ACFR Papers and Keynote at ICRA 2022
Check out our latest work! ACFR researchers will be presenting the following papers and keynote at the flagship robotics conference IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2022), to be held in Philadelphia May 23 – 27: Radar-based Materials Classification Using Deep Wavelet Scattering Transform: A Comparison of Centimetre vs. Millimetre Wave Units Rami …
Seminar: Dental Robotics: Setup, Visualisation Model and Basic Cleaning Dental Techniques, 17th February, 1pm
When: Thursday 17th of February, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be partially presented at the Rose Street Seminar area (J04) and partially online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Evie Deaker Title: Dental Robotics: Setup, Visualisation Model and Basic Cleaning Dental Techniques Abstract: Access to dental services is a worldwide challenge, particularly in the presence …
Seminar: Training with Few Annotations: Active Self-Semi-Supervised Learning, 10th February, 1pm
When: Thursday 10th of February, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Ziting Wen Title: Training with Few Annotations: Active Self-Semi-Supervised Learning Abstract: Part of the power of deep learning comes from massive amounts of labeled data. However, the expensive annotation cost hinders their application in professional fields, …
Jobs: Fully Funded PhD Position in Underwater Robotic Imaging
SIRIS/ACFR’s Robotic Imaging Lab has a fully funded PhD position open in underwater robotic imaging, in partnership with Hullbot. Applications due Jan 23, 2022, details at the link below. The project aims to develop new visual sensing approaches to enable next-generation performance in deployed underwater systems. The work will focus on sensing for a cutting-edge …
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 …