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Vision & Robotics

Shuran Song Receives NSF CAREER Award

Roboticist’s proposed framework to enable robots to learn on their own and adapt to new environments could revolutionize everything from home service robots to emergency response systems.

Robotic ironing

Researchers complete final step in a robotic ironing pipeline: removing wrinkles.

Shuran Song Wins a Best Paper Award at the Robotics Science and Systems Conference (RSS 2022)

Song and her students won for their paper, Iterative Residual Policy for Goal-Conditioned Dynamic Manipulation of Deformable Objects.

About

The group studies the computational foundations for visual and robotic intelligence. They investigate machines that are able to perceive their surroundings and interact with them too.

The group of ten faculty often collaborate across the sciences and the arts. They leverage insights from both nature and math to advance the fundamentals of perception and interaction, and they also transfer their research to tackle practical challenges across disciplines. Several of the faculty are cross-listed with the Data Science Institute.

Faculty and Affiliates

Peter Belhumeur Biography
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Shih-Fu Chang Biography
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Tony Dear Biography
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John Kender Biography
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Shree Nayar Biography
Shree Nayar
Brian Smith Biography
Brian Smith
Shuran Song Biography
Shuran Song
Carl Vondrick Biography
Carl Vondrick
Changxi Zheng Biography
Changxi Zheng
Xia Zhou Biography
Xia Zhou

Research Labs

Computer-Enabled Abilities Laboratory
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Digital Video and Multimedia
Robotics Laboratory
Columbia Automated Vision Environment

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    Dean Boyce's statement on amicus brief filed by President Bollinger

    President Bollinger announced that Columbia University along with many other academic institutions (sixteen, including all Ivy League universities) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York challenging the Executive Order regarding immigrants from seven designated countries and refugees. Among other things, the brief asserts that “safety and security concerns can be addressed in a manner that is consistent with the values America has always stood for, including the free flow of ideas and people across borders and the welcoming of immigrants to our universities.”

    This recent action provides a moment for us to collectively reflect on our community within Columbia Engineering and the importance of our commitment to maintaining an open and welcoming community for all students, faculty, researchers and administrative staff. As a School of Engineering and Applied Science, we are fortunate to attract students and faculty from diverse backgrounds, from across the country, and from around the world. It is a great benefit to be able to gather engineers and scientists of so many different perspectives and talents – all with a commitment to learning, a focus on pushing the frontiers of knowledge and discovery, and with a passion for translating our work to impact humanity.

    I am proud of our community, and wish to take this opportunity to reinforce our collective commitment to maintaining an open and collegial environment. We are fortunate to have the privilege to learn from one another, and to study, work, and live together in such a dynamic and vibrant place as Columbia.

    Sincerely,

     

    Mary C. Boyce
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