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Second USC/VSoE Symposium on the Futures of Robotics
Tue, Apr 15, 2014 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Multiple, Multiple
Talk Title: Second USC / VSoE Symposium on the Futures of Robotics
Series: CS Symposium Series
Abstract: The second USC Symposium on the Futures of Robotics will be held on the USC campus (Davidson Conference Center [DCC] Club Suite AB) on April 15, 2014. The academic community is cordially invited. No registration is necessary.
The symposium is a day long set of talks by young- to mid-career roboticists breaking new ground in emerging areas in robotics and related fields.
This event will be held on:
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
9:00am - 5:00pm
Agenda
08:30 - 09:00 Breakfast and Greetings
09:00 - 09:10 Gaurav Sukhatme, Maja Matarić, Stefan Schaal, Nora Ayanian - Welcoming remarks
09:15 - 09:50 Andrea Thomaz, Georgia Institute of Technology
- "Social Robot Learning"
09:55 - 10:30 Julie Shah, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- "Integrating Robots into Team-Oriented Environments"
10:35 - 10:50 Break
10:55 - 11:30 Stephanie Gil, CSAIL, MIT
- "Adaptive Communication Networks for Heterogeneous Teams of Robots"
11:35 - 12:10 M. Ani Hsieh, Drexel University
- "Control and Coordination of Robot Teams in Geophysical Flows: Exploiting the Environment for Prolonged Autonomy"
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch - University Club [By Invitation Only]
13:35 - 14:10 Cynthia Sung, CSAIL, MIT
- "Geometric Design of Print-and-Fold Robots via Composition"
14:15 - 14:50 Sonia Chernova, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- "Crowds and Robots: Enabling Robots to Learn from Everyday People"
14:55 - 15:10 Break
15:15 - 15:55 Brenna Argall, Northwestern University
- "Turning Assistive Machines into Assistive Robots"
15:55 - 16:30 Anca Dragan, Carnegie Mellon University
- "A Mathematical Formalism for Legible Robot Motion"
16:35 - 16:40 Walk to labs
16:40 - 18:00 USC Robotics labs tours [Ronald Tutor Hall, 4th Floor]
18:00 - 18:30 Travel to dinner
18:30 - 22:00 Dinner (by Invitation only)
Perch [448 S Hill St, Los Angeles, CA, 90013, 213-802-1770]
Event Location
The Davidson Continuing Education Conference Center
University of Southern California, 3415 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0871
Contact Us
Jacob Beal
Event Coordinator
jbeal@usc.edu
213-740-4498
Biography: More details, lecture abstracts and biographies can be found at the dedicated page here.
Host: Gaurav Sukhatme
More Info: http://www.cs.usc.edu/research/2nd-usc-symposium-futures-of-robotics.htm
More Information: ROBOTICS_Fullsheet.jpg
Location: Charlotte S. & Davre R. Davidson Continuing Education Conference Center (DCC) - Club AB
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
Event Link: http://www.cs.usc.edu/research/2nd-usc-symposium-futures-of-robotics.htm
