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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 22 Apr '21

22 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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AI alignment reading group: Robust Agent-Agnostic Processes
by Turner, Alex 14 Apr '21

14 Apr '21

This Friday, we'll discuss "What Multipolar Failure Looks Like, and Robust Agent-Agnostic Processes": "In multi-agent systems, robust processes can emerge that are not particularly sensitive to which agents carry out which parts of the process. I call these processes Robust Agent-Agnostic Processes (RAAPs), and claim that there are at least a few bad RAAPs that could pose existential threats to humanity as automation and AI capabilities improve. Wars and economies are categories of RAAPs that I consider relatively “obvious” to think about, however there may be a much richer space of AI-enabled RAAPs that could yield existential threats or benefits to humanity. Hence, directing more x-risk-oriented AI research attention toward understanding RAAPs and how to make them safe to humanity seems prudent and perhaps necessary to ensure the existential safety of AI technology. Since researchers in multi-agent systems and multi-agent RL already think about RAAPs implicitly, these areas present a promising space for x-risk oriented AI researchers to begin thinking about and learning from." Post: https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/LpM3EAakwYdS6aRKf/what-multipolar-fail… Summary in the Alignment Newsletter: https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/AwxBGFy59DYDk4ooe/an-146-plausible-sto… We'll meet Friday at 1. https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/2739792686?pwd=VkRUeHJkYnhvTzlvZzR6YnZWNERKQT… Alex Turner

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[CoRIS-List] Starting Now: Amanda Prorok
by Hatton, Ross 09 Apr '21

09 Apr '21

Hi All, Our first seminar of the term is starting now: Amanda Prorok (Cambridge University), "Learning to Communicate in Multi-Agent Systems" 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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AI alignment reading group: Adversarial Examples Are Not Bugs, They Are Features
by Turner, Alex 07 Apr '21

07 Apr '21

This Friday, we'll be discussing a fun paper about adversarial examples. "Over the past few years, adversarial examples – or inputs that have been slightly perturbed by an adversary to cause unintended behavior in machine learning systems – have received significant attention in the machine learning community. There has been much work on training models that are not vulnerable to adversarial examples... but all this research does not really confront the fundamental question: why do these adversarial examples arise in the first place?" Blog post: https://gradientscience.org/adv/ Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.02175 Summaries of paper and counterpoints: https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/NTwA3J99RPkgmp6jh/an-62-are-adversaria… We'll meet Friday at 1. https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/2739792686?pwd=VkRUeHJkYnhvTzlvZzR6YnZWNERKQT… Alex Turner

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