{"601731":{"#nid":"601731","#data":{"type":"event","title":"GT MAP Seminar: Prof. Evangelos Theodorou (GT AE) ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis is a part of the GT MAP activities on Control.\u0026nbsp; GT MAP is a place for research discussion and collaboration. We welcome participation of any researcher interested in discussing his\/her project and exchange ideas with Mathematicians.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere will be light refreshments through out the event. This seminar will be held in\u003Cstrong\u003E Skiles 006\u003C\/strong\u003E and refreshments at Skiles Atrium.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA couple of members of \u003Cstrong\u003EProf. Theodorou\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026#39;s group will present their research\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E3:00 PM - 3:45PM\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pwp.gatech.edu\/acds\/\u0022\u003E Prof. Theodorou \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003Ewill give a talk on \u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe science of autonomy: A \u0026quot;happy\u0026quot; symbiosis between learning, control and physics\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E3:45PM -- 4:00PM Break with Discussions\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E4:00PM - 4:25PM another talk.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E4:25PM - 5PM Discussion of open problems stemming from the presentations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;The science of autonomy: A \u0026quot;happy\u0026quot; symbiosis between learning, control and physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026nbsp;In this talk I will present an\u0026nbsp;information theoretic approach to stochastic optimal control and inference\u0026nbsp; that has advantages\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;over classical methodologies and theories for decision making under uncertainty.\u0026nbsp; The main idea \u0026nbsp;is that there are certain connections between optimality principles in control\u0026nbsp;and information theoretic inequalities in statistical physics that allow \u0026nbsp;us\u0026nbsp;to solve hard\u0026nbsp;decision making problems in robotics, autonomous systems and beyond. There are essentially two different points of view\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;of the same \u0026quot;thing\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;and these two different points of view\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;overlap\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; for a\u0026nbsp;fairly general class of dynamical systems that undergo stochastic effects.\u0026nbsp; I will also present a holistic view of\u0026nbsp;autonomy that collapses planning, perception and control into one computational engine, and\u0026nbsp;ask questions \u0026nbsp;such as\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;how organization and\u0026nbsp;structure relates to computation\u0026nbsp;and performance. The last part of my talk includes\u0026nbsp;computational\u0026nbsp;frameworks for\u0026nbsp;uncertainty representation \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;and suggests\u0026nbsp;ways to\u0026nbsp;incorporate these representations within decision making and\u0026nbsp;control.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Prof. Evangelos Theodorou will speak as part of the GT MAP Seminar Series."}],"uid":"29668","created_gmt":"2018-02-01 21:01:43","changed_gmt":"2018-03-08 20:15:24","author":"Sung Ha Kang","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-03-09T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2018-03-09T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-03-09T17:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-03-09 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-03-09 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-03-09 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtmap.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Mathematics and Applications Portal"}],"groups":[{"id":"487301","name":"GT MAP"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHaomin Zhou\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ehmzhou@math.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}