Seminar

*This seminar will be held in-person in Raisler Lounge as well as virtually via Zoom. ABSTRACT Computer vision has transformed from simple edge detection in the 1980s to modern generative models that generate uncannily realistic images: objects are in sensible places, lighting seems realistic, and textures appear accurate. But how do they achieve this understanding […]

This will be a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance on Zoom. ABSTRACT This talk describes investigations into the nature of robot–environment interaction and "niche fit" through the lens of state (or memory) minimization. The idea is that by limiting what a robot can store, much like so-called bottleneck methods, […]

This will be a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance on Zoom. ABSTRACT As robots become more and more prevalent, both in the workplace and outside it, they will have greater access to the details of our lives. Sensors used by these robots to make intelligent decisions about what […]