<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Heather L. Evans" <<a href="mailto:heathere@Princeton.EDU" class="">heathere@Princeton.EDU</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">EE Department Seminar - Amanda Prorok - May 10th</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">May 3, 2016 at 9:22:00 AM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:ee-seminar@Princeton.EDU" class="">ee-seminar@Princeton.EDU</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Heather L. Evans" <<a href="mailto:heathere@Princeton.EDU" class="">heathere@Princeton.EDU</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><img class="" apple-inline="yes" id="021616D1-9E05-4E72-BB4F-A6620E8F54C1" height="160" width="480" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1A51D.3F0BAF20"><o:p class=""></o:p></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="691" style="width: 7.2in; border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt;"><tbody class=""><tr style="height: 15.9pt;" class=""><td width="79" valign="top" style="width: 59.4pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.9pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Speaker:</span></i></strong><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></i><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></em></div></td><td width="612" colspan="3" valign="top" style="width: 459pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.9pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Amanda Prorok, University of Pennsylvania</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.6pt;" class=""><td width="79" valign="top" style="width: 59.4pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.6pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Title:</span></i></strong><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></i><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></em></div></td><td width="612" colspan="3" valign="top" style="width: 459pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15.6pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Diversity and Heterogeneity in Multi-Robot Systems<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr style="height: 14.3pt;" class=""><td width="79" valign="top" style="width: 59.4pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.3pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Day:</span></i></strong><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></i><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></em></div></td><td width="345" valign="top" style="width: 258.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.3pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Tuesday, May 10, 2016</span><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></em></div></td><td width="58" valign="top" style="width: 43.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.3pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;" class=""> </span></em></div></td><td width="209" valign="top" style="width: 156.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.3pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><em class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;" class=""> </span></b></em></div></td></tr><tr style="height: 14.3pt;" class=""><td width="79" valign="top" style="width: 59.4pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.3pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Time:</span></i></strong><strong class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></strong></div></td><td width="612" colspan="3" valign="top" style="width: 459pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.3pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;" class="">4:30on</span></em><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></em></div></td></tr><tr style="height: 14.3pt;" class=""><td width="79" valign="top" style="width: 59.4pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.3pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Room:</span></i></strong><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></i><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></em></div></td><td width="612" colspan="3" valign="top" style="width: 459pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.3pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;" class="">B205, E-Quad</span></em><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></em></div></td></tr><tr style="height: 14.3pt;" class=""><td width="79" valign="top" style="width: 59.4pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.3pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Host:</span></i></strong><strong class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></strong></div></td><td width="612" colspan="3" valign="top" style="width: 459pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 14.3pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;" class="">Prof. Peter Ramadge</span></em><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></em></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Abstract:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Nature demonstrates the benefits of biological diversity with ecosystems that are resilient, adaptable, and productive over long time-spans. In robotics research, we are interested in a principled study of diversity with the aim of building on nature's inventions. In this talk, I shed light on the effects and implications of diversity and heterogeneity in multi-robot systems. I begin by displaying empirical results that stem from a collaborative positioning problem. As the need for foundational approaches becomes evident, my focus shifts to the question of how to formalize diversity. I answer this question in the context of heterogeneous robot swarms, with insights that pertain to the particular aspects of performance and security.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class="">Bio:<br class=""></b>Amanda Prorok is currently a Postdoc in the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, where she works with Prof. Vijay Kumar on heterogeneous robot swarms. She completed her PhD at EPFL, Switzerland, where she addressed the topic of localization with ultra-wideband sensing for large-scale, collaborative systems. Her dissertation was awarded the Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) award for the best thesis at EPFL in the fields of Computer Sciences, Automatics and Telecommunications. 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