Ken Schmidt

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[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@tweethue Need help migrating from Bridge v1 (round) to Bridge v2 (square). Response from AI not encouraging.

[Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute @HopkinsDSAI]

Hopkins researchers including @JHUECE Tinoosh Mohsenin and @JHU_BDPs Rama Chellappa are speaking at booth 1317 of the IEEE / CVF Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference today! Come meet #HopkinsDSAI
#CVPR2025

[JHU Computer Science @JHUCompSci]

Yinzhi Cao is part of a team selected by @DARPA to develop cyber reasoning systems using #ArtificialInteligence technology. Learn more: https://t.co/Z4elOMZy5S

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

A beautiful talk - and a wonderful accompaniment to the upcoming talk by @ronbrachman on the 24th!

[JHU CLSP @jhuclsp]

It was wonderful having Tom Dietterich @tdietterich at Hopkins!
Here is the recording for those interested:
https://t.co/LrYGAorXgq

@JohnsHopkinsIAA

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

For all the hype and promise of artificial intelligence systems, they have always lacked common sense. We can never have trust or assurance in AI without this critical element. Looking forward to this seminal talk from a giant in AI over the past 40 years. @JohnsHopkinsIAA

[Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern @Experiential_AI]

Learn about building common sense in #AI systems in our Distinguished Lecturer Seminar with @ronbrachman, an internationally-known #AI expert and visiting professor at @Cornell, at 1 PM EDT on Wednesday, April 24.

Register to join us in-person or online: https://t.co/xz06fPlM3V

[Ron Brachman @ronbrachman]

@mlittmancs @isbellHFh Well deserved! You guys are the best. Glad to be able to say I knew you way back when...

[JHUMECHE @jhumeche]

Marine engineering expert Dr. James Bellingham explains how searching for survivors in the water works, re: Key Bridge collapse.

https://t.co/kZdouTMvyt

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek That’s a wrap - see you tomorrow!

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek Bellingham: academia is focused on the hard problems such as new sensors, data analysis and extending the role of autonomy. Also increasing the trust between humans and machines.

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek Joining Jim on the panel are shakers from Nauticus, Siemens and Gecko Robotics.

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek What’s ahead? Siemens: have vendors learn from each other and share data.

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek Bellingham: need to find the right business model, eg the service vs own decision. And work through the long tail of operational hazards.

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek Next topic: We seem to be on the cusp of some really amazing breakthrough around what robotics able to deliver – what’s holding us back?

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek Gecko: we are a service provider for customers who don’t want to own the robots.

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek Autonomy enables “low human” involvement, from remote centers of operations, for better crew safety and close collaboration.

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek Need to deal with navigation, vehicle operational efficiency and uptime. Requires AI.

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek Next topic: The shift toward more autonomous robotics systems will be enabled by AI/ML – how should we think about the coupling of these 2 technologies?

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek Moving to autonomous operation for submersibles, given the difficult operating environment.

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek Bellingham: much has changed in the last 40 years. Batteries are much better. And software of many as difficult as we expected.

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek Panel is starting!

[Ken Schmidt @fkschmidt]

@JohnsHopkinsIAA @JGBellingham @CERAWeek Jim will address what’s changed in robotics over the past few decades (e.g., availability of thrusters/engines/antennas, and open source software repositories)