Spring 2012
7/3/2012
Prof. Don Shimamoto, Swarthmore College
The Topology of Configuration Spaces of Polygons in the Plane
5/8/2012
Prof. Frank Dellaert, Georgia Tech
Factor Graphs, Bayes Trees, and Preconditioning for SLAM and SFM
4/27/2012
Dr. Joan Walker, University of California, Berkeley “Experiments and Modeling to Study Technologies Aimed at Behavior Change”
4/18/2012
Dr. Edgar Lobaton, North Carolina State University
DCO Seminar
4/12/2012
Professor Richard Murray, California Institute of Technology
DCO Seminar
4/11/2012
Whitney Tabor, University of Connecticut, Psychology and Cognitive Science, Haskins Laboratories DCO Special Seminar
4/4/2012
Dr. Bruce Francis, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
DCO Seminar
3/14/2012
Prof. Randall Berry, Northwestern University
DCO Seminar
2/22/2012
Professor Calin Belta, Boston University
“Temporal Logic Analysis and Control for Dynamical Systems”
1/27/2012
Erik Johannesson, Lund University, Sweden (Dept. of Automatic Control)
“Control and Communication with Signal-to-Noise Ratio Constraints”
1/25/2012
Professor Soon-Jo Chung, Aerospace Engineering, UIUC
“Control Challenges of Realizing a Soft-Winged Aerial Robot that Can Fly like a Bat”
Fall 2011
12/7/2011
Enric Xargay, PhD Candidate in the Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, UIUC
“Time-Critical Cooperative Path-Following Control of Multiple Autonomous Vehicles”
11/16/2011
Prof. Dan Work
“Traffic Monitoring Using GPS Enabled Smartphones”
11/15/2011
Professor Peter Imkeller, Humboldt University, Berlin
“Large Deviations and Stochastic Resonance”
11/2/2011
Professor Randy Freeman, Northwestern University
“Decentralized Filters for the Robust Averaging of Time-Varying Signals in Mobile Sensor Networks”
11/1/2011
Professor Peter Imkeller, Humboldt University, Berlin
“Large Deviations and Stochastic Resonance”
10/25/2011
Professor Peter Imkeller, Humboldt University, Berlin
Large Deviations and Stochastic Resonance
10/19/2011
Dan Abrams, Northwestern University
“Competitions in Social Systems: Mathematical Models of Religious Affiliation”