PhD Thesis Defense
Robotics Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University

Exploiting Point Motion, Shape Deformation, and Semantic Priors for Dynamic 3D Reconstruction in the Wild

NSH 3002

Abstract: With the advent of affordable and high-quality smartphone cameras, any significant events will be massively captured both actively and passively from multiple perspectives. This opens up exciting opportunities for low-cost high-end VFX effects and large scale media analytics. However, automatically organizing large scale visual data and creating a comprehensive 3D scene model is still [...]

PhD Thesis Defense
Robotics Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University

Learning and Reasoning with Visual Correspondence in Time

NSH 3002

Abstract: There is a famous tale in computer vision: Once, a graduate student asked the famous computer vision scientist Takeo Kanade: "What are the three most important problems in computer vision?" Takeo replied: "Correspondence, correspondence, correspondence!" Indeed, even for the most commonly applied Convolutional Neural Networks (ConvNets), they are internally learning representations that lead to [...]

VASC Seminar
Francesc Moreno Noguer
Associate Researcher
Institut de Robotica i Informatica Industrial (Barcelona, Spain)

Geometric Deep Learning for Perceiving and Modeling Humans

GHC 6501

Abstract: Perceiving and modeling shape and appearance of the human body from single images is a severely under-constrained problem that not only requires large volumes of data, but also prior knowledge.  In this talk I will present recent solutions on how deep learning can leverage on geometric reasoning to address tasks like 3D estimation of [...]

PhD Thesis Defense
Robotics Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University

Forecasting and Controlling Behavior by Learning from Visual Data

NSH 4305

Abstract: Achieving a precise predictive understanding of the future is difficult, yet widely studied in the natural sciences. Significant research activity has been dedicated to building testable models of cause and effect. From a certain view, a perfect predictive model of the universe is the “holy grail”; the ultimate goal of science. If we had [...]

VASC Seminar
Wenshuo Wang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Safe AI Lab, Carnegie Mellon University

Human-Level Learning of Driving Primitives through Bayesian Nonparametric Statistics

Gates-Hillman Center 8102

Abstract: Understanding and imitating human driver behavior has benefited for autonomous driving in terms of perception, control, and decision-making. However, the complexity of multi-vehicle interaction behavior is far messier than human beings can cope with because of the limited prior knowledge and capability of dealing with high-dimensional and large-scale sequential data. In this talk, I [...]

Special Events
U.A. and Helen Whitaker Professor of Robotics
Robotics Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University

Town Hall with RI Director and RI Graduate Students

Rashid Auditorium 4401

Dr. Srinivasa Narasimhan, the Interim Director of The Robotics Institute, would like to meet all of RI’s graduate students.  Please join him for a Town Hall meeting at 1pm in Rashid Auditorium on Friday Aug 30!

RI Seminar
Ross Knepper
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science, Cornell University

Formalizing Teamwork in Human-Robot Interaction

Gates Hillman Center 6115

Abstract: Robots out in the world today work for people but not with people. Before robots can work closely with ordinary people as part of a human-robot team in a home or office setting, robots need the ability to acquire a new mix of functional and social skills. Working with people requires a shared understanding [...]

VASC Seminar
Hironobu Fujiyoshi
Professor
Chubu University (Japan)

Knowledge Transfer Graph for Deep Collaborative Learning

3305 Newell-Simon Hall

Abstract:  In this talk I will present our latest research about knowledge transfer graph for Deep Collaborative Learning (DCL), which is a method that incorporates Knowledge Distillation and Deep Mutual Learning. DCL is represented by a directional graph where each model is represented by a node, and the propagation of knowledge from the source node to the [...]

Field Robotics Center Seminar
Steve Chien and Jagriti Agrawal
Senior Research Scientist and Technical Staff
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

AI in Space – From Earth Orbit to Mars and Beyond!

3305 Newell-Simon Hall

Abstract: Artificial Intelligence is playing an increasing role in our everyday lives and the business marketplace. This trend extends to the space sector, where AI has already shown considerable success and has the potential to revolutionize almost every aspect of space exploration. We first highlight a number of success stories of the tremendous impact of [...]

RI Seminar
Sarah Bergbreiter
Professor
Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Microsystems-inspired robotics

Gates Hillman Center 6115

Abstract: The ability to manufacture micro-scale sensors and actuators has inspired the robotics community for over 30 years. There have been huge success stories; MEMS inertial sensors have enabled an entire market of low-cost, small UAVs. However, the promise of ant-scale robots has largely failed. Ants can move high speeds on surfaces from picnic tables [...]

Field Robotics Center Seminar
Robotics Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University

Self-Supervised Learning on Mobile Robots Using Acoustics, Vibration, and Visual Models to Build Rich Semantic Terrain Maps

3305 Newell-Simon Hall

Abstract: Humans and robots would benefit from having rich semantic maps of the terrain in which they operate.  Mobile robots equipped with sensors and perception software could build such maps as they navigate through a new environment.  This information could then be used by humans or robots for better localization and path planning, as well [...]