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students, please go through
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General
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- Lab blog:
browse our blog to see what papers/topics we have
studied/discussed.
- My
web page: get our latest news, publications and
demo videos, .
- We offer two advanced robotics courses:
- Fall semester: Robot Perception and Learning
- Spring semester: Advanced Mobile Robotics
- Read the following articles about doing research.
- Marie desJardins, How to Succeed
In Graduate School [link]
[ps]
- David Patterson, How to Have a Bad Career in
Research/Academia [link]
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Research
Themes
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Perception
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- Simultaneous
Localization, Mapping and Moving
Object Tracking
(SLAMMOT)
- Cooperative Machine Perception
- From SLAMMOT to Higher Level Perception
- Action, Interaction, Activity and
Intention Recognition
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Learning
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- Reinforcement Learning
- Imitation Learning
- Graphical Models
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Integration and Applications
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- Perception and Action under Uncertainty
- Partially Observable Markov Decision
Processes (POMDP)
- RoboCup Standard Platform League (SPL)
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
- Personal Robots
- Human Robot Interaction (HRI)
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Sensors
and Robotic Systems
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- Sensors for 4D Machine Perception
- Mobile Platforms
- Mobile Manipulation
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FAQ
for
prospective students
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- Q: Do I need to know a lot about hardware to do
robotics
research?
- No. The hardware capability for robotics is mostly
existing, the issue now is getting the software right.
You will learn
and get what you need in terms of hardware after
joining the lab and
attending the robotics courses.
- Q: Do I need mathematics knowledge to do robotics
research?
- Yes. We can not conduct solid robotics
research
without mathematics. It is likely that you do not have
such knowledge
in the beginning. You must be able to learn these
materials by
yourselves.
- Q: Do I need to have hands-on experience with software
development?
- Yes. We build real robots and demonstrate our theory
and
systems with our robots in the real world. Programming
ability is
critical.
- Q: I am a master student. Am I guaranteed to graduate
in
two years?
- Of course not. Hao-Hsueh (Gary) Wang got his master
degree in 1.5 years. Some students took more than two
years.
- Below are the important dates for
preparing/holding the oral exam. Let D
be your planned defense date.
- 4 weeks before D:
You
have to complete and send the
thesis draft to the advisor. The draft will be
reviewed/examined
carefully.
- 3 weeks before D:
If
the thesis draft
is satisfactory, the oral exam can be held. The
thesis committee
members will be organized and the schedule of the
oral exam will be
confirmed.
- 1 weeks before D:
You
have to send the
thesis to the committee members.
- D: You do
your
best to defense your work. The thesis committee will
decide if your
thesis work and defense talk are satisfactory
or not.
- For having high quality thesis and defense, these
deadlines are firm.
- Q: Can I prepare my thesis in Chinese?
- No. You must prepare your thesis and papers in
English.
- Q: Is the email communication within the lab in
English?
- Q: Will I get financial support if joining the group?
- In general, yes. This also depends on your
performance
and contributions.
- Q: I would like to audit your lab meeting. Is it okay?
- Sure. We will add you to the email list in case that
the
schedule or place of the lab meeting changes.
- Q: I would like to borrow your robots/sensors for my
own
study/research. Is it okay?
- In general, yes. Feel free to contact me for more
information.
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by
Chieh-Chih (Bob)
Wang
Created:
Aug. 3, 2007
Modified:
March 9, 2008
Last Modified: March 18, 2012
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