Paul G. Allen School Courses

The Power of Gradients in Inverse Dynamics Problems - Tao Du, MIT

Exploring analytical gradients in physics simulation for computational design of dynamic systems, with applications in robotics, biomechanics, and computer graphics.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Dynamic Robot Manipulation - Learned Optimization, Deformable Materials, and the Cloud

Explore dynamic robot manipulation through integrated planning, deep learning, and cloud computing for high-speed, reliable motions in unstructured environments.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Perceptual Robot Learning - David Held, CMU

Explore innovative approaches to robot perception and planning for manipulating diverse objects, enhancing capabilities in cloth handling, articulated objects, and transparent materials.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Learning Robot Policies from Imperfect Teachers - Taylor Kessler Faulkner, UT Austin

Explore algorithms for robots learning from imperfect human teachers, addressing inattention and inaccurate information to enhance interactive Reinforcement Learning and improve human-robot teaching interactions.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Certifiable Outlier-Robust Geometric Perception - Robots that See through the Clutter with Confidence

Explore cutting-edge algorithms for robust geometric perception in robotics, enhancing safety and reliability in autonomous systems across various applications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Towards Generalization of Precise Robot Skills - Accurate Pick-and-Place of Novel Objects

Explore precise robotic generalization for pick-and-place tasks using simulation-learned models. Discover how visuo-tactile sensing enables accurate object manipulation and placement with sub-millimeter precision for novel items.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Better Ways to Measure and Move - Joint Optimization of Agent's Physical Design and Computational Reasoning

Explore joint optimization of physical design and computational reasoning for intelligent agents, enhancing sensor networks, legged robots, and soft robotics through machine learning techniques.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Assistive Autonomy Revisited - Brenna Argall, Northwestern University

Exploring robotics autonomy to enhance human independence for those with motor impairments. Discusses challenges, research, and innovative approaches in assistive technology and rehabilitation robotics.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Robots That Talk and Learn - Shiwali Mohan, Palo Alto Research Center

Explore interactive task learning for robots, focusing on designing collaborative human-AI systems. Discover advances in enabling robots to learn new tasks through natural interactions with humans.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

On the Complexity of Anonymous Communication Through Public Networks

Explores onion routing for anonymous online communication, presenting a novel protocol that achieves fault-tolerance, efficiency, and anonymity against active adversaries observing network traffic.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

More Communication Lower Bounds for Information-Theoretic MPC

Explores communication complexity lower bounds in information-theoretic secure multiparty computation, covering perfect passive and malicious security settings with various party thresholds and reactive functionalities.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

2021 ITC Conference- Online Linear Extractors for Independent Sources

Explore online linear extractors for independent sources, focusing on key components of Windows 10's RNG design and examining the effectiveness of rotation as an extractor and condenser.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Replacing Probability Distributions in Security Games via Hellinger Distance

Explore statistical distance in security games, focusing on Hellinger distance as an alternative to max-log for bit security frameworks and leftover hash lemma applications.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Hashing Five Inputs with Three Compression Calls

Innovative hashing technique using three compression calls for five inputs, offering improved efficiency and security for Merkle-Damgård hashing and Merkle trees with potential applications in cryptography.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

2021 ITC Conference - Code Offset in the Exponent

Explore novel fuzzy extractor construction using error-correcting codes and cryptographic groups, supporting MIPURS distributions for enhanced biometric authentication security.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video