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May30
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Co-hosted by the Center for Robotics and Biosystems and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Speaker: He Bai, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Oklahoma State University
Title: Multi-agent Decentralized Bayesian Learning
Date: Thursday, May 30 at 2:00 PM
Location: Tech ME B211 and Zoom
Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/CRBSeminar
• NU-authenticated attendees will be automatically admitted. Others, please email amy.nedoss@northwestern.edu to be admitted from the waiting room.Abstract:
With the advent in computational infrastructure and smart devices, there has been an exponential growth in the amount of data collected and stored locally on individual devices. Applying machine learning to extract value from such massive data and provide data-driven models and decision making has been a popular research topic. However, porting these large amounts of data to a centralized processing unit for machine learning will face several issues, such as communication challenges associated with data transfer and potential privacy issues associated with sharing raw data. In this talk I will present our recent research on decentralized Bayesian learning algorithms that allow networked agents to collaboratively reconstruct global posterior of unknown model parameters from distributed data sets. The developed decentralized algorithms only require the agents to interact with their neighboring agents to learn a model that has the same accuracy as a centrally trained model.Bio:
Dr. He Bai received his B.S. degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2005, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, in 2007 and 2009, respectively. From 2009 to 2010, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher in Mechanical Engineering with Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. From 2010 to 2015, he was a Senior Research and Development Scientist with UtopiaCompression Corporation, where he managed R&D projects on unmanned aerial systems detect-and-avoid, target tracking, and target handoff in GPS-denied environments. In 2015, he joined Oklahoma State University, where he is currently an associate professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering. His research interests include multi-agent systems, navigation and control, robotics, and autonomous vehicles.TIME Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
LOCATION ME B211, Technological Institute map it
CONTACT Amy Nedoss amy.nedoss@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Center for Robotics and Biosystems (CRB)
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Jun15
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2024-2025 Commencement Ceremony
TIME Sunday, June 15, 2025
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Jun16
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McCormick School of Engineering PhD Hooding and Master's Degree Recognition Ceremony. The most up to date information can be found on our graduation webpage.
TIME Monday, June 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
LOCATION 2705 Ashland Ave
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CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Jun16
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McCormick School of Engineering Undergraduate Convocation. The most up to date information can be found on our graduation webpage.
TIME Monday, June 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
LOCATION 2705 Ashland Ave
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CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Jun23
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Summer classes begin
TIME Monday, June 23, 2025
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Sep16
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Fall 2025 Classes Begin
TIME Tuesday, September 16, 2025
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