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Incremental Learning for Robot Perception through HRI
Scene understanding and object recognition is a difficult to achieve yet
crucial skill for robots. Recently, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), have
shown success in this task. However, there is still a gap between their
performance on image datasets and real-world robotics scenarios. We present a
novel paradigm for incrementally improving a robot's visual perception through
active human interaction. In this paradigm, the user introduces novel objects
to the robot by means of pointing and voice commands. Given this information,
the robot visually explores the object and adds images from it to re-train the
perception module. Our base perception module is based on recent development in
object detection and recognition using deep learning. Our method leverages
state of the art CNNs from off-line batch learning, human guidance, robot
exploration and incremental on-line learning
Phenomenology of SUSY with scalar sequestering
The defining feature of scalar sequestering is that the MSSM squark and
slepton masses as well as all entries of the scalar Higgs mass matrix vanish at
some high scale. This ultraviolet boundary condition - scalar masses vanish
while gaugino and Higgsino masses are unsuppressed - is independent of the
supersymmetry breaking mediation mechanism. It is the result of renormalization
group scaling from approximately conformal strong dynamics in the hidden
sector. We review the mechanism of scalar sequestering and prove that the same
dynamics which suppresses scalar soft masses and the B_mu term also drives the
Higgs soft masses to -|mu|^2. Thus the supersymmetric contribution to the Higgs
mass matrix from the mu-term is exactly canceled by the soft masses. Scalar
sequestering has two tell-tale predictions for the superpartner spectrum in
addition to the usual gaugino mediation predictions: Higgsinos are much heavier
(mu > TeV) than scalar Higgses (m_A ~ few hundred GeV), and third generation
scalar masses are enhanced because of new positive contributions from Higgs
loops.Comment: 16 pages and 3 figure
Institutional diversity in the euro area: Any evidence of convergence?
In recent years differences in the institutional structure across euro area countries are becoming a cause of concern both for some individual Member States and for the functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). From a global competitiveness perspective, we deal with the diversity in the institutional environment in the EMU. In particular, we assess whether the changes in the state of institutions provide convergence across euro area countries between 2006 and 2015. In addition, among the institutional indicators considered, we compute which institutional aspect contributes more to overall inequality in the state of institutions, as well as the contribution of each country to inequality considering as benchmark the country with the highest institutional quality. According to these country contributions, we highlight distinct patterns of convergence between ‘core’ and ‘periphery’ euro area countries and raise potential links between the institutional changes across euro area countries and both the differences in the intensity of the financial and economic crisis, and the policy responses in terms of fiscal consolidation applied by the respective national governments.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional AndalucÃa Tech
Correction system for polyphonic piano recordings
M.I. Martin-Erdozain, I. Barbancho, A. Rosa-Pujazon, A.M. Barbancho, "Correction system for polyphonic piano recordings", XXVIII Simposium Nacional de la Unión CientÃfica Internacional de Radio, Santiago de Compostela, España, 2013n this paper, a support tool for piano rehearsal
is presented. The system analyses a given piano polyphonic
recording to find the times, pitch and duration of the notes
and figures played, taking into account the possibility of playing
more than one note simultaneously as well as covering the whole
piano frequency range. In order to do so, the system uses
an onset detection algorithm to segment the input signal into
partitions which are then analysed in the time and frequency
domains. Then, the system correlates the data extracted from
the partitions with the score of the original piece, identifying
the positions and type of the mistakes performed by the user,
and providing her/him with the corresponding feedback. The
experiments conducted showed that the application is capable
of analysing a given recording and indicate the musician the
mistakes made.This work has been funded by the Ministerio de Economia y
Competitividad of the Spanish Government under Project No.
TIN2010-21089-C03-02 and by the Ministerio de Industria,
Turismo y Comercio under Project No. TSI-090100-2011-25
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