2010 Organick Lecture Series
- Monday, March 15, 2010
- Refreshments 3:20 p.m.
- Lecture 3:40 p.m.
- 1250 Warnock Engineering Building
Title: Self-Supervised Learning from Very Large Image Data Sets
Abstract: This talk will discuss the idea of learning from very large image data sets. The speaker was involved in building up one of the largest photographic image datasets in existence, which feeds into Google Street View. A key problem when learning in datasets of this size pertains to the difficulty to label objects in images. Semi-supervised learning uses a range of tricks to infer labels automatically without the need for a human to stare at every image. The speaker will discuss the application of this idea to problems in robotic control, feature extracting from images, and rudimentary object detection.
- Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- Lecture 7:30 p.m.
- 104 Lower Warnock Engineering Building
- Reception to follow
Title:Reinventing the Automobile
Abstract: Cars kill over a million people every year. The speaker will report on progress to make cars safer, more convenient, and more efficient (gas, space, utilization), through robotic technology. Building on AI advances that led the Stanford Racing Team to victory in the DARPA Grand Challenge and second place finish in the Urban Challenge, Stanford has developed advanced mapping, localization, car tracking, control, and planning methods, which enable cars to navigate in dense urban and highway environments. The speaker will survey the latest research in this area, and speculate about possible ways to get this technology into every car.
BIO: Sebastian Thrun is a professor of computer science and electrical engineering at Stanford, where he directs the Stanford AI Lab. Thrun is a fellow of the AAAI, ECCAI, WTN, and member of the National Academy of Engineering and the German Academy of Sciences. Popular Science included Thrun in their "Brilliant Ten," Forbes Magazine as one of seven "E-Gang" members, Scientific American in their list of 50 world technology and policy leaders. Thrun's team won first place in the DARPA Grand Challenge and second place in the Urban Challenge. Wired Magazine awarded Thrun's robot Stanley the top spot in the most influential robots of all times. Thrun also serves as a Principal Engineer at Google where he was instrumental in the creation of Street View. Finally, he is a senior advisor to Charles River Ventures, and early stage venture capital firm.
Contact
- Chris Coleman
- 801.581.8580
- coleman@cs.utah.edu
