Robotics Institute Administrative Staff Winter Tree Lunch
Please join us for our annual Robotics Institute Administrative Staff Winter Tree Decorating Lunch. A light lunch will be provided but staff-created treats will always be welcomed.
Carnegie Mellon University
Expressive Real-time Intersection Scheduling: New Methods for Adaptive Traffic Signal Control
Abstract: Traffic congestion is a widespread problem throughout global metropolitan areas. In this thesis, we consider methods to optimize the performance of traffic signals to reduce congestion. We begin by presenting Expressive Real-time Intersection Scheduling (ERIS), a schedule-driven intersection control strategy that runs independently on each intersection in a traffic network. For each intersection, ERIS [...]
Carnegie Mellon University
Open-world 3D Object Detection
Abstract: Perception for autonomous robots presents a set of unique challenges: finding the right representation for 3D signals, adapting to an open-world setting, and exploiting geometric priors. Successfully detecting objects regardless of their labels lays a solid foundation for safe navigation. I will present two of my recent works in this line. First, I will [...]
Towards Weakly-Supervised Visual Understanding
Abstract: Learning with weak and self-supervisions recently emerged as compelling tools towards leveraging vast amounts of unlabeled or partially-labeled data. In this talk, I will present some of the latest advances in weakly-supervised visual scene understanding from NVIDIA. Specifically, I will summarize and discuss some challenges and potential solutions in weakly-supervised learning, and introduce our [...]
MSR Thesis Talk: Jenny Nan
Title: Combining Deep Learning and Verification for Precise Object Instance Detection Abstract: Deep learning based object detectors often return false positives with very high confidence. Although they optimize generic detection performance, such as mean average precision (mAP), they are not designed for reliability. For a reliable detection system, if a high confidence detection is [...]
Carnegie Mellon University
MSR Thesis talk – Vasu Agrawal
Title: Ground Up Design of a Multi-modal Object Localization System Abstract: Rapid situational awareness is the key to enabling a successful response from first responders during an emergency, where time is of the essence. Emergency personnel are often sent into incident scenes to gather information, but this is often a dangerous and slow process. Subterranean environments [...]
MSR Thesis Talk – Swaminathan Gurumurthy
Title: Improving generalization in data-driven models with task-specific knowledge Abstract: With the rise of the over-parameterized deep learning models and massive datasets, many have started advocating towards minimizing the amount of prior knowledge added to a learning model. Ironically, the traditional machine learning community advocated for exactly the opposite. Whereas the latter assumes knowledge of [...]
RI Winter Party
Robotics Institute Winter Party Please join us for some fun, food, beverages and conversation! All RI faculty, staff, students and visitors are invited to the Robotics Institute Winter Party! We apologize but due to space limitations in the Atrium we regretfully cannot include family or other non-RI guests.
Imaging without focusing: A computational approach to miniaturizing cameras
Abstract: Miniaturization of cameras is key to enabling new applications in areas such as connected devices, wearables, implantable medical devices, in vivo microscopy, and micro-robotics. Recently, lenses were identified as the main bottleneck in miniaturization of cameras. Standard smaller lens-system camera modules have a thickness of about 10 mm or higher, and reducing the size [...]