Come chat with Professor Peter Stone about all things AI, and watch live as robots compete in soccer.
Driving Directions:
UTCS is located in the new Gates Dell Complex (GDC), at 2317 Speedway, just south of 24th St.
Parking: The nearest parking garage is the San Jacinto garage, which is a 10 min walk from the Gates Dell Complex.
Event Details
Join us as we spend an evening with our very own alumnus, Professor Peter Stone. He will give us his TED Talk and presentation, "Can robots beat elite soccer players?" Following, we will get to view firsthand a Live AI Robotic Demo. Refreshments will be provided.
Dr. Peter Stone is the David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professor and Associate Chair of Computer Science, as well as Chair of the Robotics Portfolio Program, at the University of Texas at Austin.
He is the founder and director of the Learning Agents Research Group (LARG) within the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin, as well as associate department chair and chair of the University's Robotics Portfolio Program. Dr. Stone received his BS in Mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1993.
Speaker Profiles
Professor Peter Stone (Speaker)
The David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professor and Associate Chair of Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Peter Stone is the David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professor and Associate Chair of Computer Science, as well as Chair of the Robotics Portfolio Program, at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2013 he was awarded the University of Texas System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award and in 2014 he was inducted into the UT Austin Academy of Distinguished Teachers, earning him the title of University Distinguished Teaching Professor. Professor Stone's research interests in Artificial Intelligence include machine learning (especially reinforcement learning), multiagent systems, robotics, and e-commerce. Professor Stone received his Ph.D. in 1998 and his M.S. in 1995 from Carnegie Mellon University, both in Computer Science. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1993. From 1999 to 2002 he was a Senior Technical Staff Member in the Artificial Intelligence Principles Research Department at AT&T Labs - Research. He is an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, Guggenheim Fellow, AAAI Fellow, IEEE Fellow, Fulbright Scholar, and 2004 ONR Young Investigator. In 2003, he won an NSF CAREER award for his proposed long term research on learning agents in dynamic, collaborative, and adversarial multiagent environments, in 2007 he received the prestigious IJCAI Computers and Thought Award, given biannually to the top AI researcher under the age of 35, and in 2016 he was awarded the ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award. Professor Stone co-founded Cogitai, Inc., a startup company focussed on continual learning, in 2015, and currently serves as President and COO.
Questions
Melissa Muckenthaler, '01
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