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SUMMARY:MechE Inaugural Lecture: Towards learning for safety and coordinat
 ion in uncertain dynamical systems
DTSTART:20220920T120000
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CATEGORIES:Inaugural lectures - Honorary Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Maryam Kamgarpour\, Systems Control And Multiagent Optim
 ization Research Laboratory (SYCAMORE)\, Institute of Mechanical Engineeri
 ng (IGM)\, School of Engineering (STI)\, EPFL\nFace masks are recommended 
 for in-person attendance in MED 0 1418.\n\nAbstract: We began using automa
 tion to help us with simple and repetitive tasks. Now\, we are introducing
  automation in increasingly complex and safety-critical tasks: intelligent
  transportation systems\, smart power grid\, personalized medicine\, healt
 hcare robotics\, architecture.... Motivated by the needs of the autonomy i
 n these domains\, my research is on design of algorithms with guaranteed p
 erformance. In particular\, I will discuss my group’s work on two challe
 nges: 1) guaranteeing safety of the data-driven optimization and control a
 lgorithms\; 2) coordinating interactions in a multi-agent decision-making 
 scenario. I will illustrate our theory and algorithms with applications ar
 ising in robotics\, autonomous driving and power systems.\n\nBio: Maryam K
 amgarpour holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering from the University 
 of California\, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Applied Science from University
  of Waterloo\, Canada. Her research is on safe decision-making and control
  under uncertainty\, game theory and mechanism design\, mixed integer and 
 stochastic optimization and control. Her theoretical research is motivated
  by control challenges arising in intelligent transportation networks\, ro
 botics\, power grid systems and healthcare. Prior to joining EPFL\, she wa
 s a non-tenure track assistant professor at ETH Zurich and a tenure-track 
 assistant professor at UBC\, Canada. She is the recipient of NASA High Pot
 ential Individual Award\, NASA Excellence in Publication Award\, and the E
 uropean Union (ERC) Starting Grant.\n\nRegister here.
LOCATION:MED 0 1418 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418 https://epf
 l.zoom.us/j/65387864766
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