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Emperical Interference

Haptic Intelligence

Modern Magnetic Systems

Perceiving Systems

Physical Intelligence

Robotic Materials

Social Foundations of Computation


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Autonomous Vision

Autonomous Learning

Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots

Dynamic Locomotion

Embodied Vision

Human Aspects of Machine Learning

Intelligent Control Systems

Learning and Dynamical Systems

Locomotion in Biorobotic and Somatic Systems

Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems

Movement Generation and Control

Neural Capture and Synthesis

Physics for Inference and Optimization

Organizational Leadership and Diversity

Probabilistic Learning Group


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Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Haptify: A Comprehensive Benchmarking System for Grounded Force-Feedback Haptic Devices Fazlollahi, F., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Insights into Human Perception of Asymmetric Vibrations via Dynamic Modeling Nunez, C. M., Vardar, Y., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at Eurohaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Intermediate Ridges Amplify Mechanoreceptor Strains in Static and Dynamic Touch Serhat, G., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Learning Hybrid Dynamics and Control Abdulsamad, H., Peters, J. ECML/PKDD 2nd Workshop on Deep Continuous-Discrete Machine Learning, September 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX

Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Article Microchannels with Self-Pumping Walls Yu, T., Athanassiadis, A. G., Popescu, M. N., Chikkadi, V., Güth, A., Singh, D. P., Qiu, T., Fischer, P. ACS Nano, 14(10):13673-13680, 2020 () DOI URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Ph.D. Thesis On the Geometry of Data Representations Bécigneul, G. ETH Zurich, Switzerland, September 2020, (CLS Fellowship Program) (Published) BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Optimal Sensor Placement for Recording the Contact Vibrations of a Medical Tool Gourishetti, R., Serhat, G., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Seeing Through Touch: Contact-Location Sensing and Tactile Feedback for Prosthetic Hands Thomas, N., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Tactile Textiles: An Assortment of Fabric-Based Tactile Sensors for Contact Force and Contact Location Burns, R. B., Thomas, N., Lee, H., Faulkner, R., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Hands-on demonstration presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020, Rachael Bevill Burns, Neha Thomas, and Hyosang Lee contributed equally to this publication (Published) BibTeX

Dynamic Locomotion Article Effective Viscous Damping Enables Morphological Computation in Legged Locomotion Mo, A., Izzi, F., Haeufle, D. F. B., Badri-Spröwitz, A. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 7:110, August 2020 (Published) Youtube DOI URL BibTeX

Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems Article Characterization of active matter in dense suspensions with heterodyne laser Doppler velocimetry Sachs, J., Kottapalli, S. N., Fischer, P., Botin, D., Palberg, T. Colloid and Polymer Science, 299(2):269-280, August 2020 () DOI URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper A Continuous-time Perspective for Modeling Acceleration in Riemannian Optimization F Alimisis, F., Orvieto, A., Becigneul, G., Lucchi, A. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 108:1297-1307, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Silvia Chiappa and Roberto Calandra), PMLR, August 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper A Nonparametric Off-Policy Policy Gradient Tosatto, S., Carvalho, J., Abdulsamad, H., Peters, J. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 108:167-177, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Silvia Chiappa and Roberto Calandra), PMLR, August 2020 (Published) BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Bayesian Online Prediction of Change Points Agudelo-España, D., Gomez-Gonzalez, S., Bauer, S., Schölkopf, B., Peters, J. Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), 124:320-329, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Jonas Peters and David Sontag), PMLR, August 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX

Autonomous Vision Conference Paper Category Level Object Pose Estimation via Neural Analysis-by-Synthesis Chen, X., Dong, Z., Song, J., Geiger, A., Hilliges, O. In Computer Vision – ECCV 2020, 26:139-156, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12371, (Editors: Vedaldi, Andrea and Bischof, Horst and Brox, Thomas and Frahm, Jan-Michael), Springer, Cham, 16th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV 2020) , August 2020 (Published) Project Page pdf suppmat DOI BibTeX

Autonomous Vision Conference Paper Convolutional Occupancy Networks Peng, S., Niemeyer, M., Mescheder, L., Pollefeys, M., Geiger, A. In Computer Vision – ECCV 2020, 3:523-540, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12348, (Editors: Vedaldi, Andrea and Bischof, Horst and Brox, Thomas and Frahm, Jan-Michael), Springer, Cham, 16th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV 2020), August 2020 (Published) pdf suppmat video Project Page DOI BibTeX

Autonomous Learning Conference Paper Deep Graph Matching via Blackbox Differentiation of Combinatorial Solvers Rolínek, M., Swoboda, P., Zietlow, D., Paulus, A., Musil, V., Martius, G. In Computer Vision – ECCV 2020, 28:407-424, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12373, (Editors: Vedaldi, Andrea and Bischof, Horst and Brox, Thomas and Frahm, Jan-Michael), Springer, Cham, 16th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV 2020) , August 2020 (Published) Code Arxiv Long Spotlight Short Spotlight pdf DOI BibTeX

Statistical Learning Theory Conference Paper Explaining the Explainer: A First Theoretical Analysis of LIME Garreau, D., von Luxburg, U. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics , 108:1287-1296, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Silvia Chiappa and Roberto Calandra), PMLR, 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS 2020) , August 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Probabilistic Learning Group Conference Paper Fair Decisions Despite Imperfect Predictions Kilbertus, N., Gomez Rodriguez, M., Schölkopf, B., Muandet, K., Valera, I. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 108:277-287, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Silvia Chiappa and Roberto Calandra), PMLR, August 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX

Perceiving Systems Conference Paper GRAB: A Dataset of Whole-Body Human Grasping of Objects Taheri, O., Ghorbani, N., Black, M. J., Tzionas, D. In Computer Vision – ECCV 2020, 4:581-600, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12349, (Editors: Vedaldi, Andrea and Bischof, Horst and Brox, Thomas and Frahm, Jan-Michael), Springer, Cham, 16th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV 2020), August 2020 (Published) pdf suppl video (long) video (short) DOI URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous How Does Real-Time Feedback Affect Communicative Actions in Social-Physical Human-Robot Interaction? Mohan, M., Nunez, C. M., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Workshop paper (2 pages) presented at the ROMAN Workshop on Quality of Interaction in Socially Assistive Robots (QISAR), Virtual, August 2020 (Published) BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Importance Sampling via Local Sensitivity Raj, A., Musco, C., Mackey, L. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 108:3099-3109, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Silvia Chiappa and Roberto Calandra), PMLR, August 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Integrals over Gaussians under Linear Domain Constraints Gessner, A., Kanjilal, O., Hennig, P. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 108:2764-2774, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Silvia Chiappa and Roberto Calandra), PMLR, August 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Kernel Conditional Moment Test via Maximum Moment Restriction Muandet, K., Jitkrittum, W., Kübler, J. M. Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), 124:41-50, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Jonas Peters and David Sontag), PMLR, August 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX

Autonomous Motion Conference Paper Learning Sensory-Motor Associations from Demonstration Berenz, V., Bjelic, A., Herath, L., Mainprice, J. 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man 2020), August 2020 (Published) BibTeX

Empirical Inference Probabilistic Learning Group Conference Paper Model-Agnostic Counterfactual Explanations for Consequential Decisions Karimi, A., Barthe, G., Balle, B., Valera, I. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 108:895-905, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Silvia Chiappa and Roberto Calandra), PMLR, August 2020 (Published) arXiv URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Modular Block-diagonal Curvature Approximations for Feedforward Architectures Dangel, F., Harmeling, S., Hennig, P. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 108:799-808, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Silvia Chiappa and Roberto Calandra), PMLR, August 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Ph.D. Thesis Modulating Physical Interactions in Human-Assistive Technologies Hu, S. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, August 2020, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (Published) Hu20-PHDD-Modulating BibTeX

Perceiving Systems Conference Paper Monocular Expressive Body Regression through Body-Driven Attention Choutas, V., Pavlakos, G., Bolkart, T., Tzionas, D., Black, M. J. In Computer Vision - ECCV 2020, 10:20-40, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12355, (Editors: Vedaldi, Andrea and Bischof, Horst and Brox, Thomas and Frahm, Jan-Michael), Springer, Cham, 16th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV 2020), August 2020 (Published) code Short video Long video arxiv pdf suppl DOI URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper More Powerful Selective Kernel Tests for Feature Selection Lim, J. N., Yamada, M., Jitkrittum, W., Terada, Y., Matsui, S., Shimodaira, H. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 108:820-830, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Silvia Chiappa and Roberto Calandra), PMLR, August 2020 (Published) arXiv URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper On the design of consequential ranking algorithms Tabibian, B., Gómez, V., De, A., Schölkopf, B., Gomez Rodriguez, M. Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), 124:171-180, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Jonas Peters and David Sontag), PMLR, August 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX

Rationality Enhancement Technical Report Optimal To-Do List Gamification Stojcheski, J., Felso, V., Lieder, F. ArXiv Preprint, 2020 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Semi-supervised learning, causality, and the conditional cluster assumption von Kügelgen, J., Mey, A., Loog, M., Schölkopf, B. Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI) , 124:1-10, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Jonas Peters and David Sontag), PMLR, August 2020, *also at NeurIPS 2019 Workshop Do the right thing: machine learning and causal inference for improved decision making (Published) arXiv URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Sleep, Stress, and Experience Supersede Vibrotactile Haptic Feedback as Contributors to Workload During Robotic Surgical Skill Acquisition Gomez, E. D., Mat Husin, H., Dumon, K. R., Williams, N. N., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Extended abstract presented as an ePoster at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Cleveland, USA, August 2020 (Published) BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Testing Goodness of Fit of Conditional Density Models with Kernels Jitkrittum, W., Kanagawa, H., Schölkopf, B. Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), 124:221-230, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (Editors: Jonas Peters and David Sontag), PMLR, August 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX

Probabilistic Numerics Article Three-dimensional models of core-collapse supernovae from low-mass progenitors with implications for Crab Stockinger, G., Janka, H., Kresse, D., Melson, T., Ertl, T., Gabler, M., Gessner, A., Wongwathanarat, A., Tolstov, A., Leung, S., et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 496(2):2039-2084, August 2020 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Article Transient coarsening and the motility of optically heated Janus colloids in a binary liquid mixture Gomez-Solano, J., Roy, S., Araki, T., Dietrich, S., Maciolek, A. Soft Matter, 16(36):8359-8371, Royal Society of Chemistry, August 2020 () DOI URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Vision-based Force Estimation for a da Vinci Instrument Using Deep Neural Networks Lee, Y., Mat Husin, H., Forte, M., Lee, S., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Extended abstract presented as an Emerging Technology ePoster at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Cleveland, Ohio, USA, August 2020 (Published) BibTeX

Perceiving Systems Conference Paper STAR: Sparse Trained Articulated Human Body Regressor Osman, A. A. A., Bolkart, T., Black, M. J. In Computer Vision - ECCV 2020, 6:598-613, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12351, (Editors: Vedaldi, Andrea and Bischof, Horst and Brox, Thomas and Frahm, Jan-Michael), Springer, Cham, 16th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV 2020), August 2020 (Published) Project Page Code Video paper supplemental DOI BibTeX

Rationality Enhancement Software Workshop Conference Paper How to navigate everyday distractions: Leveraging optimal feedback to train attention control Wirzberger, M., Lado, A., Eckerstorfer, L., Oreshnikov, I., Passy, J., Stock, A., Shenhav, A., Lieder, F. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Cognitive Science Society, July 2020 () How to navigate everyday distractions: Leveraging optimal feedback to train attention control DOI BibTeX

Modern Magnetic Systems Ph.D. Thesis Magnetische Röntgenmikroskopie zur Untersuchung des lokalen Stromtransports in Supraleitern Simmendinger, J. Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart (und Verlag Dr. Hut, München), July 2020 () BibTeX

Modern Magnetic Systems Ph.D. Thesis Spin-Bahn-Effekte in der Vortexdynamik und kürzeste Spinwellen in Y3Fe5O12 Förster, J. Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart (und Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen), July 2020 () BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper A simpler approach to accelerated optimization: iterative averaging meets optimism Joulani, P., Raj, A., Gyoergy, A., Szepesvari, C. Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Machine Learning, 119:4984-4993, PMLR, Internet, 37th International Conference on Machine Learning, July 2020 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems Ph.D. Thesis Motion, Symmetry & Spectroscopy of Chiral Nanostructures Sachs, J. Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart (und Springer, Cham), July 2020 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Ph.D. Thesis Advances in Latent Variable and Causal Models Rubenstein, P. University of Cambridge, UK, July 2020, (Cambridge-Tuebingen-Fellowship) (Published) BibTeX