{"591771":{"#nid":"591771","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Robotics Mini Course by IRIM Visiting Faculty Fellow\u2013Gregory Chirikjian","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIRIM\u0026rsquo;s first Visiting Faculty Fellow Gregory Chirikjian presents a mini course on Stochastic Methods for Robotics.\u0026nbsp;The course will include eight, two-hour, sessions, all held in\u0026nbsp;various locations from 1:00\u0026ndash;3:00 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocations Week 1 (June 12-15): \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nM, W\u0026mdash;Howey (Physics) Building, Room L3\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nT\u0026mdash;TSRB, Room 132\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTh\u0026mdash;TSRB, Auditorium\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;M\u0026ndash;Th\u0026mdash;1:00-3:00 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocations Week 2 (June 19-22): \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nM, W\u0026mdash;Howey (Physics) Building, Room L3\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nT\u0026mdash;Howey (Physics) Building, Room L5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTh\u0026mdash;Marcus (Nano) Building, Room 1116\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;M\u0026ndash;Th\u0026mdash;1:00-3:00 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECourse Details\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EMini Course: Stochastic Methods for Robotics\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInstructor:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Gregory S. Chirikjian, Johns Hopkins University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EReading Materials:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Slides for lectures will be distributed. Additionally, two books by the instructor may be consulted for greater detail:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u0026ldquo;Stochastic Models, Information Theory, and Lie Groups, Vols. 1+2\u0026#39;\u0026#39; Birkhauser, 2009, 2012\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cem\u003E(Available as PDF from the Georgia Tech Library).\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u0026ldquo;Harmonic Analysis for Engineers and Applied Scientists\u0026#39;\u0026#39;, Dover, 2016\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cem\u003E(Available from Amazon for\u0026nbsp;~$25.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEach lecture is a two-hour session with a 10-minute break in the middle.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EWeek 1 (June 12-15)\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELecture 1 (June 12):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Introduction and Overview of Problem Domains\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Fourier Analysis on the Real Line and on the Circle\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; The Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) and FFT\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Applications to Template Matching\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELecture 2 (June 13):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Basics of Probability, Statistics and Information Theory\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Properties of Gaussian Distributions and their Generalizations\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Definitions and Concepts of Information Theory\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Applications to Classical\u0026nbsp;State Estimation\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELecture 3 (June 14):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Numerical Methods for Sampling from a Given Distribution\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Stochastic Differential Equations in Euclidean Space\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Fokker-Planck Equations\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Applications to Particle Filtering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELecture 4 (June 15):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Kinematics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Geometry of Curves, Surfaces and Manifolds\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Stochastic Differential Equations on Curved Spaces\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Applications in Robotics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EWeek 2 (June 19-22)\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELecture 5 (June 19):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; What is a Lie Group?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Fourier Analysis on Groups\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Gaussian Distributions on Groups\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Applications to Hand-Eye Calibration\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELecture 6 (June 20):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Applications in Mobile Robotics (Parameterizing the Banana Distribution)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Applications to Manipulators (Workspace Density and Path of Probability)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Applications in Kinematic Needle Steering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull;\u0026nbsp; Orientation Estimation and Filtering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELecture 7 (June 21):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Some Robot Motion Planning Problems\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Integral Geometry and Geometric Probability\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Minkowski Sums of Ellipsoids\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Parts Entropy and the Design of Self-Replicating Robots\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELecture 8 (June 22):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Global Optimality in Variation Calculus\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Optimal Curve Reparameterization for Snake Robots\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Applications in Action Recognition\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; Applications in Molecular Biophysics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInstructor Bio\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGregory S. Chirikjian received undergraduate degrees from Johns Hopkins University in 1988, and a Ph.D. degree from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, in 1992.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 1992, he has served on the faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, attaining the rank of full professor in 2001. Additionally, from 2004-2007, he served as department chair.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChirikjian\u0026rsquo;s research interests include robotics, applications of group theory in a variety of engineering disciplines, and the mechanics of biological macromolecules.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe is a 1993 National Science Foundation Young Investigator, a 1994 Presidential Faculty Fellow, and a 1996 recipient of the ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2008, Chirikjian became a fellow of the ASME, and in 2010, he became a fellow of the IEEE. 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