AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

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

2004 Fall Central Section Meeting
Evanston, IL, October 23-24, 2004
Meeting #1001

• 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)