From krw at andrew.cmu.edu Wed Sep 4 09:44:39 2013 From: krw at andrew.cmu.edu (Karen Widmaier) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 09:44:39 -0400 Subject: [Research] Save the Date for Auton Lab picnic @ Dave & Busters Message-ID: <00fe01cea974$e70d44b0$b527ce10$@andrew.cmu.edu> Hello, The Auton Lab annual picnic will be held on Sunday, September 29th from 11:30 am until 4pm @ Dave & Buster's at the Waterfront. Please RSVP asap to let me know if you are able to attend and the number of people in your party. (Spouses and family are welcome) This year we are hoping that Andrew Moore will be able to attend. (it is penciled in on his calendar) Karen -----Original Message----- From: research-bounces at autonlab.org [mailto:research-bounces at autonlab.org] On Behalf Of Artur Dubrawski Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 2:33 PM To: research at autonlab.org Subject: [Research] Fwd: LTI Colloquium, this Friday (6 Sept), Andrew Moore FYI Dear All We have a colloquium this Friday by our own Andrew Moore. Details below. -Bhiksha ----------------------------------------- LTI Colloquium Location: 2315 Doherty Hall Time: 2.30-3.50pm, Friday, 6th September 2013 Speaker : Andrew Moore (Google) Title: Computational Statistics meets Fashion Abstract: I will present some of the computer vision and machine learning technology behind fashion and shopping results in Google. The aim is to provide a personalized experience for fashion of the same kind of flavor that Pandora does in music or Netflix does in movies. There are many technological challenges in achieving a great user experience. Users expect close to no errors, especially when it comes to personalized results. As a result, we developed advanced algorithms for segmentation and auto-tagging of images. The talk will illustrate first a technical demo, followed by a dive-in to the algorithmic details of segmentation, visual search and some components of auto-tagging. Google has recently started launching these experiences on Google Shopping in order to have a wider reach to its users. Speaker Bio: Andrew Moore, Vice President - Engineering, Google, is responsible for building products and new technology for Google's efforts in Ads and Commerce. Andrew is also site lead for Google's Pittsburgh office, which develops core machine learning and systems technology behind many of Google's advertising quality systems. It is also the home of the numerical and statistical approaches for Google Shopping, new methods for managing planet-wide fleets of data centers, and (through the acquisition of PittPatt) computer vision systems for the Android platform. Prior to joining Google in January 2006, Andrew was a Professor of Robotics and Computer Science at the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University. Andrew began his career writing video-games for an obscure British personal computer (). He rapidly became a thousandaire and retired to academia, where he received a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1991. He researched robot learning as a Post-doc working with Chris Atkeson, and then moved to CMU. Andrew is a AAAI fellow, and co-author of Handbook of Biosurvellance, and his machine learning tutorial slides have been viewed over a million times. >From 2002-2005 Andrew was co-director of the University of Pittsburgh's Biomedical Security Center. -- Bhiksha Raj Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA Tel: 412 268 9826 _______________________________________________ Research mailing list Research at autonlab.org https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research From awd at cs.cmu.edu Sun Sep 15 21:07:02 2013 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 21:07:02 -0400 Subject: [Research] Miller (and Auton) family has just gotten bigger! [Fwd: Aria Paige Miller] In-Reply-To: <52365950.1030208@cs.cmu.edu> References: <52365950.1030208@cs.cmu.edu> Message-ID: <523659B6.6050306@cs.cmu.edu> Congrats to Jenn and Kyle, welcome Aria Paige! ------------------- At 5:13pm last night Sep 14, Jenn gave birth to a beautiful baby girl at 7lbs 4oz. The delivery went smoothly with no complications. Our little family is currently getting acquainted in a mother-baby unit at Magee. We have decided to call her Aria Paige. Best, Kyle From krw at andrew.cmu.edu Wed Sep 18 13:09:29 2013 From: krw at andrew.cmu.edu (Karen Widmaier) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:09:29 -0400 Subject: [Research] REMINDER: Save the Date for Auton Lab picnic @ Dave & Busters Message-ID: <060701ceb491$d664f040$832ed0c0$@andrew.cmu.edu> Hello, The Auton Lab annual picnic will be held on Sunday, September 29th from 11:30 am until 4pm @ Dave & Buster's at the Waterfront. Please RSVP asap to let me know if you are able to attend and the number of people in your party. (Spouses and family are welcome) This year we are hoping that Andrew Moore will be able to attend. (it is penciled in on his calendar) If you have already responded to this email, please excuse the spam. Karen From awd at cs.cmu.edu Wed Sep 18 13:15:19 2013 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:15:19 -0400 Subject: [Research] The Lab's 20th Birthday + contest [Auton Lab picnic @ Dave & Busters] In-Reply-To: <060701ceb491$d664f040$832ed0c0$@andrew.cmu.edu> References: <060701ceb491$d664f040$832ed0c0$@andrew.cmu.edu> Message-ID: <5239DFA7.1060309@cs.cmu.edu> This year's picnic is special as we will celebrate the 20th birthday of the Auton Lab! Please come and join the celebrations! Also, as we do every year, we will have a contest for the birthday cake slogan. Please submit your bids to Artur, Jeff, and Barnabas, by or before Wednesday September 25th. Thanks, Artur On 9/18/2013 1:09 PM, Karen Widmaier wrote: > Hello, > > The Auton Lab annual picnic will be held on Sunday, September 29th from > 11:30 am until 4pm @ Dave & Buster's at the Waterfront. > > Please RSVP asap to let me know if you are able to attend and the number of > people in your party. (Spouses and family are welcome) > > This year we are hoping that Andrew Moore will be able to attend. (it is > penciled in on his calendar) > > If you have already responded to this email, please excuse the spam. > > Karen > > > From awd at cs.cmu.edu Wed Sep 25 11:46:53 2013 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:46:53 -0400 Subject: [Research] Reminder: Cake slogan contest (Lab's 20th Birthday) In-Reply-To: <5239DFA7.1060309@cs.cmu.edu> References: <060701ceb491$d664f040$832ed0c0$@andrew.cmu.edu> <5239DFA7.1060309@cs.cmu.edu> Message-ID: <5243056D.9050804@cs.cmu.edu> Note that the deadline for submission of cake slogans is tonight! Please save the Lab's reputation by submitting your ingenious suggestions, or we will have to resort to the unimaginative ideas of the Lab's principals :P Thanks Artur On 9/18/2013 1:15 PM, Artur Dubrawski wrote: > This year's picnic is special as we will celebrate the 20th birthday of > the Auton Lab! Please come and join the celebrations! > > Also, as we do every year, we will have a contest for the birthday cake > slogan. Please submit your bids to Artur, Jeff, and Barnabas, by > or before Wednesday September 25th. > > Thanks, > Artur > > > > On 9/18/2013 1:09 PM, Karen Widmaier wrote: >> Hello, >> >> The Auton Lab annual picnic will be held on Sunday, September 29th from >> 11:30 am until 4pm @ Dave & Buster's at the Waterfront. >> >> Please RSVP asap to let me know if you are able to attend and the number of >> people in your party. (Spouses and family are welcome) >> >> This year we are hoping that Andrew Moore will be able to attend. (it is >> penciled in on his calendar) >> >> If you have already responded to this email, please excuse the spam. >> >> Karen >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Research mailing list > Research at autonlab.org > https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research >