VASC Seminar
Xiaodong Yang
Principle Scientist
QCraft

Temporal Modeling and Data Synthesis for Visual Understanding

GHC 6501

Abstract: In this talk, I will present two recent pieces of work on leveraging temporal information and synthetic data to enhance video and image understanding. In the first part, I will introduce a progressive learning framework, Spatio-TEmporalProgressive (STEP), for action detection in videos. STEP is able to more effectively make use of longer temporal information, [...]

Field Robotics Center Seminar
Ioannis Pitas
Professor
Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Multiple Drone Vision and Cinematography

3305 Newell-Simon Hall

Abstract: The aim of drone cinematography is to develop innovative intelligent single- and multiple-drone platforms for media production to cover outdoor events (e.g., sports) that are typically distributed over large expanses, ranging, for example, from a stadium to an entire city.  The drone or drone team, to be managed by the production director and his/her [...]

RI Seminar
Chung-Wei Lin
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE), National Taiwan University (NTU)

Modeling, Design, and Analysis for Intelligent Vehicles: Intersection Management, Security-Aware Design, and Automotive Design Automation

Newell-Simon Hall 4305

Abstract: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), autonomous functions, and connected applications bring a revolution to automotive systems and software. In this talk, several research topics in the domain of automotive systems and software will be introduced: (1) graph-based modeling, scheduling, and verification for intersection management, (2) security-aware design and analysis considering timing, game theory, and [...]

VASC Seminar
Shih-En Wei
Research Scientist
Facebook Reality Labs

VR facial animation via multiview image translation

GHC 6501

Abstract:  A key promise of Virtual Reality (VR) is the possibility of remote social interaction that is more immersive than any prior telecommunication media. However, existing social VR experiences are mediated by inauthentic digital representations of the user (i.e., stylized avatars). These stylized representations have limited the adoption of social VR applications in precisely those [...]

VASC Seminar
Stephen Lombardi
Research Scientist
Facebook Reality Labs

Neural Volumes: Learning Dynamic Renderable Volumes from Images

GHC 6501

Abstract:   Modeling and rendering of dynamic scenes is challenging, as natural scenes often contain complex phenomena such as thin structures, evolving topology, translucency, scattering, occlusion, and biological motion. Mesh-based reconstruction and tracking often fail in these cases, and other approaches (e.g., light field video) typically rely on constrained viewing conditions, which limit interactivity. We [...]

Seminar
H. Harry Asada
Ford Professor of Engineering; Director, d'Arbeloff Laboratory for Information Systems and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

RI40 Seminar: From Direct-Drive to SuperLimb Bionics

1305 Newell Simon Hall

In 1980-81 the first Direct-Drive robot was developed at the CMU Robotics Institute. After almost 40 years, Direct-Drive has a renewed interest in the leg robotics community. Robotic legs powered by direct-drive or low gear-reduction motors can better interact with the ground and absorb impacts. In this seminar I will talk about robot design in [...]

Field Robotics Center Seminar
Tom Scherlis & Advaith Sethuraman
Undergraduate Students
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Tartan AUV: A Dive into Carnegie Mellon’s RoboSub Team

NSH 4305

Abstract: Founded last year, Tartan AUV is Carnegie Mellon’s undergraduate underwater robotics team which competes annually in the RoboSub competition. RoboSub teams must design, build, and test autonomous underwater vehicles that compete each August to complete tasks related to underwater navigation, object detection and manipulation, and acoustic beacon localization. In this talk we will provide [...]

RI Seminar
Rebecca Taylor
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

DNA and gammaPNA in programmable nanomaterials for sensing, robotics and manufacturing

Gates Hillman Center 6115

Abstract: When programmable nanomaterials are used in conjunction with rapid microfabrication techniques like two photon polymerization, it becomes possible to rapidly prototype microstructures with nanoscale components. In this research presentation I introduce DNA nanotechnology using a commonly used simple nanotube motif, and I will illustrate how nucleic acid nanotubes can be used in sensing, robotics [...]

VASC Seminar
Franziska Mueller
M.Sc. (Doctoral Candidate)
Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Towards Lightweight Real-time Hand Reconstruction in Challenging

GHC 6501

Abstract: Humans naturally use their hands to interact and communicate with their surroundings. Reconstructing these complex and dexterous hand interactions enables sign-language recognition and translation, better assistive robots, and more immersive human-computer interaction (e.g. for AR and VR). To make hand reconstruction usable for the aforementioned applications and to a wide set of users, the [...]