Lecture Logistics#

Lectures will be held in person, in NSH 3002. Please adhere to CMU policies and wear a mask.

Course Schedule#

EventDateLectureReadingsLogistics
Lecture 108/30/2021Introduction [slides]
Lecture 209/01/2021Reinforcement Learning [slides ]DQN, DPG, DDPG, Reinforcement Learning, NPG, TRPO
Holiday09/06/2021No classLabor Day
Lecture 309/08/2021Paper Presentations [slides]AlphaStar (Nature, 2019) (Lead: Alex, Advocate: Konwoo, Critic: Aravind)
Data Efficient HRL (NeurIPS, 2018) (Lead: Russell, Advocate: Murtaza, Critic: Sudeep)
Lecture 409/13/2021Control, Planning and Learning [slides]
Lecture 509/15/2021Paper Presentations [slides ]CHOMP (ICRA, 2009) (Lead: Suvansh, Advocate: Aravind, Critic: Alex)
PILCO (ICML, 2011)(Lead: Kenneth, Advocate: Jiaqi, Critic: Russell)
Lecture 609/20/2021Learning and Control [slides]
Lecture 709/22/2021Paper Presentations [slides]MPNet (ICRA, 2019) (Lead: Aravind, Advocate: Alex, Critic: Swapnil)
GPS (JMLR, 2015) (Lead: Murtaza, Advocate: Konwoo, Critic: David)
Lecture 809/27/2021Active Vision, Object-based perception, 3D learning and Robotics [slides]
Lecture 909/29/2021Paper Presentations [slides]kPAM (ISRR, 2019) (Lead: Jiaqi, Advocate: Chittesh, Critic: Kenneth)
VPG (IROS, 2018) (Lead: Yehonathan, Advocate: Suvansh, Critic: Murtaza)
Lecture 1010/04/2021Cognitive Science and Motor Development [slides]
Lecture 1110/06/2021Paper Presentations [slides]How to Grow a Mind (Lead: Zipeng Advocate: Kenneth, Critic: Chittesh)
Signal-dependent noisedetermines motor planning (Lead: Aravind, Advocate: Sudeep, Critic: Alex)
Lecture 1210/11/2021Self-Supervised Visual Learning [slides]Project Proposal Due
Lecture 1310/13/2021Paper Presentations [slides]DALL-E (Lead: Chittesh, Advocate: Murtaza, Critic: Russell)
SimSiam (CVPR 2021) (Lead: Swapnil, Advocate: David, Critic: Zipeng)
Lecture 1410/18/2021Unsupervised Exploration Part 1 [slides]
Lecture 1510/20/2021Paper Presentations [slides]Is Curiosity All You Need? (Lead: Konwoo, Advocate: Sudeep, Critic: Yehonathan)
Dynamics-Aware Unsupervised Discovery of Skills (Lead: Zipeng, Advocate: Swapnil, Critic: Kenneth)
Lecture 1610/25/2021Unsupervised Exploration Part 2 [slides]
Lecture 1710/27/2021Paper Presentations [slides]First Return, Then Explore (Lead: Suvansh, Advocate: Yehonathan, Critic: Murtaza)
Reward is Enough (Lead: Konwoo, Advocate: Alex, Critic: Zipexng)
Lecture 1810/29/2021Online and Offline Learning [slides]
Lecture 2011/01/2021Challenges in Embodied Learning [slides]
Lecture 2111/10/2021Paper Presentations [slides]DexNet 2.0 (Lead: Russell, Advocate: Yehonathan, Critic: Suvansh)
Learning a State Representation and Navigation in Cluttered and Dynamic Environments (Lead: Swapnil, Advocate: Russell, Critic: Konwoo)
Project Midterm Report Due
Lecture 2211/15/2021Guest Lecture: Vikash Kumar (remote)
Lecture 2311/17/20211-on-1 with Deepak
Lecture 2411/22/2021Guest Lecture: Shuran Song (remote)
Holiday11/24/2021No ClassThanksgiving Break
No Class11/29/2021No Class
Lecture 2512/01/2021Project PresentationsProject Final Report Due