Schedule – Spring 2021

Tuesday TopicNotesThursdayTopicNotesAssignment Due
Jan. 26Introduction and Overviewslides
video
Jan. 28End-to-end Safety Analysisslides
notes
video
Team Formation
Feb. 02Simple Safety Cont.
MP0 Walkthrough
slides
mp0-walkthrough
Feb. 04Guest Lecture: Panel of Expertsvideo
Feb. 09Perception Basicsslides
video
Feb. 11Perception: Recognitionslides
video
MP0
Feb. 16ROS Tutorialslides
video
Feb. 18MP1 Walkthroughslides
video
Feb. 23Project PitchesFeb. 25Vehicle Modelingslides
video
extra notes on Dubins Car
Mar. 02PID Controlslides
video
Additional Notes:
Lecture Series on DiffEq
Mar. 04Advanced Control Topicsslides
video
MP1
Mar. 09Filtering & Localizationslides
video
Bayes Filtering Example
Mar. 11MP2 Walkthrough
Filtering & Localization cont.
slides
video
mp2-walkthrough
Mar. 16Planning: Intro and Search Methodsslides
video
Mar. 18Planning: A* and Sampling-based Methodsslides
video
Milestone Report
Mar. 23MP3 Walkthroughvideo
MP3 walkthrough
Mar. 25no lecture!
open office hours with Katie!
MP2
Mar. 30Decision-Makingslides
video
extra RL notes
Apr. 01Decision-Making cont. & Safety 1: Formal Guaranteesslides
video
Value Iteration Example
Apr. 06Safety 2: Testing and Validationslides
video
Apr. 08MP4 Walkthroughslides
MP4-walkthrough
video
MP3
Apr. 13no class!Apr. 15Guest Lecture
Chris Walti, Tesla
Automation within TeslaOral Exams Begin
signup
Apr. 20Guest Lecture
Bryant Walker Smith, U of SC
Legal Aspects of Autonomous Driving
video
Apr. 22Guest Lecture
Dr. Sarah Thornton, Nuro
Ethical Considerations for Autonomous Driving
video
Apr. 27Project PresentationsvideoApr. 29Project PresentationsvideoMP4
May 04no lecture!Oral Exams End
~~no classfinals week~~Final Report