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Bayesian optimization (BO) recently became popular in robotics to optimize control parameters and parametric policies in direct reinforcement learning due to its data efficiency and gradient-free approach. However, its performance may be seriously compromi ...
We consider model order reduction of parameterized Hamiltonian systems describing nondissipative phenomena, like wave-type and transport dominated problems. The development of reduced basis methods for such models is challenged by two main factors: the ric ...
The purpose of this thesis is to provide an intrinsic proof of a Gauss-Bonnet-Chern formula for complete Riemannian manifolds with finitely many conical singularities and asymptotically conical ends. A geometric invariant is associated to the link of both ...
We consider the stationary flow of an inviscid and incompressible fluid of constant density in the region D = (0, L) x R-2. We are concerned with flows that are periodic in the second and third variables and that have prescribed flux through each point of ...
We propose an estimator for the mean of a random vector in Rd that can be computed in time O(n3.5 + n2d) for n i.i.d. samples and that has error bounds matching the sub-Gaussian case. The only assumptions we make about the data distribution are that it has ...
Humans naturally vary their body posture in order to quickly move or apply forces along specific directions. Such posture changes are strongly linked to the specific requirements of the task at hand, and therefore play a relevant role on task performance. ...
We consider the minimization of a function defined on a Riemannian manifold M accessible only through unbiased estimates of its gradients. We develop a geometric framework to transform a sequence of slowly converging iterates generated from stochastic gradi ...
In imitation learning, multivariate Gaussians are widely used to encode robot behaviors. Such approaches do not provide the ability to properly represent end-effector orientation, as the distance metric in the space of orientations is not Euclidean. In thi ...
Simultaneous and proportional control of a prosthetic hand and wrist is still a controversial issue, although giant steps have lately been made in this direction. In this paper, we study the application of a novel machine learning method to the problem, wi ...
We study the evolution equation where is the Dirichlet-Neumann operator of a decreasing family of Riemannian manifolds with boundary . We derive a lower bound for the solution of such an equation, and apply it to a quantitative density estimate for the res ...