Seminar: Looking under the hood of our vehicle’s navigation system and strategies, 2nd December, 1p
When: Thursday 2nd of December, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Dr Karan Narula Title: Looking under the hood of our vehicle’s navigation system and strategies Abstract: Different navigation strategies are suitable for different types of environments and contexts. This talk showcases the two navigation strategies developed …
Seminar: Adaptive Cross-entropy Method for Open-pit mine planning, 11th November, 1p
When: Thursday 11th of November, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Haonan Zhou Title: Adaptive Cross-entropy Method for Open-pit mine planning Abstract: Mineral deposits are discretised into standardised cuboids in open-pit mine operations, also known as “blocks”. Those blocks undergo extracting, processing, and stockpiling to form blended …
Thesis seminar: A Behavioral Approach to Robust Machine Learning, 4th November, 1p
When: Thursday 4th of November, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Max Revay Title: Thesis presentation: A Behavioral Approach to Robust Machine Learning Abstract: Deep learning has demonstrated impressive results on a variety of problems, however, many of these results have not translated to applications in physical …
Seminar: Informative Benthic AUV Surveys, 28th October, 1p
When: Thursday 28th of October, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Jackson Shields Title: Informative Benthic AUV Surveys Abstract: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are utilised for benthic (seafloor) surveys, where the vehicle collects optical imagery of near the seafloor. Due to the small-sensor footprint of the cameras …
Seminar: A sensor fusion approach to domain adaptation in 3D object detection, 21st October, 1p
When: Thursday 21st of October, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Darren Tsai Title: A sensor fusion approach to domain adaptation in 3D object detection Abstract: 3D object detection is an active field of research that has recently found great success in LiDAR-only methods. An issue that …
Seminar: An Introduction to Trajectory Optimisation for Underactuated Systems with Bilevel Programming, 14th October, 1p
When: Thursday 14th of October, 1pm AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Damian Abood Title: An Introduction to Trajectory Optimisation for Underactuated Systems with Bilevel Programming Abstract: Planning and control of underactuated systems remains an interesting and ongoing research area within the robotics and control communities. Dogs, birds …
Seminar: Christopher Jansen presenting on Designing offshore facilities for robotic operations and maintenance, 7th October, 1 pm
When: Thursday 7th of October, 1 pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Christopher Jansen (Worley) Title: Designing offshore facilities for robotic operations and maintenance Abstract: Robotics and drones reduce the dependency on people to work in remote and hazardous environments. They offer a more efficient and sustainable …
Seminar: Thesis presentation: Risk Minimization for Spreading Processes over Networks via Surveillance Scheduling and Sparse Control, 28th September, 4p
When: Tuesday 28th of September, 4pm AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Vera Somers Title: Thesis presentation: Risk Minimization for Spreading Processes over Networks via Surveillance Scheduling and Sparse Control Abstract: Epidemics, computer viruses and bushfires can all be thought of as spreading processes in which an initial …
Seminar: Calibration of USBL transceiver pose with a moving target, 23rd September, 1p
When: Thursday 23rd of September, 1pm AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Dr Lachlan Toohey Title: Calibration of USBL transceiver pose with a moving target Abstract: Replicating the innate human ability to walk and run in a range of environments has been an area of interest in the …
Seminar: Prof. Sylvain Gigan presenting Optics for Artificial Intelligence: a tutorial, 16th September, 4 pm
When: Thursday 16th of September, 4 pm AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Prof. Sylvain Gigan (Sorbonne Université in Paris) Title: Optics for Artificial Intelligence: a tutorial Abstract: Optical computing has so far not fulfilled its promise and has remained relatively confidential. The emergence of AI, based on …