{"623414":{"#nid":"623414","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Yipu Zhao","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E:\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EImproving The Applicability Of Visual SLAM With Submodular Submatrix Selection\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Patricio Vela, ECE, Chair , Advisor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Anthony Yezzi, ECE\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ghassan AlRegib, ECE\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Frank Dellaert, IC\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Yongkwon Cho, CEE\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis thesis investigates the applicability of VSLAM\u0026nbsp; on target applications in robotics and augmented reality (AR). The performance-efficiency trade-off of VSLAM is significantly\u0026nbsp; improved by leveraging theorems on submodular submatrix selection.\u0026nbsp;Multiple algorithmic components of modern VSLAM system\u0026nbsp;are investigated and improved in this thesis, each of\u0026nbsp;which pushed the applicability of VSLAM forward a little bit.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Improving The Applicability Of Visual SLAM With Submodular Submatrix Selection "}],"uid":"28475","created_gmt":"2019-07-15 21:43:54","changed_gmt":"2019-07-15 21:43:54","author":"Daniela Staiculescu","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-07-29T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2019-07-29T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-07-29T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-07-29 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-07-29 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-07-29 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"434381","name":"ECE Ph.D. Dissertation Defenses"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"},{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}