A multi-modal brain-computer interface for restoring lost communication Join in-person in MY580 or online (Zoom) Restoring the ability to communicate to people with neurological injuries has long been a goal of neurotechnology research; today, this dream is on the verge of fruition with ongoing commercial cursor and click brain-computer interface (BCI) clinical trials. I will […]

Sensing Change: Brain-Inspired Navigation Beyond GPS Join in MY580 or Zoom Abstract Knowing your location is fundamental to navigation - for humans, animals, and autonomous systems alike. But how can robots and other autonomous agents determine their position with confidence and precision in environments where satellite systems are unavailable or unreliable? The central theme of […]

Perception solutions for enabling automated driving in winter conditions Join in MY580 or online (Zoom) This talk presents methods and findings from research on perception solutions for automated driving in winter conditions, carried out at the Autonomy & Mobility Laboratory, Aalto University. Winter conditions pose several challenges for automated vehicle perception pipelines, which currently limit […]

Join in MY580 or online (Zoom) Title and abstract to come. Speaker bio Nick Rhinehart is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, where he is appointed to the Institute for Aerospace Science, cross-appointed to the Department of Computer Science, and a faculty member of the Robotics Institute. He leads the Learning, Embodied Autonomy, […]