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Karan Kalsi, Oct 2017

2017-10-01T16:26:11Z

Afragoso: /* 3 Oct (Tue) */

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Dr. Karan Kalsi is currently a power systems research engineer at the Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, USA. He is the lead investigator on Department of Energy funded research to develop efficient, reliable and secure control strategies for Smart Grid assets. He is the principle investigator on the topic of developing future power grid control paradigms as part of the laboratory’s Future Power Grid Initiative. He is the Co-principle investigator on EED SEED project related to modeling and controls for distributed energy resources in microgrids. Karanjit is also actively involved with IEEE including being the 2011 Chair of the IEEE Richland Section Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Affinity Group and was recently elected as the 2012 Vice-chair of Technical Activities and Outreach of the IEEE Richland Section Power and Energy Society.

More: http://energyenvironment.pnnl.gov/staff/staff_info.asp?staff_num=2178

== Schedule for Karan Kalsi visit, 2-5 Oct 2017 ==

=== 2 Oct (Mon) ===
* Morning: HR check-in, office setup
* Lunch: Richard
* 1:30 pm: Open
* 2:30 pm: Open
* 3:30 pm: Colloqium reception (location?)
* 4 pm: CMS colloqium - George Papanicoulou (Stanford), 105 Annenberg

=== 3 Oct (Tue) ===
* 9:30 am: Open
* 10:15 am: Tony Fragoso (Annenberg 3rd floor treehouse lounge)
* 11 am: Aaron Ames (266 Gates-Thomas)
* IST lunch bunch
* Afternoon off

=== 4 Oct (Wed) ===
* Morning off
* Lunch open
* 3 pm: CDS tea
* 4 pm: Open
* 4:45 pm: Open

=== 5 Oct (Thu) ===
* 10 am: Soon-Jo Chung (235 Guggenheim) CAST and aerospace robotics research
* 11 am: Ioannis Filippidis (330 Annenberg)
* Lunch: Open
* 2 pm: head for airport

May 2017 meeting schedule

2017-05-13T03:24:37Z

Afragoso: /* 21 May (Sun) */

Richard will be in town several different times in May. Please sign up for a time to meet below. Please note that these are likely the last "sabbatical" meetings until Richard returns to Pasadena in early July. __NOTOC__

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==== 15 May (Mon) ====
* 9:30 am: William
* 10:15 am: Miki
* 11:00 am: Faculty meeting
* 11:30 am: Andy
* 12:15 pm: Lunch
* 1:30 pm: Sam
* 2:15 pm: Reed
* 3:00 pm: Vipul
* 3:45 pm: Break
* 4:00 pm: Namita
* 4:45 pm: Ania
* 5:30 pm: Anandh
* 6:15 pm: Done for the day

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==== 16 May (Tue)====
* 9:30 am: Yong
* 10:15 am: Tung
* 11:00 am: Faculty meeting
* 12:00 pm: Lunch
* 1:30 pm: Depart

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====21 May (Sun) ====
* 1:45 pm: Sofie
* 2:30 pm: Ioannis
* 3:15 pm: Karena
* 4:00 pm: Break
* 4:15 pm: Rory
* 5:00 pm: Tony
* 5:45 pm: Open
* 6:30 pm: Done for the day

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==== 22 May (Mon) ====
* 10:15 am: Mark
* 11:00 am: Cindy
* 11:45 am: Lunch
* 12:00 pm: DARPA BioCon meeting
* 2:00 pm: Swati + Reed
* 2:45 pm: Off campus
* 4:15 pm: James
* 5:00 pm: Non-Caltech meetings
* 6:30 pm: Done for the day

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==== 23 May (Tue) ====
* 9:30 am: Faculty discussion
* 10:30 am: Hold (Susan)
* 11:30 am: Lunch
* 12:00 pm: Telecon
* 1:00 pm: Anu thesis defense
* 3:00 pm: Open (short slot)
* 3:30 pm: Depart

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====28 May (Sun) ====
* 1:45 pm: Richard C
* 2:30 pm: George
* 3:15 pm: Andy
* 4:00 pm: Done for the day
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====29 May (Mon) ====
* 1:45 pm: Open (if needed)
* 2:30 pm: Open (if needed)
* 3:15 pm: Sumanth
* 4:00 pm: Done for the day
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==== 30 May (Tue) ====
* 9:30 am: Shan
* 10:15 am: Shaobin
* 11:00 am: Stepan seminar
* 12:00 pm: Lunch
* 1:30 pm: Namita
* 2:15 pm: Andrey
* 3:00 pm: Depart
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Apr 2017 meeting schedule

2017-04-12T14:54:02Z

Afragoso: /* 20 Apr (Thu) */

Richard will be in town 19-21 Apr. Please sign up for a time to meet below. __NOTOC__

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==== 19 Apr (Wed) ====
* 9:30 am: Hold (Sofie or Leo)
* 10:30 am: Admin meeting (SP, MC)
* 11:15 am: Open
* 12:00 pm: DARPA BioCon meeting
* 2:00 pm: Candidacy exam
* 3:00 pm: CDS tea
* 3:45 pm: Open
* 4:30 pm: Admin meeting (LL)
* 5:00 pm: Open (tentative)
* 5:45 pm: Associates event

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==== 20 Apr (Thu) ====
* 9:30 am: Hold (Sofie or Leo)
* 10:30 am: Mark
* 11:15 am: Tony Fragoso
* 12:00 pm: Lunch
* 1:30 pm: EBRC telecon
* 2:30 pm: Open
* 3:15 pm: Open
* 4:00 pm: Open
* 4:45 pm: Break
* 5:00 pm: Open
* 5:45 pm: Open
* 6:00 pm: Open (if needed)
* 6:45 pm: Open (if needed)
* 7:30 pm: Done for the day

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==== 21 Apr (Fri) ====
* 9:15 am: Open
* 10:00 am: JPL CIF meeting
* 11:15 am: Open
* 12:00 pm: Lunch
* 12:45 pm: Open
* 1:30 pm: Open
* 2:15 pm: Open
* 3:00 pm: Break
* 3:15 pm: Open
* 4:00 pm: Open
* 4:45 pm: Open
* 5:30 pm: Done for the day

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==== 23 Apr (Sun) ====
* 1:45 pm: Open
* 2:30 pm: Open
* 3:15 pm: Open
* 4:00 pm: Break
* 4:15 pm: Open
* 5:00 pm: Open
* 5:45 pm: Shan
* 6:30 pm: Done for the day
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Mar 2017 meeting schedule

2017-02-26T20:14:08Z

Afragoso: /* 6 Mar (Mon) */

Richard will be in town 3-7 Mar. Please sign up for a time to meet below. __NOTOC__

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==== 3 Mar (Fri) ====
* 10:00 am: DENSO CPM telecon
* 11:00 am: Open
* 11:45 am: Shaobin
* 12:30 pm: Lunch
* 1:00 pm: Hold: DARPA telecon
* 2:00 pm: Open
* 2:45 pm: Open
* 3:30 pm: SBIR telecon (w/ Mark P)
* 4:00 pm: Faculty meeting
* 5:45 pm: Open
* 6:30 pm: Done for the day

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==== 5 Mar (Sun) ====
* 1:45 pm: Open
* 2:30 pm: Open
* 3:15 pm: Open
* 4:00 pm: Break
* 4:15 pm: Open
* 5:00 pm: Open
* 5:45 pm: Open
* 6:30 pm: Done for the day

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==== 6 Mar (Mon) ====
* 9:30 am: AFOSR BRI telecon
* 10:30 am: Open
* 11:15 am: Fragoso
* 12:00 pm: Lunch
* 12:30 pm: Hold: DARPA telecon
* 1:30 pm: Open
* 2:15 pm: Open
* 3:00 pm: Open
* 3:45 pm: Break
* 4:00 pm: Open
* 4:45 pm: Open
* 5:30 pm: Open
* 6:15 pm: Done for the day

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==== 7 Mar (Tue) ====
* 9:30 am: Busy
* 10:15 am: Open
* 11:00 am: Hold: DARPA telecon
* 12:00 pm: Lunch
* 12:45 pm: Hold
* 1:15 pm: Andrew M
* 2:00 pm: Open
* 2:45 pm: Depart for airport
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Jan 2017 meeting schedule

2017-01-13T15:49:54Z

Afragoso: /* 23 Jan (Mon) */

Richard will be in town 20-24 Jan. Please sign up for a time to meet below. __NOTOC__

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==== 20 Jan (Fri) ====
* Richard arrives on campus ~9:45 am
* 10:15 am: Open
* 11:00 am: Open
* 11:45 am: Open
* 12:30 pm: Lunch
* 1:30 pm: Yong and Frances A
* 2:30 pm: Open
* 3:15 pm: Open
* 4:00 pm: Open
* 4:45 pm: Break
* 5:00 pm: Open
* 5:45 pm: Open
* 6:30 pm: Done for the day

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==== 22 Jan (Sun) ====
* 1:45 pm: Open
* 2:30 pm: Open
* 3:15 pm: Open
* 4:00 pm: Break
* 4:15 pm: Open
* 5:00 pm: Open
* 5:45 pm: Open
* 6:30 pm: Done for the day

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==== 23 Jan (Mon) ====
* 8:00 am: Michaelle
* 9:00 am: Hold: Jaymie
* 10:00 am: BioCon meeting
* 12:00 pm: Seminar ([[Michaëlle Mayalu, Jan 2017|Michaelle]])
* 1:00 pm: Hold until needed
* 1:45 pm: Open
* 2:30 pm: CDS faculty meeting
* 4:15 pm: Tony Fragoso
* 5:00 pm: Open
* 5:45 pm: Open
* 6:30 pm: Dinner with visitors

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==== 24 Jan (Tue) ====
* 9:45 am: Henrike
* 10:30 am: Open
* 11:15 am: Open
* 12:00 pm: Seminar ([[Henrike Niederholtmeyer, Jan 2017|Henrike]])
* 1:15 pm: [[Michaëlle Mayalu, Jan 2017|Michaelle]]
* 2:00 pm: Open
* 2:45 pm: [[Henrike Niederholtmeyer, Jan 2017|Henrike]]
* 3:30 pm: Depart for airport
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Nov 2016 meeting schedule

2016-11-03T18:58:10Z

Afragoso: /* 15 Nov (Tue) */

Richard will be in town 13-16 Nov. Please sign up for a time to meet below.
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==== 13 Nov (Sun) ====
 
 
<hr>
* 2 pm: Hold until needed
* 2:45 pm: Hold until needed
* 3:30 pm: Hold until needed
* 4:15 pm: Break
* 5:00 pm: Hold until needed
* 5:45 pm: Hold until needed
* 6:30 pm: Done for the day

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==== 14 Nov (Mon) ====
* 10:30 am: Open
* 11:15 am: Tung
<hr>
* 1:30 pm: Open
* 2:15 pm: Andrey Shur
* 3:00 pm: Shaobin
* 3:45 pm: Break
* 4:00 pm: Open
* 4:45 pm: Open
* 5:30 pm: Open
* 6:15 pm: Done for the day
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====15 Nov (Tue) ====
* 10:30 am: Open
* 11:15 am: Open
<hr>
* 1:30 pm: Open
* 2:15 pm: Open
* 3:00 pm: Tony Fragoso
* 3:45 pm: Break
* 4:00 pm: Open
* 4:45 pm: Open
* 5:30 pm: Open
* 6:15 pm: Done for the day
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==== 16 Nov (Wed) ====
* 10:30 am: Open
* 11:15 am: Open
<hr>
* 1:30 pm: Open
* 2:15 pm: Open
* 3:00 pm: CDS tea
* Depart for airport at ~4 pm
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Sep/Oct 2016 meeting schedule

2016-09-17T18:50:33Z

Afragoso: /* 29 Sep (Thu) */

Richard will be in town 7-10 August 2016. Please sign up for a time to meet below.
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==== 29 Sep (Thu) ====
* Flying in from SF in the morning
* 1:00 pm: George
* 1:45 pm: Andrey
* 2:30 pm: Tony Fragoso
* 3:15 pm: Break
* 3:30 pm: Richard C.
* 4:15 pm: Open
* 5:00 pm: Open
* 5:45 pm: Break
* 6:00 pm: Open
* 6:45 pm: Open
* 7:30 pm: Done for the day
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==== 30 Sep (Fri) ====
* Morning: busy with other meetings/phone calls
* 1:30-3:30 pm: Integrase project meeting (Victoria, Andrey, George, Sam, Ania, Cindy, Jining)
* 3:30 pm: Miki or Jaymie
* 4:30 pm: break
* 4:45 pm: Open
* 5:30 pm: Open
* 6:15 pm: Done for the day
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==== 2 Oct (Sun) ====
* 1:45 pm: Open
* 2:30 pm: Open
* 3:15 pm: Open
* 4:00 pm: Break
* 4:15 pm: Open
* 5:00 pm: Open
* 5:45 pm: Open
* 6:30 pm: Done for the day

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==== 3 Oct (Mon) ====
* 10 am - 12 pm: DARPA BioCon meeting
* 12:00 pm: Candidacy exam
* 1:45 pm: Jaymie or Miki
* 2:45 pm: Tung
* 3:30 pm: Open
* 4:15 pm: Victoria
* 5:00 pm: Break
* 5:15 pm: Open
* 6:00 pm: Open
* 6:45 pm: Open
* 7:30 pm: Done for the day
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Aug 2016 meeting schedule

2016-07-31T00:47:43Z

Afragoso: /* 9 Aug (Tue) */

Richard will be in town 7-10 August 2016. Please sign up for a time to meet below.
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==== 7 Aug (Sun) ====
* 2:15 pm: Open
* 3:00 pm: Open
* 3:45 pm: Open
* 4:00 pm: Break
* 4:45 pm: Open
* 5:30 pm: Open
* 6:30 pm: Open
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==== 8 Aug (Mon) ====
* 9-11 am: Integrase project meeting (Victoria, Andrey, Sam, Ania, Cindy)
<hr>
* 12:45 pm: Anandh
* 1:30 pm: Open
* 2:15 pm: Open
* 3:00 pm: Open
* 3:45 pm: Break
* 4:00 pm: Open
* 4:45 pm: Open
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==== 9 Aug (Tue) ====
* 8:30 am: Open
* 9:15 am: Open
* 10:00 am: Jaymie
* 11 am - 2 pm: DARPA Biological Control project meeting (Anandh, Ania, Cindy, James, Reed, Andrey, Sam?)
* 1:00 pm: Tung
* 1:45 pm: Open
* 2:30 pm: Tony Fragoso
* 3:15 pm: Break
* 3:30 pm: Vipul
* 4:15 pm: Open
* 5:00 pm: Open
* 5:45 pm: Break
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==== 10 Aug (Wed) ====
* 9-11 am: TX-TL project meeting (Clare, Mark, Shaobin, Yong, Vipul, Sam, Miki)
* 11:00 am: Shaobin
* 11:45 am: Unavailable
* 12:45 pm: Miki
* 1:45 pm: Open
* 2:30 pm: Leave for airport
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Research meetings, Jan/Feb 2016

2016-01-18T21:48:30Z

Afragoso: /* 2 Feb 2016 (Tue) */

Please sign up for a slot below. __NOTOC__

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=== 25 Jan 2016 (Mon) ===
* Richard in SF
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=== 26 Jan 2016 (Tue) ===
* 1-2 pm: Andrey Shur
* 2-3 pm: Anders Knight
* 3-4 pm: Reed McCardell
* 5:30-6:30 pm: Ania Baetica
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=== 27 Jan 2016 (Wed) ===
* 8:30-9:30 am: open
* 9:30-10:30 am: open
* 4-5 pm: open
* 5-6 pm: open
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=== 28 Jan 2016 (Thu) ===
* 5:30-6:30 pm: open
* 6:30-7:30 pm: open
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=== 29 Jan 2016 (Fri) ===
* 2-3 pm: open
* 3-4 pm: open
* 4:30-5:30 pm: open
* 5:30-6:30 pm: open
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=== 25 Jan 2016 (Mon) ===
* Richard in Hartford
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=== 2 Feb 2016 (Tue) ===
* 9-10 am: open
* 2-3 pm: Tony Fragoso
* 3-4 pm: open
* 4-5 pm: open
* 5:30-6:30 pm: open
* 6:30-7:30 pm: open
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=== 3 Feb 2016 (Wed) ===
* 8:30-9:30 am: open
* 9:30-10:30 am: open
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=== 4 Feb 2016 (Thu) ===
* Richard in SF
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=== 5 Feb 2016 (Fri) ===
* BE visiting day
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Group Schedule, Fall 2015

2015-10-20T16:19:07Z

Afragoso: /* Week 5: 26 Oct - 30 Oct */

This page contains information about various upcoming events that are of interest to the group. __NOTOC__
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* [[Schedule|Richard's calendar (travel)]]
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* [[Group Schedule, Summer 2015]]
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The schedule for group and subgroup meetings is given below. Contact Richard if you need to change the schedule. Unless otherwise noted, here are the locations of the meetings:

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* Group meetings - 213 ANB
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* Biocircuits subgroup - 111 Keck
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* NCS subgroup - 243 ANB
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=== Week 1: 28 Sep - 2 Oct ===
'''NCS: Thu, 3p-4:30p'''
* Ioannis Filippidis (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 2: 5 Oct - 9 Oct ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Clare Hayes (long)
* Yutaka Hori (short)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Cat McGhan (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 3: 12 Oct - 18 Oct ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Abel Chiao (long)
* Vipul Singhal (short)
'''NCS: Tue, 2:00p-3:30p'''
* Sonja Glavaski (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 4: 19 Oct - 23 Oct ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Anandh Swaminathan (long)
* Victoria Hsiao (short)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Tony Fragoso (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 5: 26 Oct - 30 Oct ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Anu Thubagere (long)
* Ania Baetica (short)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Sumanth Dathathri (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 6: 2 Nov - 6 Nov ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Shaobin Guo (long)
* Enoch Yeung (short)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Jiangang Li (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 7: 9 Nov - 13 Nov ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* James Parkin (long)
* Yong Wu (short)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Ivan Papusha (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 8: 16 Nov - 20 Nov ===
'''NCS: Thu, 3:30p-5p'''
* Daniel Naftalovich (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 9: 23 Nov - 27 Nov ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Sean Sanchez (long)
* Tiffany Zhou (short)

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=== Week 10: 30 Nov - 4 Dec ===
'''NCS: Mon, 10:30a-12p'''
* Samira Farahani (main)
* Open (short)
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Sam Clamons (long)
* Tina Xu (short)

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=== Week 11: 7 Dec - 11 Dec ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Prakriti Paul (rotation)
* Georgios Artavanis (rotation)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Benson Christalin (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 12: 14 Dec - 18 Dec ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Open (long)
* Open (short)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Open (main)
* Open (short)
<hr>
CDC (Osaka)
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Group Schedule, Fall 2015

2015-10-20T16:18:53Z

Afragoso: /* Week 4: 19 Oct - 23 Oct */

This page contains information about various upcoming events that are of interest to the group. __NOTOC__
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* [[Schedule|Richard's calendar (travel)]]
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* [[Group Schedule, Summer 2015]]
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The schedule for group and subgroup meetings is given below. Contact Richard if you need to change the schedule. Unless otherwise noted, here are the locations of the meetings:

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* Group meetings - 213 ANB
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* Biocircuits subgroup - 111 Keck
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* NCS subgroup - 243 ANB
|}

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=== Week 1: 28 Sep - 2 Oct ===
'''NCS: Thu, 3p-4:30p'''
* Ioannis Filippidis (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 2: 5 Oct - 9 Oct ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Clare Hayes (long)
* Yutaka Hori (short)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Cat McGhan (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 3: 12 Oct - 18 Oct ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Abel Chiao (long)
* Vipul Singhal (short)
'''NCS: Tue, 2:00p-3:30p'''
* Sonja Glavaski (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 4: 19 Oct - 23 Oct ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Anandh Swaminathan (long)
* Victoria Hsiao (short)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Tony Fragoso (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 5: 26 Oct - 30 Oct ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Anu Thubagere (long)
* Ania Baetica (short)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Tony Fragoso (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 6: 2 Nov - 6 Nov ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Shaobin Guo (long)
* Enoch Yeung (short)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Jiangang Li (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 7: 9 Nov - 13 Nov ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* James Parkin (long)
* Yong Wu (short)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Ivan Papusha (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 8: 16 Nov - 20 Nov ===
'''NCS: Thu, 3:30p-5p'''
* Daniel Naftalovich (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 9: 23 Nov - 27 Nov ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Sean Sanchez (long)
* Tiffany Zhou (short)

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=== Week 10: 30 Nov - 4 Dec ===
'''NCS: Mon, 10:30a-12p'''
* Samira Farahani (main)
* Open (short)
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Sam Clamons (long)
* Tina Xu (short)

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=== Week 11: 7 Dec - 11 Dec ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Prakriti Paul (rotation)
* Georgios Artavanis (rotation)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Benson Christalin (main)
* Open (short)

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=== Week 12: 14 Dec - 18 Dec ===
'''Biocircuits: Tue, 10a-12p'''
* Open (long)
* Open (short)
'''NCS: Wed, 10:30a-12p'''
* Open (main)
* Open (short)
<hr>
CDC (Osaka)
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Nikolay Atanasov, Feb 2015

2015-02-08T18:08:52Z

Afragoso: /* Schedule */

Nikolay Atanasov, a student at Penn working with George Pappas and Kostas Danilidis will be visiting Caltech on 9 Feb (Mon). He will give a group meeting talk on some of his recent work. If you would like to meet with him, please sign up below:

=== Schedule ===

Monday:
* 10:00a: Richard (109 Steele Lab)
* 10:30a: Open
* 11:15a: Open
* 12p-1:15p: Group meeting presentation, 121 Annenberg
* 1:15p: Vasu (location TBD)
* 2:00p: Open
* 2:45p: Tony Fragoso (Annenberg 2nd floor common area)
* 3:30p: Open
* 4:15p: Yorie Nakahira
* 5:00p: Done for the day

=== Seminar info ===

Active Information Acquisition with Applications in Robotics and Computer Vision 
Nikolay Atanasov, University of Pennsylvania

Monday, February 9th, 12 pm 
121 Annenberg

Abstract: The remarkable advances in sensing and mobility for robotic systems allow us to address some important information gathering problems such as environmental monitoring, source seeking, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), and object recognition. The goal of active information acquisition is to design control strategies for multiple sensing robots, aimed at improving the accuracy and efficiency of tracking an evolving phenomenon of interest (target). First, we present a greedy approach to information acquisition via applications in source seeking and mobile robot localization. Next, we consider nonmyopic information acquisition in the case of linear Gaussian models and develop an approximate algorithm with suboptimality guarantees. The algorithm is computationally fast, since it exploits linearized sensing models, and memory efficient, since it exploits sparsity in the target model. Decentralized control and estimation are discussed and an application to active multi-robot SLAM is presented. Finally, we consider nonmyopic information acquisition with general sensing models and present applications in active object recognition.

Biography: Nikolay A. Atanasov received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Trinity College, Hartford, CT, in 2008 and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, in 2012. Currently, he is working towards the Ph.D. degree in electrical and systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Professor George J. Pappas and Professor Kostas Daniilidis. His research interests are in active information acquisition with applications to robotics and computer vision, encompassing problems such as active object recognition, active localization and mapping, environmental monitoring, security and surveillance, search and rescue, etc. The fields relevant to his research are robotics, control theory, optimization, and computer vision.