RI Seminar
CANCELED Optimizing Algorithms at the Level of Geometry
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Keenan Crane is a new Assistant Professor in the Robotics Institute and Computer Science Department at CMU. He recently finished an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship at Columbia University. He received a B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006, and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology [...]
Recovery of Function in Major Spinal Cord Injury Using Epidural Stimulation
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Joel Burdick received his undergraduate degrees in mechanical engineering and chemistry from Duke University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. He has been with the department of Mechanical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology since May 1988, where he has been the recipient of the [...]
Computational Design, Fabrication and Control for Personalized Robotic Devices
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: I am an Assistant Professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to joining CMU, I was a Research Scientist working for Disney Research Zurich. I obtained my PhD in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia. My doctoral dissertation, which won the Alain Fournier Ph.D. Dissertation Annual [...]
Orchard Characterization and its importance in Crop Management
Event Location: GHC 2109Bio: Fernando Auat Cheein received the Doctorate degree in 2009 and the Master of Science degree in 2005, both in San Juan, Argentina. Since 2013 he is a Professor with Federico Santa María Technical University (UTFSM), in Valparaíso, Chile, after doing his post doc research stay in agricultural robotics also in Argentina [...]
Manifolds and Decision Making in Intelligent Systems
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Daniel Lee is the UPS Foundation Chair Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania.He received his B.A. summa cum laude in Physics from Harvard University in 1990 and his Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995. Before coming [...]
Brain Computer Interfaces – Success from the University of Pittsburgh
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Dr. Michael Boninger is a Professor and UPMC Endowed Chair in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. He has joint appointment in the Departments of Bioengineering, and the McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine. He is Director of the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute and [...]