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Robotics Institute Seminar Schedule, Fall 2007
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Seminar Calendar

 

Information on the speaker can be viewed by clicking on the title of the seminar.

The abstract, video, and the presentation, when available, are also accessible by clicking on the title of the seminar.

The schedule, titles, and abstracts from earlier in this semester can be found in the archives.

 

RI Seminar Vodcasts can be found here: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~robocast/

 

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Host

Video

Sept 7

 

Haptic Interaction through Lorentz Magnetic Levitation: a Personal Journey

Ralph Hollis

Carnegie Mellon University

Alexei Efros

 

Sept 11

(Tuesday-

Special seminar

NSH 3305,

4:00 pm)

Audiovision, Abstract Communication and Interactive Art

Golan Levin

Carnegie Mellon University

Roger B. Dannenberg

 

Sept 14

 

Seminar Cancelled

 

 

 

 

Sept 21

Slipping the Surly Bonds of Earth:  Intelligent Navigation and Collaboration for Air Vehicles

Sanjiv Singh

Carnegie Mellon University

 

 

Sept 28

From Images to Insights.

Wojciech Matusik

Adobe Systems

Srinivas Narasimhan

 

Oct 5

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 12

 

George Kantor and Marcel Bergerman

Carnegie Mellon University

 

 

Oct 19

Mid semester break / No classes

 

 

 

 

Oct 26

 

Paul Debevec

University of Southern California

Alexei Efros

 

Nov 2

 

Kevin Pelphrey

Carnegie Mellon University

Jessica Hodgins

 

Nov 9

 

Robert Howe

Harvard University

Metin Sitti

 

Nov 16

 

Vytas Sun Spiral

 

John Dolan

 

Nov 23

Thanksgiving Holiday / No classes

 

 

 

 

Nov 30

 

Dieter Fox

University of Washington

Drew Bagnell

 

Dec 7

 

Daniel Huttenlocher

Cornell University

Alexei Efros

 

Dec 14

Finals / No classess

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

General Information

Seminars are held every Friday in 1305 Newell-Simon Hall, unless otherwise noted on the calendar or abstract. Seminars begin at 3:30pm, and refreshments are served starting at 3:15pm. Feel free to arrive early to get the first shot at the cookies and talk to your colleagues; please try not to leave during a seminar in deference to the speaker.

If you would like to arrange a meeting with a speaker, please contact the speaker if they are from CMU, or their host, listed on the calendar, if they are from outside of the University.

Previous Seminars

Abstracts from earlier this semester, as well as Seminar calendars and abstracts back to the Fall of 1993 can be found in the Robotics Institute Seminar Archive.

Seminar Committee

For technical issues and final scheduling commitments, as well as opinions or suggestions on speakers and seminar topics, please contact Alexei Efros by e-mail at efros@cs.cmu.edu, or by phone at (412) 268-1234.

Alexei Efros, seminar co-chair

Paul Rybski, seminar co-chair
Eakta Jain, electronic publicity
Michael Dille, real-world publicity

Peggy Martin, speaker relations

efros@cs.cmu.edu, prybski@cs.cmu.edu
ejain@andrew.cmu.edu

mmdille3@andrew.cmu.edu

mpm1e@andrew.cmu.edu

           

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