Technical Talks Matrix
Below is a draft of this year’s technical talks matrix.
The Technical Talks allow ARC projects to report on their research goals and outcomes. Each talk will consist of a 15-minute presentation followed by 5-minute for Q&A.
2024 Day 1 - June 5
Technical Session 1
| 1A: Perception and Planning Session Chair: Jon Smereka, Parasmothy Jayakumar (GVSC) Rogel Ballroom |
1B: Materials and Terramechanics Session Chair: Katie Sebeck (GVSC) Room 2210 |
1C: Digital Engineering and Multi-Agent System Session Chair: Matt Castanier, Steve Rapp (GVSC) Wolverine Room (3rd floor) |
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| 1:30 PM | Project 1.37, PI: Popa, Epureanu Perception in Complex Scenes Using Automatically Labeled Sonar-imaging Data in Synthetic Environments |
Project 3.18, PI: Barrett Materials Design of Polycarbonates at the Atomistic Scale with Machine Learning |
Project 5.19, PI: Vasudevan Adversarial Scene Generation for Virtual Validation and Testing of Off-Road Autonomous Vehicle Performance |
| 1:50 | Project 1.39, PI: Al Faruque Adaptive and Efficient Perception for Autonomous Ground Vehicles Operating in Highly Stochastic Environments under Sensing Uncertainties |
Project 3.19, PI: Lu, Epureanu, Popa Intelligent Ultrasound to Adaptively Control Interfacial Properties and Reactions |
Project 5.21, PI: Parsa Multi-Phase Vector Symbolic Architectures for Distributed and Collective Intelligence in Multi-Agent Autonomous Systems |
| 2:10 | Project 1.41, PI: Ersal, Epureanu Resilient Trajectory Planning for Extreme Mobility on Challenging Slopes |
Project 3.20, PI: Martin, Harwood, Sugiyama Modeling of a Ground Vehicle Operating in Shallow Water |
Project 5.22, PI: Vlahopoulos Unsupervised Testing and Verification for Software Systems of Ground Autonomous Vehicles |
| 2:30 | Project 1.A73, PI: Veerapaneni Quantum Computing Innovation for Off-Road Mobility |
Project 3.21, PI: Filipov Design of Modular Origami Structures for Multifunctional Cloaking and Protection |
Project 5.23, PI: Epureanu Automated Co-Design of Vehicles and their Teaming Operations for Optimal Off-Road Performance |
| 2:50 | Project 1.40, PI: Goodin Touch-based Sensing for Evaluating Vegetation in Complex Navigation Environments |
Project 3.22, PI: Sandu, Yerro-Colom Tire–mud Interaction Modeled Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and Finite Element Analysis (SPH-FEA) Techniques and Experimental Validation |
Project 5.A104, PI: Vantsevich Modular Closed-loop, Real-time, Physics-based Software Simulator for Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Unstructured Terrain Environments |
| 3:10 - 3:30 | Project 1.A100, PI: Haider Rapid and Adaptive Perception Autonomy for Context-Specific Classifications |
Project 3.23, PI: KW Wang Adaptive Structures with Embedded Autonomy for Advancing Ground Vehicles |
Project 1.A90, PI: Mourelatos, Hu Reliable Deep Learning for Data-Driven Mobility Prediction under Uncertainty for Off-Road Autonomous Ground Vehicles |
2024 Day 2 - June 6
Technical Session 2
| 2A: Human-Autonomy Interactions Session Chair: Victor Paul, Parasmothy Jayakumar (GVSC) Rogel Ballroom |
2B: Materials and Structures Session Chair: Katie Sebeck (GVSC) Room 2210 |
2C: Energy and Lightweighting Session Chair: Jon Smereka, Vamshi Korivi (GVSC) Wolverine Room (3rd floor) |
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| 10:35 AM | Project 2.15, PI: Mihalcea In-the-wild Question Answering: Toward Natural Human-Autonomy Interaction |
Project 3.24/3.A96, PI: Valdevit, Apelian Additively Manufactured All-metallic Metamaterial Solutions for Protection of Electronic Systems in Autonomous Vehicles |
Project 1.A107, PI: Li Integrated Design and Efficient Safe Control for Terrain-Adaptive Ultra-lightweight Vehicles |
| 10:55 | Project 2.16, PI: Chai Language Communication and Collaboration with Autonomous Vehicles under Unexpected Situations |
Project 3.A103, PI: Littlefield Evaluation of Under-body Blast Response to Loading from Alternative Terra-Medium Environments |
Project 1.A108, PI: Lajnef Self-Powered Wireless Sensing Platform for Vehicle Attitude Control |
| 11:15 | Project 2.18, PI: Kim Investigating Required Transparency Information and Display Features through an Empirical Study using a Dual-tasks HAT Simulation |
Project 3.A112, PI: Haq Advanced Manufacturing of composites using Robotic fiber placement, Novel Multi-material Joining, and Integrated Sensors |
Project 4.37, PI: Naber Risk Averse Vehicle Energy, Thermal Signature Management and Control to Enable Silent Mobility/watch |
| 11:35 | Project 2.A101, PI: Stavrinos Effect of Autonomous Assistance on Crew Member Performance, Situational Awareness, and Interaction in a Closed Hatched Simulated Environment |
Project 3.A111, PI: Papapolymerou Multi-Band Communication Antenna Systems for Ground Vehicles Enabled by Advanced RF Packaging Integration |
Project 4.A105, PI: Fahlman De Novo Design of Energy Storage Materials Through a Synergistic Approach |
| 11:55 | Project 1.A81, PI: Gorodetsky, Veerapaneni Mathematical Approaches for Learning from Gaming Data |
Project 3.A106, PI: Marquez Safe Water for All: Novel Adsorbent and Membrane Materials for Water and Wastewater Treatment |
Project 4.A109, PI: Fang Develop Lightweight, Low-temperature, and Safe Batteries for Autonomous Electric Vehicles |
| 12:15 - 12:35 PM | Project 1.A113, PI: Ghasemi, Vantsevich, Moradi Responsible AI-Based Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Severe Dynamic Terrain Environments |
- | Project 4.A110, PI: Foster Lightweight Electric Powertrain with High-speed Machines and Drives |
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