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Novel CNN-based gaze scanpath comparison distinguishes experts from novices in dental radiograph interpretation.

problem Distinguishing expertise in dental radiograph interpretation based on gaze behavior.
method Convolutional neural networks (CNN) process scene information at the fixation level, using image patches as input to compare gaze scanpaths.
result 93% accuracy in distinguishing experts from novices using image patch features.

Predicting human fixations from images has recently seen large improvements by leveraging deep representations which were pretrained for object recognition. However, as we show in this paper, these networks are highly overparameterized for the task of fixation prediction. We first present a simple yet principled greedy…

2018-01-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Large-scale public datasets have been shown to benefit research in multiple areas of modern artificial intelligence. For decision-making research that requires human data, high-quality datasets serve as important benchmarks to facilitate the development of new methods by providing a common reproducible standard. Many h…

2019-03-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Classifying human cognitive states from behavioral and physiological signals is a challenging problem with important applications in robotics. The problem is challenging due to the data variability among individual users, and sensor artefacts. In this work, we propose an end-to-end framework for real-time cognitive wor…

2018-10-07abs ↗pdf ↗

This study examines the practical equivalence of Laplace and neural tangent kernels.

problem Understanding the practical equivalence of Laplace and neural tangent kernels.
method The study matches the kernels exactly and by matching posteriors of a Gaussian process. It also analyzes the kernels in R^d and experiments with them in regression tasks.
result The Laplace and neural tangent kernels are practically equivalent.

Convolutional neural network localizes OD and fovea in UWFoV-SLO images.

problem Localizing optic disc and fovea centers in ultra-widefield retinal images.
method Convolutional neural network trained on reflectance and autofluorescence images.
result 99.4% OD localisation accuracy and 99.1% fovea localisation accuracy.

Method identifies dual cognitive system interactions using eye-tracking data.

problem Quantify interactions between System 1 and System 2 cognitive processes.
method Modified Stroop test, machine learning, eye-tracking data.
result Machine learning can distinguish between different tasks and characterize attentional load.

The paper studies the geometry of eye movements and cycles.

problem Understanding the visual stability and eye movement patterns.
method Develops differential geometry of saccades and saccadic cycles, characterizing them as geodesic segments and polygons.
result Provides necessary and sufficient conditions for a system of lines to be axes of rotation for saccades in a saccadic cycle.

Toward enabling next-generation robots capable of socially intelligent interaction with humans, we present a computational  model\mathbf{computational\; model} of interactions in a social environment of multiple agents and multiple groups. The Multiagent Group Perception and Interaction (MGpi) network is a deep neural network that predi…

2019-03-04abs ↗pdf ↗

This work tackles force control for contact-rich manipulation tasks with rigid robots using RL.

problem Challenges in working with real robotic hardware, especially position-controlled robots.
method Combines RL with traditional force control techniques, implementing parallel position/force control and admittance control.
result Validated methods on both simulation and real robot (UR3 e-series) for force control.

A framework integrates machine learning with robust control for safer, more reliable systems.

problem Combining machine learning with robust control for systems with stringent safety and reliability requirements.
method Integrates Gaussian Process Regression and state-of-the-art robust controller synthesis within a framework that provides rigorous guarantees.
result Demonstrated improved performance with more data while maintaining rigorous guarantees.

Paper uses deep reinforcement learning for better control of rocket engines during start-up phases.

problem Lack of optimal control during transient phases of liquid rocket engines.
method Deep reinforcement learning approach for optimal control of a gas-generator engine's continuous start-up phase.
result Deep reinforcement learning controller achieves highest performance and minimal computational effort.

Just as an explicit parameterisation of system dynamics by state, i.e., a choice of coordinates, can impede the identification of general structure, so it is too with an explicit parameterisation of system dynamics by control. However, such explicit and fixed parameterisation by control is commonplace in control theory…

2013-12-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified control theory and machine learning for safety in uncertain systems.

problem Safety guarantees for systems with measurement model uncertainty.
method Measurement-Robust Control Barrier Functions (MR-CBFs) for control synthesis.
result MR-CBFs ensure safety in perception systems with measurement model uncertainty.

Hybrid systems are characterized by having an interaction between continuous dynamics and discrete events. The contribution of this paper is to provide hybrid systems with a novel geometric formulation so that controls can be added. Using this framework we describe some new global controllability tests for hybrid contr…

2019-05-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a new method to optimize robot body structure and control policy.

problem Optimizing robot body structure and control policy in a coupled manner.
method Revisits co-design problem as a Stackelberg game, incorporating control adaptation dynamics.
result Stackelberg PPO outperforms standard PPO in stability and performance.

Non-bilinear observations make optimal control harder, showing non-convex costs and non-affine optimal controllers.

problem Optimal control from bilinear observations in linear systems is challenging.
method Analytical and numerical methods to study the non-convex cost-to-go and non-affine optimal controllers.
result The Separation Principle does not hold for bilinear observations, leading to non-convex costs and non-affine optimal controllers.

Defense strategy improves controller robustness against adversarial attacks.

problem Adversarial attacks on learning-enabled controllers in CPS.
method Two-stage defense strategy treating controller and environment as black-boxes with unknown dynamics.
result Defense strategy effectively improves controller robustness in realistic control domains.

This paper considers control systems defined on Lie algebroids. After deriving basic controllability tests for general control systems, we specialize our discussion to the class of mechanical control systems on Lie algebroids. This class of systems includes mechanical systems subject to holonomic and nonholonomic const…

2004-02-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Survey of theoretical foundations for policy optimization in control.

problem Understanding the theoretical properties of gradient-based methods in control and reinforcement learning.
method Interdisciplinary review of optimization landscape, convergence, and sample complexity for various control problems.
result Recent theoretical results on stability and robustness in learning-based control.

New method for handling multi-dimensional singular controls with jump costs in mean-field problems.

problem Handling jump costs in multi-dimensional singular controls.
method Introducing two-layer parametrisations to interpolate jumps on both distributional and pathwise levels.
result Derivation of a DPP and characterisation of the value function as a minimal super-solution to a quasi-variational inequality.

Researchers develop a method to control nonlinear systems with Koopman operator regression.

problem Controlling nonlinear systems with finite action spaces.
method Koopman operator regression for dynamics estimation and model predictive control for control.
result The method yields a linear switching predictive model for control.

New algorithm achieves logarithmic regret for adversarial online control.

problem Online linear-quadratic control in systems with adversarial disturbances.
method Characterization of optimal offline control law, reduced to online learning with approximate advantage functions.
result First algorithm with logarithmic regret for arbitrary adversarial disturbance sequences.

New robust control method for uncertain systems using bootstrapped noise.

problem Designing controllers robust to model uncertainties in finite data.
method Least-squares model estimator, bootstrap resampling, multiplicative noise LQR.
result Significantly outperforms certainty equivalent controllers in numerical tests.

Since governments give stimulus to firms and expect the spillover effect by fiscal policies, it is important to know the effectiveness that they can control the economy. To clarify the controllability of the economy, we investigate a firm production network observed exhaustively in Japan and what firms should be direct…

2016-04-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Motivated by the ubiquity of control-affine systems in optimal control theory, we investigate the geometry of point-affine control systems with metric structures in dimensions two and three. We compute local isometric invariants for point-affine distributions of constant type with metric structures for systems with 2 s…

2012-06-06abs ↗pdf ↗