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VASC Seminar
Angjoo Kanazawa
University of California
Perceiving 3D Human-Object Spatial Arrangements from a Single Image In-the-wild
Abstract: We live in a 3D world that is dynamic—it is full of life, with inhabitants like people and animals who interact with their environment through moving their bodies. Capturing this complex world in 3D from images has a huge potential for many applications such as compelling mixed reality applications that can interact with people […]
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RI Seminar
Raquel Urtasun
Computer Science Department, University of Toronto
A future with affordable Self-driving vehicles
(Video to appear once approved) Abstract: We are on the verge of a new era in which robotics and artificial intelligence will play an important role in our daily lives. Self-driving vehicles have the potential to redefine transportation as we understand it today. Our roads will become safer and less congested, while parking spots will be repurposed as leisure [...]
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VASC Seminar
Pawel Korus
NYU Center for Cybersecurity
Detection of Photo Manipulation with Media Forensics
Abstract: Rapid progress in machine learning, computer vision and graphics leads to successive democratization of media manipulation capabilities. While convincing photo and video manipulation used to require substantial time and skill, modern editors bring (semi-) automated tools that can be used by everyone. Some of the most recent examples include manipulation of human faces, e.g., [...]
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RI Seminar
Kevin Lynch
Director, Center for Robotics & Biosystems, Northwestern University
Robotics and Biosystems
Abstract: Research at the Center for Robotics and Biosystems at Northwestern University encompasses bio-inspiration, neuromechanics, human-machine systems, and swarm robotics, among other topics. In this talk I will give an overview of some of our recent work on in-hand manipulation, robot locomotion on yielding ground, and human-robot systems. Biography: Kevin Lynch received the B.S.E. degree [...]
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VASC Seminar
Ce Liu
Google Research
Advancing the State of the Art of Computer Vision for Billions of Users
Abstract: At Google, advancing the state of the art of computer vision is very impactful as there are billions of users of Google products, many of which require high-quality, artifact-free images. I will share what we learned from successfully launching core computer vision techniques for various Google products, including PhotoScan (Photos), seamless Google Street View [...]
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PhD Speaking Qualifier
Kevin Edelson
Ergodic Trajectory Optimization for Information Gathering
Abstract: Planetary robots currently rely on significant guidance from expert human operators. Science autonomy adds algorithms and methods for autonomous scientific exploration to improve efficiency of discovery and overcome limited communication bandwidth and delay bottlenecks. This research focuses on planning trajectories for information gathering and choosing sampling locations that have the most informative samples. We [...]
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VASC Seminar
Salzmann Mathieu
EPFL & ClearSpace
Learning-based 6D Object Pose Estimation in Real-world Conditions
Abstract: Estimating the 6D pose, i.e., 3D rotation and 3D translation, of objects relative to the camera from a single input image has attracted great interest in the computer vision community. Recent works typically address this task by training a deep network to predict the 6D pose given an image as input. While effective on [...]
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Seminar
Sebastian Scherer
SubT Fall Update Webinar Led by CMU’s Robotics Institute faculty members Sebastian Scherer and Matt Travers, as well as OSU’s Geoff Hollinger
We invite you to meet members of the award-winning Team Explorer, the CMU DARPA Subterranean Challenge team, and learn more about this groundbreaking competition. Some of the world's top universities have entered the DARPA Subterranean Challenge, developing technologies to map, navigate, and search underground environments. Led by CMU's Robotics Institute faculty members Sebastian Scherer and Matt [...]
Carnegie Mellon University