Extreme Sensing @ MIT

Seeing the unseen beyond walls, oceans, and planets
October 24, 2023 (4:15pm - 5:45 pm)
E15-359



Where are sensors failing you?


Tell us here to brainstorm solutions with us

This workshop, a joint effort of Camera Culture, Signal Kinetics, and Responsive Environments, explores the innovations and challenges in extreme sensing, which can detect information beyond human perception and conventional sensors. We will encourage participants to share the sensing challenges they face in their work, and collectively brainstorm potential solutions throughout the workshop. We will discuss how emerging cameras can capture additional light dimensions and reveal hidden information, such as seeing around corners and turning objects into cameras. We will also explore how flexible wireless antennas can find items inside closed boxes or behind occlusions, and how battery-free underwater sensors can monitor climate change. Finally, we will talk about deploying sensing devices in the wild to sense humans and animals across our planet and on rovers and spacecraft for explorations beyond planetary boundaries.

Faculty

Faculty

Ramesh Raskar

Camera Culture

Associate Director and Associate Professor at MIT Media Lab

Fadel Adib

Signal Kinetics

Associate Professor at MIT Media Lab and EECS

Joeseph A Paradiso

Responsive Environments

Professor at MIT Media Lab

Speakers

Speakers

Akshat Dave

Camera Culture

Postdoctoral Associate at MIT Media Lab

Ahmed Allam

Signal Kinetics

Postdoctoral Associate at MIT Media Lab

Patrick Chwalek

Responsive Environments

PhD Candidate at MIT Media Lab

Siddharth Somasundaram

Camera Culture

Research Assistant at MIT Media Lab

Maisy Lam

Signal Kinetics

Research Assistant at MIT Media Lab

Fangzheng Liu

Responsive Environments

PhD Student at MIT Media Lab

Extreme Sensing: Seeing the unseen beyond walls, oceans and planets.

October 24, 2023 (4:15 PM - 5:45 PM), E15-359

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm

Opener: Let's discuss your sensing problems

4:30 pm - 4:40 pm

Seeing the Invisible with Next-Generation Cameras

Akshat Dave, Postdoctoral Associate, Camera Culture

4:40 pm - 4:50 pm

Computer Vision at the Speed of Light for AR and AV

Siddharth Somasundaram, Research Assistant, Camera Culture

4:50 pm - 5:00 pm

Extreme Sensing for AR & Robotics

Maisy Lam, Research Assistant, Signal Kinetics

5:00 pm - 5:10 pm

Sensing Deep in the Ocean without Batteries

Ahmed Allam, Postdoctoral Associate, Signal Kinetics

5:10 pm - 5:20 pm

Sensing in the Wild and for the Wild

Patrick Chwalek, PhD Candidate, Responsive Environments

5:20 pm - 5:30 pm

Movable and Static Wireless Sensor Nodes for Planetary Explorations

Fangzheng Liu, PhD Student, Responsive Environments

5:30 pm - 5:45 pm

Open Q&A and Discussion