pp. 188-199). Springer Nature Switzerland View this article in WRRO

Papazoglou V, Lucas A & Gaizauskas R (2025) SHIFTING ATTITUDES TOWARDS GENERATIVE AI: A STUDY WITH FIRST-YEAR COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS. ICERI Proceedings, Vol. 1 (pp 4438-4448), 10 November 2025 - 11 November 2025.
Lucas A, Ricolfe-Viala C & Di Nuovo A (2019) Preliminary Investigation on Visual Finger-Counting with the iCub Robot Cameras and Hands (pp 484-488)
Di Nuovo A, Varrasi S, Conti D, Bamsforth J, Lucas A, Soranzo A & McNamara J (2019) Usability Evaluation of a Robotic System for Cognitive Testing. 2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) (pp 588-589), 11 March 2019 - 14 March 2019.
Varrasi S, Lucas A, Soranzo A, McNamara J & Di Nuovo A (2019) IBM Cloud Services Enhance Automatic Cognitive Assessment via Human-Robot Interaction (pp 169-176)
Penders J, Wang J, Bhowmil D, Di Nuovo A, Soranzo A, Rolph J, Popa I, Varrasi S, Lucas A, Conti D , Young J et al (2018) Robots claiming space: Gauging public reaction using computer vision techniques. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Vol. 10965 (pp 468-470). Bristol, UK, 25 July 2018 - 25 July 2018. View this article in WRRO

Grants

Evaluating Robotic Interventions in STEM Education (ERISE) Year 2, Research England, 04/2024 - 02/2025, £54,459, as PI
Educational Interventions in Robotics - Year 1, internal funding, 02/2023 - 04/2024, £66,449, as Co-I

Professional activities and memberships: Co-founder and Director of SERAI Network CIC

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