Events

Graduated from Computer Science in Cornel University, Christopher Fifty is currently a researcher in Google brain lab.

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talk on 2/13/2021: “Robotics Manipulation” by Professor Matthew Mason from CMU CS department

@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBhPisbPVYI&t=70s

Professor Matthew Mason started in AI at MIT as an undergraduate and specialized in robotics as a grad student.  Since finishing his PhD at MIT he has been a Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Computer Science and Robotics, and was the director of the Robotics Institute for ten years. Since 2014 he has spent part of his time as Chief Scientist at Berkshire Grey.

talk on 3/13/2021: “The Future of AI and Music” by Professor Roger Dannenberg from CMU CS department

Roger Dannenberg is an Emeritus Professor of Computer Science, Art & Music at Carnegie Mellon University, where he also received a Ph.D. in Computer Science. He is internationally known for his research in the field of computer music. His current work includes research on performances integrating computers and live musicians, high-level languages for sound synthesis, and automatic music generation. The SmartMusic system based on his computer accompaniment research is used by music students around the world. He also co-created Audacity, an audio editor used by hundreds of millions.

Prof. Dannenberg is also a trumpet player and composer, having performed in concert halls ranging from the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem to the modern Espace de Projection at IRCAM in Paris.  Dannenberg’s opera, La Mare dels Peixos, co-composed with Jorge Sastre, premiered in 2016, and Dannenberg produced and premiered the English translation, The Mother of Fishes, in 2020.

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Talk on 4/10/2021: “Relevance of AI & Inspirit AI” By Emily Wong, Stanford graduate student

Emily Wong is a junior at Stanford studying Mechanical Engineering and Modern Languages. She was drawn to Artificial Intelligence because of its applications in the environmental field, and have used AI in her research studying direct conversion of methane to methanol through photocatalysis and remote tracking of penguins.

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Talk on 6/27/2021: “Robots that Work With Humans” by Asst. Professor Vaibhav Unhelkar at Rice University

Vaibhav Unhelkar is an assistant professor of computer science at Rice University, where he leads a research group on human-centered artificial intelligence. His contributions have featured in highly selective academic venues and, in collaboration with industry partners, resulted in novel robotic systems. He received his doctorate in autonomous systems from MIT. Before joining Rice, Unhelkar worked as a researcher at X the Moonshot Factory (formerly, Google X).

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Talk on 9/26/2021: “Digitizing Physical Intelligence” by Asst. Professor Srinath Sridhar at Brown University

Srinath Sridhar (http://srinathsridhar.com/) is an assistant professor of computer science at Brown University. His research interests are in 3D computer vision and machine learning. Specifically, he focuses on visual understanding of 3D human physical interactions with applications ranging from robotics to mixed reality and HCI. He has won several fellowships (e.g., Google Research Scholar) and awards (e.g., Eurographics Best Paper Honorable Mention) for his work, and has previously spent time at Stanford, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Microsoft Research Redmond, and Honda Research Institute.

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