From pondabarnes at tti-c.org Tue Oct 17 07:33:53 2006
From: pondabarnes at tti-c.org (Ponda Barnes)
Date: Tue Oct 17 01:38:15 2006
Subject: [TTIC Colloquium] FW: Guest Speaker @ TTI-C ( J. Birge- Tuesday
10/19 @ 12:15)
Message-ID: <200610170638.k9H6c71Q018085@nagoya.uchicago.edu>
TTI-C ( J. Birge- Tuesday 10/19 @ 12:15)
TTI-C Guest Speaker
Presented by: Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Speaker: John Birge, University of Chicago School of Business
Speaker's home page: http://www.john.birge@gsb.uchicago.edu
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2006
Location: TTI conference room, 2nd floor- Press building
Time: 12:15 pm
Title: Decomposition Methods for Dynamic, Stochastic Optimization
Abstract:
Many practical decision-making problems can be represented as discrete-time,
dynamic stochastic optimization models or (multi-stage stochastic programs).
In general, such problems are quite hard to solve, but certain special cases
lead to efficient algorithms and approximations. In this talk, I will
briefly describe the models, common applications, and complexity results. I
will present in more detail, methods based on value-function approximations
assuming convexity and
serial independence of the data process and extensions to infinite-horizon
problems.
If you have any questions, or would like to meet the speaker, please contact
Ponda Barnes at pondabarnes@tti-c.org
For future TTI-C talks and events, please go to the TTI-C Events page:
http:// www.tti-c.org/events.html. TTI-C (1427 E 60th Street, Chicago, IL )
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From pondabarnes at tti-c.org Tue Oct 17 08:08:25 2006
From: pondabarnes at tti-c.org (Ponda Barnes)
Date: Tue Oct 17 02:12:42 2006
Subject: [TTIC Colloquium] CORRECTION Guest Speaker @ TTI-C ( J. Birge-
Tuesday 10/19 @ 12:15)
Message-ID: <200610170712.k9H7Cd1Q018145@nagoya.uchicago.edu>
Correction: The Seminar will be held TODAY!
TTI-C Guest Speaker
Presented by: Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Speaker: John Birge, University of Chicago School of Business
Speaker's home page: http://www.john.birge@gsb.uchicago.edu
Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Location: TTI conference room, 2nd floor- Press building
Time: 12:15 pm
Title: Decomposition Methods for Dynamic, Stochastic Optimization
Abstract:
Many practical decision-making problems can be represented as discrete-time,
dynamic stochastic optimization models or (multi-stage stochastic programs).
In general, such problems are quite hard to solve, but certain special cases
lead to efficient algorithms and approximations. In this talk, I will
briefly describe the models, common applications, and complexity results. I
will present in more detail, methods based on value-function approximations
assuming convexity and
serial independence of the data process and extensions to infinite-horizon
problems.
If you have any questions, or would like to meet the speaker, please contact
Ponda Barnes at pondabarnes@tti-c.org
For future TTI-C talks and events, please go to the TTI-C Events page:
http:// www.tti-c.org/events.html. TTI-C (1427 E 60th Street, Chicago, IL )
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From pondabarnes at tti-c.org Tue Oct 17 08:15:35 2006
From: pondabarnes at tti-c.org (Ponda Barnes)
Date: Tue Oct 17 02:19:53 2006
Subject: [TTIC Colloquium] CORRECTION- Guest Speaker @ TTI-C ( J. Birge-
Tuesday 10/17 @ 12:15)
Message-ID: <200610170719.k9H7Jp1Q018164@nagoya.uchicago.edu>
Correction the seminar will be held TODAY!
TTI-C Guest Speaker
Presented by: Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Speaker: John Birge, University of Chicago School of Business
Speaker's home page: http://www.john.birge@gsb.uchicago.edu
Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Location: TTI conference room, 2nd floor- Press building
Time: 12:15 pm
Title: Decomposition Methods for Dynamic, Stochastic Optimization
Abstract:
Many practical decision-making problems can be represented as discrete-time,
dynamic stochastic optimization models or (multi-stage stochastic programs).
In general, such problems are quite hard to solve, but certain special cases
lead to efficient algorithms and approximations. In this talk, I will
briefly describe the models, common applications, and complexity results. I
will present in more detail, methods based on value-function approximations
assuming convexity and
serial independence of the data process and extensions to infinite-horizon
problems.
If you have any questions, or would like to meet the speaker, please contact
Ponda Barnes at pondabarnes@tti-c.org
For future TTI-C talks and events, please go to the TTI-C Events page:
http:// www.tti-c.org/events.html. TTI-C (1427 E 60th Street, Chicago, IL )
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From pondabarnes at tti-c.org Thu Oct 19 11:33:37 2006
From: pondabarnes at tti-c.org (Ponda Barnes)
Date: Thu Oct 19 05:37:38 2006
Subject: [TTIC Colloquium] Guest Speaker @ TTI-C
Message-ID: <200610191037.k9JAba1Q028412@nagoya.uchicago.edu>
TTI-C Guest Speaker
Presented by: Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Speaker: Tomaso Poggio
Speaker's home page: http://web.mit.edu/bcs/people/poggio.shtml
Date: Monday, October 23, 2006
Location: TTI conference room, 2nd floor-Press building
Time: 3:00 pm
Title: Model of Object Recognition: Computations and Circuits in the
Feedforward Path of the Ventral Stream in Primate Visual Cortex.
Abstract: TBA
If you have any questions or would like to meet the speaker, please contact
Ponda Barnes at pondabarnes@tti-c.org.
For future TTI-C talks and events, please go to the TTI-C events page:
http//www.tti-c.org/events.html.
TTI-C 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
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From cflemming at tti-c.org Mon Oct 23 12:17:38 2006
From: cflemming at tti-c.org (Carole Flemming)
Date: Mon Oct 23 06:21:20 2006
Subject: [TTIC Colloquium] Talk Reminder - Today at 3:00 PM - Dr. Tomaso
Poggio
Message-ID: <200610231121.k9NBLI1Q024768@nagoya.uchicago.edu>
Reminder - Talk at TTI-C today, Monday Oct 23 at 3:00 PM. In the TTI-C
Conference Room:
Dr. Tomaso Poggio
MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab
Model of Object Recognition: Computations and Circuits in the Feedforward
Path of the Ventral Strea
Carole Flemming
Human Resources Coordinator
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
773/702-5033
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From cflemming at tti-c.org Mon Oct 23 12:20:53 2006
From: cflemming at tti-c.org (Carole Flemming)
Date: Mon Oct 23 06:24:33 2006
Subject: [TTIC Colloquium] Talk Announcement - Dr. Guillermo Sapiro-Tuesday
10/24
Message-ID: <200610231124.k9NBOW1Q024789@nagoya.uchicago.edu>
Talk Announcement:
Tuesday, 10/24 at 3:00 pm in TTI-C's Conference Room
Dr. Guillermo Sapiro
University of Minnesota
Colorization, Special Effects, and Interactive Image Segmentation via Fast
Distance Functions
For an abstract go to:
http://ttic.uchicago.edu/events/event_detail.php?event_id=223
Carole Flemming
Human Resources Coordinator
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
773/702-5033
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From pondabarnes at tti-c.org Mon Oct 30 14:14:10 2006
From: pondabarnes at tti-c.org (Ponda Barnes)
Date: Mon Oct 30 08:17:38 2006
Subject: [TTIC Colloquium] Guest Speaker @ TTI-C
Message-ID: <200610301417.k9UEHa1Q027828@nagoya.uchicago.edu>
TTI-C Guest Speaker
Presented by: Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Speaker: Erik Miller
Speaker's home page: http://www.cs.umass.edu/~elm
Date: Friday, November 3, 2006
Location: TTI-C conference room, 2nd floor-Press building
Time: 10:00 am
Title: Detection, Alignment, and Recognition: Relationships and Synergies
(Joint work with Andras Ferencz, Vidit Jain, Jitendra Malik).
Abstract:
In this talk, I discuss recent developments in our "hyper-feature"
System for object identification and in particular our recent work on face
recognition. The goal of hyper-feature recognition is to build a custom
model for each face we wish to recognize from just a single example of the
face. To achieve this, we must bring detailed knowledge of a larger class
of objects (the set of all faces) to bear on the problem. In particular, we
must develop a generic model of the distinctiveness and repeatability of
facial features that allow us to build an effective model of a face from a
single example.
Our hyper-feature model requires pre-detection and pre-alignment of faces to
a canonical position. The better this alignment, the more accurate our
hyper-features will be, and the better our face recognizer performs.
We discuss recent work in unsupervised alignment algorithms
(congealing) as applied
To complex images such as faces in general backgrounds. We give a general
procedure for converting ANY model of faces, which produces a scalar score
into a face alignment algorithm that is fast and robust to local minima.
The ideas presented in both parts of the talk are generic and apply to any
category of objects, which can be roughly registered.
If you have any questions or would like to meet the speaker, please contact
Ponda Barnes at pondabarnes@tti-c.org.
For future TTI-C talks and events, please go to the TTI-C Events page:
http:// www.tti-c.org/events.html.
TTI-C ( 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL)
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