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Topic for the next control group meeting!
by Michael Somerfield 01 Apr '25

01 Apr '25

G'day Everyone! Our next meeting (2-3, Monday) will be on Lie Theory, presented by Sepehr! Sepehr joined us for the first time this week, and made the catastrophic mistake of mentioning that he did his masters in mathematics. So, I immediately voluntold him for giving a talk in our next meeting. Some reading before the next class: https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/WNHkC1WLPxcEVoxw3CLf0cVzoOA?domain=i… And chapters 3-4 from https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/QRkEC2xMQziEMXWo1C1hnc5DMRk?domain=l…, if you have time to spare. Hope you all appreciate having the weekend to do some reading before the next meeting! 2-3pm, Monday, J04. Hope to see you all there.

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Planning and control Topic for this week!
by Michael Somerfield 19 Mar '25

19 Mar '25

G'day everyone! This week we're being treated to a discussion on DeePC by Ben Stirling! This will be Ben's first presentation to the group, but I'm sure it'll be a good one. The paper being reviewed: https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/3FGbC6XQ4LfGB1WkzCpfLU5Cpbl?domain=a… Further, there has been discussion about potentially moving the meeting time for the reading group, as a few people have mentioned that they're no longer able to attend with teaching conflicts. I've set up a when2meet so we can evaluate everyone's availability. If you don't want to have the meeting time changed, let me know so I can gauge how we all feel about moving the time. https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Cg01C71R2NTWJQRMliWhWUoE2z4?domain=w… Hope to see you all there! 11am AEDT Friday, J04 Meeting room (Or zoom meeting: 842 3316 2061) Kind regards, Michael.

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Reading group meeting for this week
by Michael Somerfield 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

G'day everyone! I hope we've all had a great few weeks. This Friday, we're being treated to a presentation on Flow-Matching from the wonderful Yurui! Below is a link to a paper that covers the high level concept of flow matching if you (like me) don't know too much about the process! https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/NNQ9CyojxQTywjvmDCZfnUxy0zr?domain=a… [2412.06264] Flow Matching Guide and Code - arXiv.org<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/NNQ9CyojxQTywjvmDCZfnUxy0zr?domain=a…> Flow Matching (FM) is a recent framework for generative modeling that has achieved state-of-the-art performance across various domains, including image, video, audio, speech, and biological structures. This guide offers a comprehensive and self-contained review of FM, covering its mathematical foundations, design choices, and extensions. By also providing a PyTorch package featuring relevant ... arxiv.org 11am AEDT. Zoom link: 842 3316 2061 I hope to see you all there!

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USyd Planning and Control Reading group for this week
by Michael Somerfield 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

G'day Everyone! Apologies for the late notice. This week, we will be going over the paper "Agile Maneuvers in Legged Robots: a Predictive Control Approach", presented by yours truly! https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/19qgCMwGxOt63qNVVtwf3T8SANc?domain=a… It'll likely be more of a "figure it out as a group" kind of session, so don't stress over fully understanding it before you show up, however a light read would be smart. I hope to see you all there! Friday (Tomorrow), 11am, J04, If you want to join remotely, zoom meeting number: 842 3316 2061 Kind regards, Michael.

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Testing email - Please respond if not with USYD
by Michael Somerfield 23 Feb '25

23 Feb '25

G'day Everyone, Apologies for the spam, but it seems that my emails for the Planning and Control Reading group aren't getting sent out. I'm trying a different method for this email, and would like to confirm that anyone outside of the @usyd domain are getting these email. If you're from another University and get this message, could you please just send a confirmation directly to me? My email is msom0518(a)sydney.edu.au Cheers in advance! Michael.

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Agenda for Reading group this Friday
by msom0518＠sydney.edu.au 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

G'day everyone! Sorry for the late notice on this one, it's been a busy week! This week we're going to be getting an update from Dechuan on some interesting things discussed at RVSS this year. A list of potential topics for light pre-reading: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.04137 https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.19050 https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.19243 I hope to see you all there! University of Sydney, J04 (ACFR). 11am (AEDT). Zoom meeting ID: 842 3316 2061

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Geometric January - Riemannian Motion Policies
by msom0518＠sydney.edu.au 19 Jan '25

19 Jan '25

G'day everyone! Hope you've had a great weekend. We will be continuing our theme of Geometric January this week by exploring "Riemannian Motion Policies", led by the wonderful Raggy! The paper can be found here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.02854 Hope to see you all on Friday!

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[PACRG] First Meeting of 2025!
by msom0518＠sydney.edu.au 14 Jan '25

14 Jan '25

G'day everyone! Hope you're enjoying getting wound up and into your research! We will be having a control group meeting this Friday (11am, usual time), with the topic chosen by yours truly: Riemannian Geometry & Geodesic Convex Optimisation. I feel like this is a topic that the more control-oriented people will be able to really help me understand! Hope to see you all there! The papers I'd like us to go over are: - https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.15539 - https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.06373

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[PACRG] Test email
by Michael Somerfield 02 Dec '24

02 Dec '24

Testing, 1234.

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Welcome to PACRG
by Damian Abood 02 Dec '24

02 Dec '24

Hello World!

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