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Sunday, November 17, 2024
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Monday, November 18, 2024
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November 18, 2024 -Fall 2024 GRASP Seminar: Yunzhu Li, Columbia University, “Foundation Models for Robotic Manipulation: Opportunities and Challenges”
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November 18, 2024ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Learning-based Model Predictive Control for Aerial Vehicles”
Fall 2024 GRASP Seminar: Yunzhu Li, Columbia University, “Foundation Models for Robotic Manipulation: Opportunities and Challenges”
*This seminar will be held in-person in Levine 307 as well as virtually via Zoom. ABSTRACT Foundation models, such as GPT-4 Vision, have marked significant achievements in the fields of natural language and vision, demonstrating exceptional abilities to adapt to new tasks and scenarios. However, physical interaction—such as cooking, cleaning, or caregiving—remains a frontier where foundation […]
ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Learning-based Model Predictive Control for Aerial Vehicles”
Learning-based model predictive control (MPC) is an increasingly prominent control paradigm in recent years. One primary approach in learning-based MPC is to leverage machine or deep learning tools to construct accurate dynamics models. These models are then deployed into optimization-based control schemes. Although these frameworks can potentially provide significant performance improvements, a number of key […]
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
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November 19, 2024 -MEAM Seminar: “Can Materials From the 1930’s Really Revolutionize Battery Manufacturing?”
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November 19, 2024 -ESE Fall Seminar – “Non-Parametric Analysis of Dynamical Systems: From Recurrent Sets to Generalized Lyapunov and Barrier Conditions”
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November 19, 2024 -CIS Seminar: ” Just Infrastructures”
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November 19, 2024 -CIS Seminar: “Just Infrastructures”
MEAM Seminar: “Can Materials From the 1930’s Really Revolutionize Battery Manufacturing?”
Fluorinated polymers offer a plethora of unique and sometimes perplexing properties. One of the most interesting is the ability for specific types of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to undergo room-temperature, sheer-induced, structural transformations leading “unwinding” of crystallites and the formation of nano-scale fibers. This process is commonly referred to as “fibrillation”. The material properties required for this […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Non-Parametric Analysis of Dynamical Systems: From Recurrent Sets to Generalized Lyapunov and Barrier Conditions”
This talk presents novel non-parametric methods for analyzing dynamical systems using solely trajectory data. Our critical insight is to replace the notion of invariance, a core concept in Lyapunov Theory, with the more relaxed condition of recurrence. Specifically, a set is τ-recurrent if every trajectory that starts within the set returns to it after at […]
CIS Seminar: ” Just Infrastructures”
Sociotechnical systems enable large-scale connection and the dissemination of timely, engaging information. However, these systems are shaped by complex, often invisible governance structures—comprising rules, roles, and relationships—that significantly influence how they operate. Gaining even a basic understanding of these governance structures is key to using them more effectively and deliberately. Yet, many of the millions […]
CIS Seminar: “Just Infrastructures”
Sociotechnical systems enable large-scale connection and the dissemination of timely, engaging information. However, these systems are shaped by complex, often invisible governance structures—comprising rules, roles, and relationships—that significantly influence how they operate. Gaining even a basic understanding of these governance structures is key to using them more effectively and deliberately. Yet, many of the millions […]
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
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November 20, 2024 -ASSET Seminar: “Control with Coarse Measurements: Perception Contracts and Indistinguishable Sets”
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November 20, 2024 -CIS Special Industry Colloquium: “Scaling Paradigms for Large Language Models”
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November 20, 2024 -GRASP Special Panel featuring the 2024 John Scott Award Recipients
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November 20, 2024 -CBE Seminar: “Scalable Access to the Hidden Topologies of Biology” (Albert Keung, North Carolina State University)
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November 20, 2024 -Fall 2024 GRASP SFI: Gioele Zardini, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “Compositional Design of Complex Systems: From Autonomy to Future Mobility”
ASSET Seminar: “Control with Coarse Measurements: Perception Contracts and Indistinguishable Sets”
Abstract: Performance of control systems depend on the nature of available measurements. Perception of edges, keypoints, landmarks and other natural semantic features make certain coarse measurements available to control systems operating in complex environments. This talk explores two problems related to control and estimation with such coarse measurements. First, I will introduce perception contracts—an approach for analyzing visual […]
CIS Special Industry Colloquium: “Scaling Paradigms for Large Language Models”
In this talk I will tell you how scaling has been the engine of progress in AI for the past five years. In the first scaling paradigm, our field scaled large language models by training with more compute on more data. Such scaling led to the success of ChatGPT and other AI chat engines, which were surprisingly capable […]
GRASP Special Panel featuring the 2024 John Scott Award Recipients
This is an in-person event only and is not open to the public. Event Registration and Penncards are required. A link to register for the event will be sent via email. PANEL DISCUSSION Please join us for a panel discussion featuring the 2024 John Scott Award Recipients, Dr. Takeo Kanade (CMU), Dr. Vijay Kumar (Penn), […]
CBE Seminar: “Scalable Access to the Hidden Topologies of Biology” (Albert Keung, North Carolina State University)
Abstract: Biology is characterized by a diversity of phenotypes and functions that outpace the limited molecular diversity encoded in genomes. How this is achieved is a fundamental and enduring mystery of the cell. It is clear that networks defining how biological molecules interact can drive diverse and complex phenotypes, but the intermolecular interactions or edges […]
Fall 2024 GRASP SFI: Gioele Zardini, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “Compositional Design of Complex Systems: From Autonomy to Future Mobility”
This seminar will start at 3:30 PM instead of 3:00. This will be a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance on Zoom. ABSTRACT When designing complex systems, we need to consider multiple trade-offs at various abstraction levels and scales, and choices of single components need to be studied jointly. For […]
Thursday, November 21, 2024
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November 21, 2024 -MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Tribosintering of Metal Oxide Nanocrystals”
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November 21, 2024 -MSE Seminar: “Nano to Mesoscale: Structure, Composition, and Transport Processes in Human Dental Enamel”
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November 21, 2024 -THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED: ESE Fall Seminar – “A changing grid powered by the new generations of power conversion, control, and energy management”
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November 21, 2024 -BE Seminar: “Making Every Penny Count: Copper Conducted Kinase Signaling & Metabolism in Cancer”
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Tribosintering of Metal Oxide Nanocrystals”
Machinery relies on lubrication to regulate friction and wear at contacting interfaces. As lubricants become less viscous to save energy and cost, and as new technologies like electric vehicles operate in harsher conditions, the risk of surface-initiated failure grows. We show that metal oxide nanocrystals (NCs) dispersed in lubricants form protective coatings, or tribofilms, in […]
MSE Seminar: “Nano to Mesoscale: Structure, Composition, and Transport Processes in Human Dental Enamel”
Mineralized tissues are paradigmatic hierarchical materials that reap synergy from structural and compositional gradients at multiple length scales in ways that are challenging to reproduce by conventional means. My laboratory studies the formation, functional properties, and degradation of mineralized tissues. We use model systems ranging from single crystalline endoskeletal elements deposited by single cells to […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED: ESE Fall Seminar – “A changing grid powered by the new generations of power conversion, control, and energy management”
The electric grid is undergoing a transformative paradigm shift, driven by sweeping changes in generation, demand, and energy storage. By 2035, solar PV alone is expected to supply 40% of U.S. electricity, with substantial additional contributions from wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric sources—creating a renewable-dominant energy landscape. Meanwhile, electricity demand is accelerating due to rapid growth […]
BE Seminar: “Making Every Penny Count: Copper Conducted Kinase Signaling & Metabolism in Cancer”
This seminar will be held in Moore 216 and remotely via zoom (check email for zoom link). Light refreshments will be served.
Friday, November 22, 2024
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November 22, 2024 -Fall 2024 GRASP on Robotics: Robert Katzschmann, ETH Zürich, “Building Life-like Robots: From Musculoskeletal Designs to Biohybrid Innovations”
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November 22, 2024 -ESE PhD Thesis Defense: “A Dynamical Systems Perspective on Optimization Algorithms”
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November 22, 2024 -Innovative Approaches in Data-Driven Chemistry and Reaction Optimization
Fall 2024 GRASP on Robotics: Robert Katzschmann, ETH Zürich, “Building Life-like Robots: From Musculoskeletal Designs to Biohybrid Innovations”
This will be a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance on Zoom. ABSTRACT Nature’s musculoskeletal design can inspire both artificial and living robots to create systems that can better interact within our unstructured world. There is value in rethinking how we design and control robots by replacing traditional designs […]
ESE PhD Thesis Defense: “A Dynamical Systems Perspective on Optimization Algorithms”
The intersection of machine learning (ML) and dynamical systems and control (S&C) has become a prominent area of research in recent years. While most work applies ML to S&C problems, this dissertation explores the reverse direction: using S&C tools to address challenges in ML and optimization. This thesis is comprised of three parts: In part […]
Innovative Approaches in Data-Driven Chemistry and Reaction Optimization
Research in the Zahrt group focuses on creating new tools to advance organic synthesis by integrating automation and machine learning workflows to enhance molecular function, reaction efficiency, and sustainability. We develop and use active learning strategies for catalyst design, reaction conditions, and other molecular properties. To accelerate the implementation of these algorithms, we pair them […]
Saturday, November 23, 2024
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