Seminar
Semi-Autonomous Control of Passenger Vehicles for Active Hazard Avoidance
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Karl Iagnemma is a principal research scientist in the Mechanical Engineering department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and director of the Robotic Mobility Group. He holds a B.S. from the University of Michigan, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from MIT, where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow. He [...]
Under the Hood of XV-11
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Vladimir Ermakov has a diverse industry background, having worked on projects ranging from web-based application design for Netscape and WebMetrics, to working on various embedded systems such as an in-flight entertainment system and an electronic trainer for boxing at X-Digital Systems. For the last five years Vladimir was the principal engineer [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]