Model-Based Optimization

🔜 Coming up next:• March 24, 2026: Yan Gu (Purdue University) — Topic TBA • TBD: Somil Bansal (Stanford University) — Topic TBA Hope to see you there. Please share with students and colleagues who’d enjoy the discussion!

📢 OptRob TC Seminar Series 2026, Seminar #2 Join us for our next Technical Committee seminar! 🎙️ Thomas Lew (Toyota Research Institute) Talk: Uncertainty-Aware Control at the Limits 🗓️ When: February 19, 2026 — 11:00 AM EST 💻 Where: dartmouth.zoom.us/j/94765993258?…

📣 Winners announced: March 2026 If you’ve read (or authored) a paper that pushed model-based optimization forward, please nominate it and help highlight great work in our community. More details about best paper nomination and awarding process: docs.google.com/document/d/1dh…

✅ Eligibility: Papers published/appeared in 2025 (conference or journal; online or in print) 📌 Nomination deadline: Feb 7, 2026 (AOE) 🧪 Self-nominations welcome (please limit to ≤2 papers per lab) 🗳️ Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

🏆 OptRob TC Best Paper Award: Nominations Now Open (2025 papers) We are now accepting nominations for the 2025 Best Paper Award; The winner will get $500 travel grant to attend an IEEE RAS conference!

🔧 What you’ll do: help organize TC events/workshops, strengthen student–TC communication, drive initiatives, and help build the Welcome Kit for RAS conferences.

✅ Who should apply: PhD or MS-PhD students (enrolled through the term) with interest in optimization for robotics, strong communication skills, and IEEE + RAS membership.

🚀 Call for Student Co-Chairs We’re recruiting Student Co-Chairs to work closely with the Co-Chairs of the IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Model-Based Optimization for Robotics.

Meanwhile, if you want to check the recordings of our previous series, check our website tcoptrob.org/seminars/ or YouTube channel @tcoptrob" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@tcoptrob Hope to see many of you at the seminar! #Robotics #Optimization #Control #Dynamics #ScienceInnovation

Stay tuned for our other upcoming seminars: - 19th Feb 2026, 11AM EST, Thomas Lew, Toyota Research Institute - 24th March 2026, 9AM EST, Yan Gu, Purdue University - TBD, Somil Bansal, Stanford University

📢First TC Seminar of 2026 We’re thrilled to kick off the new year with our first seminar on January 15th! Ani Majumdar, Princeton University Video World Models That Know When They Don’t Know When: 15th Jan 2026, 9AM EST Zoom: dartmouth.zoom.us/j/94765993258?…

Meanwhile, if you want to check the recordings of our previous series, check our website tcoptrob.org/seminars/ or YouTube channel @tcoptrob" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@tcoptrob Hope to see many of you at the seminar! #Robotics #Optimization #Control #Dynamics #ScienceInnovation

📢 A quick reminder to join us this week! Our virtual seminar series kicks of with Heng Yang, who will give an inspiring talk on: Semidefinite Relaxations for Robot Perception and Control: From Theory to Practice and Back When: December 11th 2025, 9AM EST

Meanwhile, if you want to check the recordings of our previous series, check our website tcoptrob.org/seminars/ or YouTube channel @tcoptrob" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@tcoptrob Hope to see many of you at the seminar! #Robotics #Optimization #Control #Dynamics #ScienceInnovation

And a great line up to folow: - 15th Jan 2026, 9AM EST, Anirudha Majumdar, Princeton University - 29th Jan 2026, 11AM EST, Thomas Lew, Toyota Research Institute - TBD, Somil Bansal, Stanford University Save the dates and stay tuned-more exciting speakers to be announced soon!

📢 The virtual seminar series is back! We’re thrilled to kick off with an inspiring talk: Heng Yang, Harvard University Semidefinite Relaxations for Robot Perception and Control: From Theory to Practice and Back When: 11th Dec 2025, 9AM EST Zoom: dartmouth.zoom.us/j/94765993258?…

Registration is on a first-come first-served basis and the number of participants is limited. Register now! #Robotics #Optimization #Control #Dynamics #ScienceInnovation

This is a members-only event! (Becoming a TC member is free - no IEEE/RAS membership required. Consider joining us today and enjoy this and many other events organized by the TC: ieee-ras.org/technical-comm…)

[Event] RAS TC Social Event @IROS2025 Attending #IROS2025? Don’t miss the Joint TC Social Event just after the Welcome Reception. Join us! We hope to spark meaningful discussions between members in a social environment with snacks and drink tickets sponsored by the TCs!