RI Seminar
Devin Balkcom
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Computer Science, Dartmouth College

Robots and geometry: robot geodesics, pushing string, and grasping cloth

Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Devin Balkcom is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College. Balkcom's primary research interest is in robotic manipulation, focusing on the manipulation of flexible materials including cloth, paper, and string. Balkcom received his Ph.D. in 2004 from the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute, advised by Matthew T. Mason.Abstract: Theory and [...]

RI Seminar
Victor R. Lesser
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Director of Multi-Agent Systems Laboratory
Dept. of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Coordinating Multi-Agent Learners Thru Multi-Level Supervisory Control

Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Victor Lesser received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1973. He is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Multi-Agent Systems Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts. His major research focus is on the control and organization of complex AI systems. He has [...]

RI Seminar
Subbarao Kambhampati
Professor
Arizona State University

Incomplete Domain Models, Uncertain Users and Open Worlds: Foundations of Model-lite Planning

Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Subbarao Kambhampati is a professor of computer science and engineering at Arizona State University, where he directs the Yochan research group. His research and teaching interests are broadly split between automated planning and intelligent information integration. Kambhampati is the recipient of an NSF Research Initiation Award (1992), an NSF Young Investigator [...]

RI Seminar
Jim Rehg
Professor
School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

Temporal Causality for Visual Event Analysis

Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Jim Rehg is a Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is co-Director of the Computational Perception Lab and Associate Director of Research in the Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines. He received his Ph.D. from CMU in 1995 and worked at the Cambridge [...]