{"681975":{"#nid":"681975","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Luis F. W. Batista","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETitle: Autonomous System for Identifying and Capturing Floating Waste\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELuis F. W. Batista\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. Student in Computer Science\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech-Europe\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDate: 30th April, 2025\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETime: 10:00\u201311:30 am Eastern (16:00-17:30 CEST)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELocation: Virtual\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMicrosoft Teams\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aka.ms\/JoinTeamsMeeting?omkt=en-US\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/aka.ms\/JoinTeamsMeeting?omkt=en-US\u0022\u003ENeed help?\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3ameeting_NWQxMWViNWQtMjhhZC00NTdlLWFmZjAtMzY5ODk0NTBlNDIz%40thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22482198bb-ae7b-4b25-8b7a-6d7f32faa083%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220b47e7b0-fb74-4852-b1f8-86c17559a776%22%7d\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3ameeting_NWQxMWViNWQtMjhhZC00NTdlLWFmZjAtMzY5ODk0NTBlNDIz%40thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22482198bb-ae7b-4b25-8b7a-6d7f32faa083%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220b47e7b0-fb74-4852-b1f8-86c17559a776%22%7d\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoin the meeting now\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeeting ID: 282 920 901 69\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPasscode: SG27gj2J\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. C\u00e9dric Pradalier (Advisor) - School of Interactive Computing - Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Seth Hutchinson (Co-advisor) - School of Interactive Computing - Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Sehoon Ha - School of Interactive Computing - Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Harish Ravichandar - School of Interactive Computing - Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbstract\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlastic pollution in aquatic environments presents a pressing ecological issue. This thesis develops an autonomous system for detecting and collecting floating waste, integrating advanced visual perception, reinforcement learning-based control, with field-tests validation. Key contributions include the use of polarimetric imaging to improve perception on reflective water surfaces, and a robust reinforcement learning framework for navigation that accounts for real-world hydrodynamics. The perception and control components are combined into a complete pipeline, validated through extensive simulation and real-world field trials to demonstrate the system\u0027s effectiveness and potential for scalable environmental cleanup applications\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAutonomous System for Identifying and Capturing Floating Waste\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Autonomous System for Identifying and Capturing Floating Waste"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2025-04-23 11:58:33","changed_gmt":"2025-04-23 11:59:09","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-04-30T10:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2025-04-30T11:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-04-30T11:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-04-30 14:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2025-04-30 15:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-04-30 15:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Virtual","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"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":""}}}