Christina Shatford will present her MSE talk "Simultaneous Pattern and Detector Optimization for Visual Tags" on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 3:00pm via Zoom. Zoom link: [ https://princeton.zoom.us/j/91816794623 | https://princeton.zoom.us/j/91816794623 ] Committee members: Rusinkiewicz (Adviser) and Ryan Adams (Reader) Abstract: Accurate and robust object localization has been a long studied problem in computer vision. In this talk, we will propose a new approach for localizing visual tags in images. Instead of optimizing a detector to locate a tag with a static pattern, this approach involves the simultaneous optimization of both the detector and the pattern of the visual tag. We will show how this joint learning leads to increased localization accuracy when compared to only training the detector and using a selection of standard non-optimized tags, such as QR codes. All are welcome to attend.