RI Seminar
From Sorcery to Science: how Hollywood Physics impacts the Sciences
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Eitan Grinspun is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University in the City of New York. He was Professeur d'Université Invité at l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie in 2009, a Research Scientist at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences from 2003-2004, and a graduate student at the California Institute of [...]
From Art and Perception to Visualization and Video Processing
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Michael Gleicher is a Professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Prof. Gleicher is founder and leader of the Department's Computer Graphics group. His research interests include visualization, image and video processing tools, and character animation techniques for films and games. Prior to joining the [...]
Motion Planning for Physical Systems
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Lydia E. Kavraki is the Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Bioengineering at Rice University. Kavraki received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University. Her research contributions are in the area of robotics (robot motion planning, hybrid systems, formal methods in robotics, assembly planning, micromanipulation, and flexible [...]
CANCELED From Robograd to Rockstar™: Lessons in Transforming from a Naive Academic to a Stressed Out Entrepreneur (& Why You’d Have To Be Insane to Do It)
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: In 1996, Dr. Davis earned his PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon and set out to work on AI and virtual characters in video games. After working at Activision from 1996 to 1999 as Technical Director, Dr. Davis founded Mad Doc Software, and independent game developer for PCs and gaming consoles. [...]
Animating Robots and Characters with Human Motion Capture Data
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Katsu Yamane received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from University of Tokyo in 2002. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist at Disney Research, Pittsburgh and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to joining Disney, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University and [...]
Reconstructive Transplantation – Evolution, Experience and Emerging Insights
Event Location: NSH3305Bio: Dr. Gorantla is Associate Professor of Surgery and Administrative Medical Director of the Pittsburgh Reconstructive Transplant Program in the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Gorantla currently oversees, administers, directs and coordinates research and clinical programs in clinical hand, face and vascularizaed composite transplantation at UPMC, the University [...]
Manipulating Wild Bodies Using Gentle Guidance
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Steven M. LaValle is Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1995. From 1995-1997 he was a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University. [...]
Robustness by Necessity: Zero-Downtime Demos, Competitions, and Live Performances
Event Location: NSH3305Bio: Raffaello D'Andrea is professor of Dynamic Systems and Control at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. He also is technical co-founder and chief technical advisor for Kiva Systems, a company that develops adaptive and self-configuring warehouse automation systems using hundreds of networked, mobile robots. He was the faculty advisor and [...]
From Robograd to Rockstar™: Lessons in Transforming from a Naive Academic to a Stressed Out Entrepreneur (& Why You’d Have To Be Insane to Do It)
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: In 1996, Dr. Davis earned his PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon and set out to work on AI and virtual characters in video games. After working at Activision from 1996 to 1999 as Technical Director, Dr. Davis founded Mad Doc Software, and independent game developer for PCs and gaming consoles. [...]
Lessons Learned in Starting a Tech Company in Silicon Valley
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Matt Swanson graduated with a M.S. from the Robotics Institute in May 2010. Immediately after graduating, Matt founded SpeakerText with two cofounders. SpeakerText uses crowdsourced labor to create transcripts for online videos which enables video publishers to get their content indexed in search engines. Over the course of one year, Matt [...]