Paul G. Allen School Courses

How Does the Brain Beget the Mind? - Bridging Neuroscience and Cognition

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Exploring the neural basis of cognition and intelligence through the Assembly Calculus, a computational system bridging the gap between brain activity and higher-level cognitive functions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
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• Free Video

Introduction to Compiler Design - Lecture 1

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Introduction to compiler design, covering traditional compilers, front-end analysis, interpreters, data structures, optimization, and compiler mechanics. Explores theory and history of compilers.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 43 minutes
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• Free Video

Tools for Equitable Transportation Planning with TDEI Infrastructure

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Explore innovative tools for equitable transportation planning using TDEI Infrastructure. Learn how technology can enhance accessibility and promote inclusive urban mobility solutions.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
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• Free Video

Perception and Decision-Making Systems for Human-Robot Teaming in Safety-Critical Environments

Perception and decision-making systems for human-robot teaming in safety-critical environments, focusing on group detection, social navigation, and healthcare applications to improve patient outcomes and reduce clinician workload.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 9 minutes
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• Free Video

Becoming Teammates: Designing Assistive, Collaborative Machines - 2023 Fall Robotics Colloquium

Explore the future of human-machine teamwork, focusing on assistive AI design, error management in collaboration, and support for aging populations through interactive intelligent systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Becoming Teammates - Designing Assistive, Collaborative Machines - 2023

Explore the future of human-machine teamwork, focusing on designing assistive AI and robots for collaboration, error management, and supporting older adults aging in place.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

On Making Mathematical Proof a Business - Allen School Distinguished Lecture

Explore how Amazon leverages automated reasoning and mechanized proof search in mathematical logic for software development, with insights on challenges and future scalability.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
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• Free Video

Bridging State and Action: Towards Continual Reinforcement Learning - 2023 Fall Robotics Colloquium

Explore AI systems that learn to represent knowledge, plan, and adapt through reinforcement learning. Discover a framework for efficient reasoning using affordances and temporally abstract partial models.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CREATE & Accessibility Research Group Colloquium - Innovations in Inclusive Technology

Exploring accessibility challenges in data science notebooks, intersections of race and disability in tech, videoconferencing for mixed hearing groups, and AR-based room safety scanning.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
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• Free Video

Non-negative Gauss-Newton Methods for Empirical Risk Minimization

Explores non-negative Gauss-Newton methods for empirical risk minimization, discussing adaptivity, convergence analysis, and applications in machine learning optimization.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
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• Free Video

Next Generation Wi-Fi Positioning - Overview of IEEE 802.11az Protocol

Explore the IEEE 802.11az protocol for accurate indoor positioning, its improvements over 11mc, and its potential impact on Android devices and Wi-Fi access points.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
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Feedback Design Principles for Efficient and Reliable Robot Learning

Exploring fusion of feedback control and reinforcement learning for efficient, reliable robot learning. Discusses reward shaping, co-design of controllers and algorithms, and future directions in robotics.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
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Error Bounds for Conic Feasibility Problems - Case Studies on the Exponential Cone

Explore error bounds for conic feasibility problems, focusing on the exponential cone. Learn about facial reduction and a new framework for deriving error bounds in optimization and data analysis.

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• 53 minutes
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Statistical Applications of Wasserstein Gradient Flows

Explore statistical applications of Wasserstein gradient flows in optimal transport, covering Otto calculus, Riemannian structures, and applications to variational inference and Gaussian mixture models.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
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• Free Video

Shading Languages and the Emergence of Programmable Graphics Systems

Explore the evolution of shading languages and GPUs, from movie rendering to data-parallel computing, with insights on their impact on graphics, games, and high-performance applications.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
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• Free Video