Program
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Thomas Rosenbaum | Opening remarks Caltech |
| 9:05 | Larry James | Opening remarks JPL |
| 9:10 | Harry Atwater | Opening remarks EAS |
| 9:15 | Mory Gharib | CAST research overview & intro to the day |
THEME 1 - Part 1 Embedded Autonomy
(Location: Cahill - Hameetman Auditorium)
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 | Aaron Ames | Safe Autonomy for Dynamic Robots |
| 9:45 | Alireza Ramezani | Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot (M4) |
| 9:55 | Peter Renn |
Expecting Turbulence: Fourier Adaptive Learning and Control (FALCON) for Safe Flight |
| 10:00 | Shawn Sheng |
Experimentally Characterizing Atmospheric Effects on 5G/6G and Millimeter-Wave Propagation |
| 10:05 | Preston Culberston |
Real-time risk-sensitive control via generative modeling and stochastic control barrier functions |
| 10:10 | Arash Kalantari | Robotic Inspection of Distillation Towers |
10:15 Break & Poster Sessions (Cahill - South patio)
THEME 1 - Part 2 Embedded Autonomy
(Location: Cahill - Hameetman Auditorium)
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 10:35 |
Joel Burdick |
Pushing Robots into the Wild |
| 10:50 |
Andy Thompson |
Autonomous piloting of ocean robotics to study Southern Ocean heat and carbon uptake |
| 11:00 | Matt Anderson | UAV-Borne Volcanic Gas Sampling |
| 11:05 | Joel Burdick |
Multi-robot autonomous search: the DARPA Subterranean Challenge |
| 11:10 | John Magyar |
Mapping Seagrass Distribution and Health with Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) |
| 11:20 | Alejandro Zavala | Flying into the Unknown: Autonomous Flight in Urban Environments |
11:25 Lunch + Poster Session (Location: Dabney Gardens)
11:55 Lunch Continuation + CAST facilities open (Location: Dabney Gardens)
12:25 Robot Demos (Location: CAST Facilities)
THEME 2 - Part 1 Learning for Autonomy
(Location: Cahill - Hameetman Auditorium)
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | Anima Anandkumar | AI accelerating Science: Neural Operators for Learning on Function Spaces |
| 13:15 | Georgia Gkioxari | The Power of Large Models for Vision Understanding and Beyond |
| 13:25 | Nico Christianson | Robust machine-learned algorithms for efficient grid operation |
| 13:30 | Mickey Leung |
Optimal surface pressure sensor placement for lift prediction of an airfoil subject to gust |
| 13:35 | Houman Owhadi & Pau Batlle |
System identification with computational Graph Completion and optimization-based confidence intervals with frequentist guarantees. |
13:40 Break & Poster Session (Location: Cahill - South patio)
THEME 2 - Part 2 Learning for Autonomy
(Location: Cahill - Hameetman Auditorium)
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Yisong Yue | Neurosymbolic Modeling: A Hybrid AI Paradigm for Reliable and Flexible Autonomy |
| 14:15 | Zihui (Ray) Wu | Learning Acquisition Strategies for Accelerated MRI |
| 14:25 | Roni Goldshmid | Sensing the wind using computer vision and vegetation |
| 14:30 | Berthy Feng | Data-Driven Priors for Scientific Imaging |
| 14:35 | Ryan Cosner |
Safety for uncertain robotic systems: a control barrier function approach |
| 14:40 | Michelle Effros | Data Gathering and Communications for Distributed Agents |
14:45 Break & Poster Session (Location: Cahill - South patio)
THEME 3 Autonomy for Space Exploration
(Location: Cahill - Hameetman Auditorium)
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Issa Nesnas | Autonomy for Space Applications |
| 15:15 | Jimmy Ragan | Data Driven Fault Detection and Isolation of Networked Autonomous Spacecraft |
| 15:25 | Michel Ingham | Deep-space Robotic Explorer and V&V Strategies and Test Synthesis for Autonomous Space Missions |
| 15:35 | Scott C. Livingston | Test Synthesis Techniques for Autonomous Space Missions |
| 15:40 | Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay |
Safe Coordinated Orbits for Multi-spacecraft Proximity Operations around Unknown Small Body |
| 15:45 | Marcel Veismann | Mid-air Autonomous Helicopter Deployment |
| 15:50 | Martin Feather | Fault Detection and Handling for Planetary Surface Sampling |
| 15:55 | Aaron Ames | Closing remarks & invitation to reception |
16:15 Welcoming - Reception at the Athenaeum
16:15 Dave Tirrell - Opening celebration
16:20 Mory Gharib - Welcome & summary CAST activity
16:30 Reception - Celebration of CAST 6th year anniversary
18:00 End of the day