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November 14 Presentations and Panel Discussions

 

8:00 A.M.

Breakfast

9:00 A.M.

Welcome Remarks

 

Albert P. Pisano, Dean, Jacobs School of Engineering

 

Henrik Christensen, Director, Contextual Robotics Forum 

9:30 A.M.

Industry Perspectives

Generative AI

Joseph Soriaga, Senior Director of Technology, Qualcomm

Navy Applications of Robots

Kurt Talke, Naval Information Warfare Center 

10:30 A.M.

Break

11:00 A.M.

CRI Faculty Presentations

CRI Overview

Henrik Christensen, Director, Contextual Robotics Institute

Sensorless Manipulation

Xialong Wang, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Control Barrier Functions

Sylvia Herbert, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and

Sean Gao, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

12:15 P.M.

Lunch

1:45 P.M.

CRI Faculty Presentations

Medical Robots

Tania Morimoto, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization

John Hwang, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

2:45 P.M.

Coffee Break

3:00 P.M.

Tour of Franklin Antonio Hall and robotics collaboratories

Welcome Remarks

Javier Garay, Associate Dean for Research, Jacobs School of Engineering

4:30 P.M.

Reception

 

November 13: Invitation-Only Speed Networking and Exhibitor Fair the evening before the Forum. This portion of the event is for invited graduate students only. If you're interested in an invitation, please contact cri-info@ucsd.edu.