Artificial Intelligence Research Seminar

Com S 610 (VH) Fall 1996.

Vasant Honavar and the AI Research Group

Meeting Time: Monday, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Meeting Place: 217 Atanasoff Hall

Seminar Description

Topic: Artificial Intelligence + Robotics = Embodied Intelligent Agents

This seminar explores current research on embodied intelligent agents drawing upon a number of related research areas including: artificial intelligence, machine learning, neural computation, mobile robotics, evolutionary computation, and artificial life. The focus of the seminar will be on recent experimental research with emphasis on projects in the laboratories of Rodney Brooks, Luc Steels, Phil Husbands, Nils Nilsson, Pat Langley, Marco Dorigo, Domenico Parisi, Katsusori Shimohara, Rolf Pfeifer, Vladimir Lumelsky, and others.

Interested students may register for 1-3 credits for ComS 610 (VH) depending on their anticipated level of involvement. Students who register for credit are expected to present a paper or selected sections from a recent book relevant to the topic of the seminar. Check this page periodically for schedule of talks.

Students interested in exploring research in this area may concurrently sign up for independent study or research credits.

Schedule of Talks

Watch this space for the most current seminar schedule.

September 9, 1996. Toward Embodied Intelligent Agents Vasant Honavar, Artificial Intelligence Research Group, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University.
September 16, 1996. The seminar will not meet.
September 23, 1996. Cognitive Maps and Spatial Navigation Karthik Balakrishnan Artificial Intelligence Research Group, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University.
September 30, 1996. Cognitive Maps and Spatial Navigation (Contd.) Karthik Balakrishnan Artificial Intelligence Research Group, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University.
October 7, 1996. Subsumption Architecture. Russ Meier, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University.
October 14, 1996. No talk scheduled.
October 21, 1996. Neural Networks for Robotics Chun-Hsien Chen, Artificial Intelligence Research Group, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University.
October 28, 1996. Classical, Situated, and Behavior-Based Robotics: What Have We Learned?. Vasant Honavar, Artificial Intelligence Research Group, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University.
November 4, 1996. Life Long Learning Rajesh Parekh Artificial Intelligence Research Group, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University.