RoboOrg Meta Seminar
Professor
Robotics Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University

Don’t forget to have fun

1305 Newell Simon Hall

Abstract: I like to think that robots should be rational agents, modeled on human behavior. I teach a course about using optimization to plan over time by maximizing utility. I note that a series of Nobel Prizes in Economics, starting with CMU's own AI pioneer Herb Simon and including one to Daniel Kahneman and this [...]

RoboOrg Meta Seminar
Associate Professor
Robotics Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University

Doing a Post-doc: Should I do one? How do I find one? How do I pick? What next?

Newell-Simon Hall 1305

Abstract: In this talk, I will describe the ins and outs of getting a job as a post-doctoral researcher ("doing a post-doc").  I will first describe a number of reasons why one might want to do a post-doc, as well as a few reasons not to do one.  I will next describe how to choose [...]