Week-by-week schedule

Week-by-week schedule#

Note: Italicized text indicates planned topics, but subject to change.

Date            

Week

Topic

Milestones

Materials

Mar 30
Apr 1    

1

Introduction, state space representation
Control certificates

intro, state-space, control certificate

Apr 6
Apr 8      

2

Optimization vs learning-based control
Open-loop vs closed-loop

control full, control intro

Apr 13
Apr 15  

3

Open-loop: Trajectory optimization and generation

control traj opt

Apr 20
Apr 22 

4

Open-loop: Trajectory optimization and generation
Closed-loop: Sequential decision making and dynamic programming

(Friday 4/24) Homework 1 due

sdm, stl+hri

Apr 27
Apr 29   

5

Bellman equation

(Friday 5/1) Homework 1 self-assessment due
project proposal due

sdm

May 4
May 6     

6

Bellman
Guest speaker (Isaac Remy, Chris Hayner)

(Friday 5/8) Talk reflection due

talk reflection form (UW login)

May 11
May 13 

7

LQR
Guest speaker (Kazuki Mizuta, Jake Gonzales, Parv Kapoor)

(Friday 5/15) Homework 2 due, talk reflection due

lqr, talk reflection form (UW login)

May 18
May 20   

8

LQR, MPC, Advanced topics: HJ reachability

(Friday 5/22) Homework 2 self-assessment due

mpc,hjr

May 25
May 27   

9

(Memorial day)
HJ reachability, Kalman filter, scientific communication

kalman, pitch

Jun 1
Jun 3    

10

Lighting talks
Poster presentation

(Friday 6/5) Homework 3 due

Finals

(Wednesday 6/10) Report due
(Friday 6/12) Peer review due