Explore SFU Visual Computing and Robotics
We have a special event that showcases SFU’s research in AI, visual Computing, and robotics. The event will feature a research talk by Dr. Konrad Tollmar, Head of Research at Electronic Arts (EA), and will allow for upper year CS undergrads, visiting students from Europe to socialize with current SFU grad students and tour the ixLab, GrUVi, and Robotics Lab.
Date: Friday, Sept 27, 2024
Schedule
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:00 - 11:45am | SFU Visual Computing and Robotics Talks |
| 12:00-12:30pm | VCR Mixer Lunch |
| 12:30-1:30pm | Guest Seminar: Dr. Konrad Tollmar, Electronic Arts Dr. Jonas Unger, Linköping University |
| 1:30-3pm | VINCI Lab tours of ixLab, GRUVI, and Robotics Lab |
| 3pm-4pm | Campus Tour |
Guest Seminar featuring Konrad Tollmar and Jonas Unger
Title: We see farther: AI and ML Research at SEED / EA
Abstract: Electronic Arts has always been driven by ‘We see farther’ - a vision of pushing boundaries and exploring new horizons for computer games. At SEED - a pioneering group within Electronic Arts - we combine creativity with applied research. In this talk, I’ll share how we get games smarter — by creating characters that feel more alive, generating new worlds on the fly, and making sure the game responds in interesting ways to how players interact with it. You’ll get a look at how we’re pushing the boundaries of game design and how AI is helping to shape the future interactive entertainment.
Speaker info: Dr. Konrad Tollmar is the Head of Research at SEED Electronic Arts. His research interests include innovative AI for interactive entertainment, computer vision, machine learning, computer graphics, and perception-based human-computer interfaces. Prior to EA, he was an Associate Professor at KTH and headed the Mobile Service Lab, a visiting Professor at TUB Telekom Innovation Laboratories, a faculty member at LU Ingvar Kamprad Design Centre, a Research Scientist at MIT CSAIL, and a Postdoc at MIT AI Lab.
Jonas Unger is professor in computer graphics at the Department of Science and Technology at Linköping University, where he is leading the computer graphics and image processing group consisting of 21 senior researchers, PhD students and research engineers. The vision of the group is to research and develop new theory and technology for computational imaging by fusing computer graphics, computer vision and sensors with human perception and machine learning to capture, digitize and reason about aspects of the world that have not been possible before.
SFU Visual Computing and Robotics Talks
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 10:05-10:25 |  Ali Mahdavi Amiri |
| 10:25-10:45 |  Angel Xuan Chang |
| 10:45-11:05 |  Angelica Lim |
| 11:05-11:25 |  Mo Chen |
| 11:25-11:45 |  Manolis Savva |
Organizing Committee
- Demos:
- ixLab: Foroozan Daneshzand (lead), Nick Vincent, Zezhong Wang, Rimika Chaudhury, Yonghao Shi, Sheng-Yang Chiu, Duc Dang, Maryam Rezaie, Ruishan Wu
- Robotics Lab: Chuxuan Zhang (lead), Sahar Leisiazar, Satvik Garg, Jingtao Tang, Zachary Svenky
- GrUVi: Kevin Yan (lead), Ahan Shabanov, Yi Shi, Michael Xu, Sai Raj Kishore, Eric Wang, Chirag Vashist
- Demo tour guides: Bita Azari, Morteza Badali, Bermet Burkanova
- Campus tour guides: Alyssa Rusk, Kyle Deliyannides
- Registration and logistics: Deborah Acheampong, Tina Choi, Jenny Feng, Stephanie Snowden, Angelica Kang
- Lunch: Chuxuan Zhang, Chong He, Kevin Yan
- Website: Angel X. Chang
- IT support: Daniel Lins da Silva
- Event Lead and MC: Angelica Lim