April 2021 - Ai - Engineering Mailing Lists

[CoRIS-List] Starting Now: Kory Mathewson
by Hatton, Ross 30 Apr '21

30 Apr '21

Hi All, Today's seminar is starting now: Kory Mathewson (DeepMind) Speaker bio: https://korymathewson.com Watch link: *https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/97644079157?pwd=WXRZeEhOR0padXVzb2NkVkVkVEFmZz09 <https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/97644079157?pwd=WXRZeEhOR0padXVzb2NkVkVkVEFmZ…>* --- Title: "Humour-in-the-loop: Spontaneous Storytelling with Interactive Machine Learning" Abstract: Improvisation is the ideal evaluation testbed for collaboration between humans and intelligent machines. In improvised theatre artists perform real-time, dynamic problem solving to collaboratively generate interesting narratives. I co-developed artificial improvisation: improvised theatre performed by humans alongside intelligent machines. I start by presenting the background underlying the art of improvisation and the scientific fields of interactive machine learning and dialogue generation. Then, I present Pyggy, the first experiment on live stage human-machine improvisation, and A.L.Ex., the Artificial Language Experiment, which addresses several critical technical improvements over Pyggy. "Improbotics" is then presented, which details audience evaluation of Turing test-inspired live improvised performance using A.L.Ex. The talk concludes by discussing public reflections on live artificial improvisation performances from around the world and interesting future directions to explore. I also discuss ongoing work at the intersection of intelligent minds both human and machine. --- Pre- and post-seminar Gather space for OSU Robotics attendees (with an integrated link to the main talk) is at https://gather.town/app/HeC6WAB1zL6cKWp5/OSU%20Robotics%20Seminar -Ross =========== Ross L. Hatton Associate Professor, Robotics and Mechanical Engineering Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute Oregon State University coris.oregonstate.edu research.engr.oregonstate.edu/lram/ rosslhatton.com ross.hatton(a)oregonstate.edu

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AI alignment reading group: inaccessible information
by Turner, Alex 29 Apr '21

29 Apr '21

This Friday, we'll discuss "Inaccessible information": "Suppose that I have a great model for predicting “what will Alice say next?” I can evaluate and train this model by checking its predictions against reality, but there may be many facts this model “knows” that I can’t easily access. For example, the model might have a detailed representation of Alice’s thoughts which it uses to predict what Alice will say, *without* being able to directly answer “What is Alice thinking?” In this case, I can only access that knowledge indirectly, e.g. by asking about what Alice would say under different conditions. I’ll call information like “What is Alice thinking?” inaccessible. I think it’s very plausible that AI systems will build up important inaccessible knowledge, and that this may be a central feature of the AI alignment problem." Post: https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/ZyWyAJbedvEgRT2uF/inaccessible-informa… We'll meet Friday at 1. https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/2739792686?pwd=VkRUeHJkYnhvTzlvZzR6YnZWNERKQT…

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[CoRIS-List] Reminder: Friday, 10am: Kory Mathewson
by Hatton, Ross 28 Apr '21

28 Apr '21

Hi All, As a reminder, we have an OSU Robotics Zoom seminar at 10am on Friday April 30: Kory Mathewson (DeepMind) Speaker bio: https://korymathewson.com Watch link: *https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/97644079157?pwd=WXRZeEhOR0padXVzb2NkVkVkVEFmZz09 <https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/97644079157?pwd=WXRZeEhOR0padXVzb2NkVkVkVEFmZ…>* --- Title: "Humour-in-the-loop: Spontaneous Storytelling with Interactive Machine Learning" Abstract: Improvisation is the ideal evaluation testbed for collaboration between humans and intelligent machines. In improvised theatre artists perform real-time, dynamic problem solving to collaboratively generate interesting narratives. I co-developed artificial improvisation: improvised theatre performed by humans alongside intelligent machines. I start by presenting the background underlying the art of improvisation and the scientific fields of interactive machine learning and dialogue generation. Then, I present Pyggy, the first experiment on live stage human-machine improvisation, and A.L.Ex., the Artificial Language Experiment, which addresses several critical technical improvements over Pyggy. "Improbotics" is then presented, which details audience evaluation of Turing test-inspired live improvised performance using A.L.Ex. The talk concludes by discussing public reflections on live artificial improvisation performances from around the world and interesting future directions to explore. I also discuss ongoing work at the intersection of intelligent minds both human and machine. --- Pre- and post-seminar Gather space for OSU Robotics attendees (with an integrated link to the main talk) is at https://gather.town/app/HeC6WAB1zL6cKWp5/OSU%20Robotics%20Seminar -Ross =========== Ross L. Hatton Associate Professor, Robotics and Mechanical Engineering Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute Oregon State University coris.oregonstate.edu research.engr.oregonstate.edu/lram/ rosslhatton.com ross.hatton(a)oregonstate.edu

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OSU AI Seminar - April 28th 2021 | J. Andrew (Drew) Bagnell - Aurora.tech/CMU
by Patravali, Jay Sanjay 28 Apr '21

28 Apr '21

Dear All, Our first seminar for this spring term will be by Prof. J. Andrew (Drew) Bagnell from Aurora.tech/Carnegie Mellon University. He will be presenting *"*Machine Learning, Games, and the Aurora Driver*"* on *Wednesday 4/28 from 1.00-2.00PM PT.* Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/eeapzpxk Please find attached the poster flyer for more information. *Title*: Machine Learning, Games, and the Aurora Driver *Abstract*: In this talk, I’ll explore the power of a game-theoretic viewpoint in self-driving and in machine learning. We’ll begin by considering the application of machine learning to Aurora’s advanced self-driving system in perception, forecasting and decision-making. We’ll discuss particularly complexities that arise from multi-actor interaction. We will then explore the, perhaps surprising, role a game-theoretic view can take in developing algorithms for learning to make decisions. *Bio*: J. Andrew (Drew) Bagnell is Chief Scientist and co-founder of Aurora (aurora.tech) where he works to develop self-driving vehicles. He also serves as Consulting Professor at CMU’s Robotics Institute and Machine Learning Department. He has worked for two decades at the intersection of ML and robotics in industrial and academic roles. Bagnell’s group has received over a dozen research awards for publications in both the robotics and ML communities including best paper awards at ICML, RSS, and ICRA. He received the 2016 Ryan Award, CMU’s award for Meritorious Teaching, and served as the founding director of the Robotics Institute Summer Scholars program, a research experience that has enabled hundreds of undergraduates throughout the world to leap into robotics research. Please plan on attending! Thanks, Jay Patravali Graduate Student, CoRIS-EECS. Oregon State University ---- AI Seminar Important Reminders: -> The AI Seminar has a strict "no electronics" and "no recordings" policy. -> For graduate students in the AI program, attendance is strongly encouraged.

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OSU AI Seminar - **Today** 1PM | J. Andrew (Drew) Bagnell - Aurora.tech/CMU
by Patravali, Jay Sanjay 28 Apr '21

28 Apr '21

Dear All, A gentle reminder for our first seminar this spring term by Prof. J. Andrew (Drew) Bagnell from Aurora.tech/Carnegie Mellon University. He will be presenting *"*Machine Learning, Games, and the Aurora Driver*"* on *Today 4/28 from 1.00-2.00PM PT.* Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/eeapzpxk Please find attached the poster flyer for more information. *Title*: Machine Learning, Games, and the Aurora Driver *Abstract*: In this talk, I’ll explore the power of a game-theoretic viewpoint in self-driving and in machine learning. We’ll begin by considering the application of machine learning to Aurora’s advanced self-driving system in perception, forecasting and decision-making. We’ll discuss particularly complexities that arise from multi-actor interaction. We will then explore the, perhaps surprising, role a game-theoretic view can take in developing algorithms for learning to make decisions. *Bio*: J. Andrew (Drew) Bagnell is Chief Scientist and co-founder of Aurora (aurora.tech) where he works to develop self-driving vehicles. He also serves as Consulting Professor at CMU’s Robotics Institute and Machine Learning Department. He has worked for two decades at the intersection of ML and robotics in industrial and academic roles. Bagnell’s group has received over a dozen research awards for publications in both the robotics and ML communities including best paper awards at ICML, RSS, and ICRA. He received the 2016 Ryan Award, CMU’s award for Meritorious Teaching, and served as the founding director of the Robotics Institute Summer Scholars program, a research experience that has enabled hundreds of undergraduates throughout the world to leap into robotics research. Please plan on attending! Thanks, Jay Patravali Graduate Student, CoRIS-EECS. Oregon State University ---- AI Seminar Important Reminders: -> The AI Seminar has a strict "no electronics" and "no recordings" policy. -> For graduate students in the AI program, attendance is strongly encouraged.

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[CoRIS-List] Starting Now: Koushil Sreenath
by Hatton, Ross 23 Apr '21

23 Apr '21

Hi All, Today's seminar is starting now: Koushil Sreenath (UC Berkeley) Speaker bio: https://roboticstoday.github.io/ Watch link: https://roboticstoday.github.io/watch.html Pre- and post-seminar Gather space for OSU Robotics attendees (with an integrated link to the main talk) is at https://gather.town/app/HeC6WAB1zL6cKWp5/OSU%20Robotics%20Seminar -Ross =========== Ross L. Hatton Associate Professor, Robotics and Mechanical Engineering Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute Oregon State University coris.oregonstate.edu research.engr.oregonstate.edu/lram/ rosslhatton.com ross.hatton(a)oregonstate.edu

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Meeting topic for April 23
by Quintin Pope 23 Apr '21

23 Apr '21

Hello everyone, This Friday, we’ll be discussing content from the “Circuits” thread on distill.pub: https://distill.pub/2020/circuits/ This is a series posts on reverse engineering the internal structure of vision nets by looking at the weights and features such networks learn. We’ll particularly focus on the “Branch Specialization” post: https://distill.pub/2020/circuits/branch-specialization/, which discusses how different network regions can specialize in different sorts of tasks. Neither Neale nor Alex will be at the meeting (one reason why the meeting topic went out so late). We’ll still be meeting at 1 PM and use the normal meeting room: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/2739792686?pwd=VkRUeHJkYnhvTzlvZzR6YnZWNERKQT… (I’ll send an email with a new room if this doesn’t work) Best, Quintin

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[CoRIS-List] Reminder: Friday Noon: Koushil Sreenath
by Hatton, Ross 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

Hi All, As a reminder, we have a Robotics Today broadcast seminar at noon on Friday: Koushil Sreenath (UC Berkeley) Speaker bio: https://roboticstoday.github.io/ Watch link: https://roboticstoday.github.io/watch.html Pre- and post-seminar Gather space for OSU Robotics attendees (with an integrated link to the main talk) is at https://gather.town/app/HeC6WAB1zL6cKWp5/OSU%20Robotics%20Seminar -Ross =========== Ross L. Hatton Associate Professor, Robotics and Mechanical Engineering Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute Oregon State University coris.oregonstate.edu research.engr.oregonstate.edu/lram/ rosslhatton.com ross.hatton(a)oregonstate.edu

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FW: AI candidate Huazheng Wang-Thursday, April 15
by Slater, Michael 15 Apr '21

15 Apr '21

A reminder that we have an AI faculty talk now, link below. From: eecs-grads <eecs-grads-bounces(a)engr.orst.edu> On Behalf Of Amador, Janet Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 8:31 PM To: Eecs-grads(a)ENGR.ORST.EDU Subject: [eecs-grads] AI candidate Huazheng Wang-Thursday, April 15 All, Please join Huazheng Wang (AI) for his talk titled: " Learning by Exploration with Information Advantage. The talk will be at 12pm. The zoom link is: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/96961185129?pwd=U3BoZ0lnWXlqV2x1TVcvTW8wVUpxU… Janet Janet Amador, MA Assistant to the School Head School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Oregon State University | 1148 Kelley Engineering Center (541)-737-1747 Janet.Amador(a)oregonstate.edu<mailto:Janet.Amador@oregonstate.edu> EECS Calendar: https://eecs.oregonstate.edu/eecs-calendar Detailed calendar : https://oregonstate.box.com/s/8ea6e5zmejdisejlos68t9c6ajc9zo4z

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AI Seminar in the Spring term
by Fuxin Li 14 Apr '21

14 Apr '21

Dear all, We have our schedule fully set for the spring term AI seminars. We will have a great lineup: 4/28 Drew Bagnell from CMU 5/5 Dale Schuurmans from University of Alberta 5/19 Stephen Ramsey from Oregon State University 6/2 Jiajun Wu from Stanford The times are still Wednesday 1PM. Hope you would be able to attend! Fuxin -- Fuxin Li Assistant Professor School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331 email: lif(a)oregonstate.edu web: http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~lif/

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