AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:21:44

Associate secretaries:
Susan J Friedlander, AMS susan@math.northwestern.edu

Saturday October 23, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Problems in Robotics, I
Room A 110, Technological Institute
Organizers:
Robert W. Ghrist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ghrist@math.uiuc.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Mathematical and Computational Models in Robotics and Structural Biology.
  Gregory S. Chirikjian*, Johns Hopkins University
  (1001-43-128)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Regulation of Walking Speed in Bipedal Locomotion.
  Mark W Spong*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (1001-93-52)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Topological Localization and Mapping in the Horizontal Plane via Successive Visual Registration.
  Daniel Koditschek*, University of Michigan
  Gabriel Lopes, University of Michigan
  (1001-93-374)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Computer Vision Challenges: 3D Photography and Object Recognition.
  Jean A Ponce*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (1001-68-290)

Saturday October 23, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Problems in Robotics, II
Room A 110, Technological Institute
Organizers:
Robert W. Ghrist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ghrist@math.uiuc.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Topology in Motion Planning.
  Howie Choset*, Carnegie Mellon
  Alfred A Rizzi, Carnegie Mellon
  (1001-54-51)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Minimum-Switch Motion Planning with a Discrete Set of Vector Fields.
  Kevin M Lynch*, Northwestern University
  (1001-93-196)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Pursuit-evasion in complex environments: from graphs to polygons.
  Volkan Isler*, University of Pennsylvania
  (1001-05-100)
- 4:30 p.m.
  New results in topological robotics.
  S Yuzvinsky*, University of Oregon
  (1001-55-182)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Control of Shape and Distribution for Swarming Behaviors.
  Luiz Chaimowicz, GRASP Lab. - University of Pennsylvania
  Vijay Kumar*, GRASP Lab. - University of Pennsylvania
  (1001-93-253)

Sunday October 24, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Problems in Robotics, III
Room A 110, Technological Institute
Organizers:
Robert W. Ghrist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ghrist@math.uiuc.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Braid groups of graphs: some new results.
  Aaron D. Abrams*, MSRI and Emory University
  (1001-57-402)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Protein Similarity from Isotopic Line Weavings.
  Michael A. Erdmann*, Carnegie Mellon University
  (1001-92-213)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Optimal Robot Navigation Without Measuring Distances.
  Steven M. LaValle*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Benjamin Tovar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Luis Guilamo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Rafael Murrieta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (1001-68-364)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Algorithms for Neural Prosthetics.
  Joel W Burdick*, California Institute of Technology
  (1001-92-370)

Sunday October 24, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Problems in Robotics, IV
Room A 110, Technological Institute
Organizers:
Robert W. Ghrist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ghrist@math.uiuc.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  A Grammatical Approach to Self-Organizing Robotic Systems.
  Eric Klavins*, University of Washington
  (1001-68-172)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Coverage, Complexity and Feasibility Issues in Mobile Sensor Networks.
  Abubakr Muhammad*, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
  (1001-93-371)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Deterministic Sampling Methods for Spheres and SO(3).
  Anna Yershova*, University of Illinois
  Steven M. LaValle, University of Illinois
  (1001-68-328)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Collision-free motion planning.
  Michael Farber*, University of Durham, UK
  (1001-55-397)

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