Seminar Series, Reading Groups , Mailing Lists

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Local Seminar Series

ACFR Research Seminar Series

Sydney Basser Seminar Series

• Weekly invited talks covering a very wide range of topics: machine learning, haptics, IoT, wearable computing, ...
• Signup for announcements: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1926693/1919863/. 

Sydney Nano Seminar Series

• ~4 seminars, distinguished lectures, fireside chats monthly
• Signup for newsletter / announcements here: https://www.sydney.edu.au/nano/news/events.html

Reading Groups

Collaborative Decision Making Reading Group (CDMRG)

• Topic: Collaborative decision making reading group (CDMRG), multi-robot systems and active perception.

• Format: Weekly, one-hour discussion over a latest journal issue (IJRR, TRO, JFR, RAL, Autonomous Robots, etc.) followed by an in-depth presentation on a particular paper by a member. 

• Membership: Joint reading group between UTS and ACFR, welcoming researchers at every level from both institutions.

• Organisers: Supervised by Robert Fitch, meetings organized by Jen Wakulicz.

• Location: Hybrid online via zoom / in-person at alternating locations.

• Joining: Contact Jen Wakulicz Jennifer.Wakulicz@student.uts.edu.au to join.

Machine Learning Reading Group

• Topic: Machine learning with a special focus on methods with potential applications to robotics
• Format: Weekly meetings.
• Location: Hybrid online via zoom / in person at Room 538, Level 5 West, J12 (School of Computer Science)
• Organisers: Fabio Ramos, Rafael Oliveira
• Joining: Contact Rafael Oliveira rafael.oliveira@sydney.edu.au to join; mailing list: https://mailman.sydney.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/machinelearning

CAS Perception Reading Group

• Topic: Sensing, Perception, SLAM.  Visual, Visual / Inertial, RGBD, hyperspectral, magnetic sensing. Tracking in Rigid and Non-rigid scenarios. Scene representation to aid SLAM or Manipulation and integration of Deep Learning into probabilistic frameworks.
• Format: Weekly discussion of state of the art papers is mixed with presentations of students work.  
• Location: Online via zoom.
• Organisers: Raphael Guenot-Falque, Alen Alempijevic
• Joining: Contact Alen Alempijevic Alen.Alempijevic@uts.edu.au

Robotic Imaging Reading Group (ImgRG)

• Topic: Robotic imaging including related computational imaging techniques, robotic vision and vision-based learning.
• Format: Weekly meetings: For more details: https://github.com/RoboticImaging/ImgRG/
• Location: Hybrid online via zoom / in person at J04 Conference Room, ACFR.
• Organisers: Dr. Donald Dansereau, Ryan Griffiths
• Joining: Contact Ryan Griffiths r.griffiths@acfr.usyd.edu.au to join; mailing list: http://lists.acfr.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/imgrg

Online Seminar Series

Robotics, Systems

International Foundation of Robotics Research: Global online colloquia and recorded talks

• http://ifrr.org/

Systems Theory and Engineering: Online Seminars in Systems Theory and Engineering Centred at AEST time-zone

• https://staeonline.wordpress.com/

Imaging and Perception

Warren Grundfest Lectures in Computational Imaging - First Friday of Each Month

• https://visual.ee.ucla.edu/web_series/

TUM Visual Computing Group: AI Lecture Series

• https://niessner.github.io/TUM-AI-Lecture-Series/?fbclid=IwAR3qxbYd4ixlTqFzSPqUGXpJY9HnMjZaePsxt5e9cjKyc6sXQoiE6O4l7DE

Seebelowtheskin Webinar Series

• https://www.seebelowtheskin.org/webinars/?fbclid=IwAR3W-1DEcj9fsFLvNLx7z4XLhirhopqblno1YA-tx7QRmRWXqi-zqD5-cMc

IEEE SPS Computational Imaging (aka SPACE) Webinar Series

• https://sites.google.com/view/sps-space

Mailing Lists

Sydney Early-Mid Career Academic Network (SEMCAN), Faculty of Engineering Community

• Signup here: https://mailman.sydney.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/emcr.feng