CEMSE Weekly Updates - March 10, 2026 Tue, Mar 10 2026 Newsletter Upcoming Events Stay informed about the upcoming events and the latest news from CEMSE. Model Predictive Control and Imitation Learning Algorithms for Robot Motion Planning in Physical Human-Robot Interaction Aigerim Nurbayeva, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering Mar 15, 12:00 - 13:00 B9 R2325 Model Predictive Control robotics deep neural networks Numerical Optimization universal robot human-robot interactions NMPC This seminar presents a framework for safe and efficient human-robot workspace sharing by using Deep Neural Networks (DNN) and safety filters to rapidly imitate computationally heavy Nonlinear Model Predictive Control method (NMPC), with successful experimental validation on a UR5 manipulator. Demystifying Adversarial Patch Attacks and Defenses in the Physical World Tao Ni, Assistant Professor, Computer Science Mar 16, 12:00 - 13:00 B9 R2325 Trustworthy AI Computer Vision computational predictions spoofing In this talk, I will introduce a series of adversarial patch attacks in face recognition systems and autonomous driving cars, and present our recent studies in developing a zero-shot and patch-agnostic defense framework.
