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You can gain access to a world of education through Stanford Online, the Stanford School of Engineering’s portal for academic and professional education offered by schools and units throughout Stanford University. https://online.stanford.edu/Our robust catalog of degree programs, credit-bearing education, professional certificate programs, and free and open content is developed by Stanford faculty, enabling you to expand your knowledge, advance your career, and enhance your life.Stanford Online is operated and managed by the Stanford Engineering Center for Global and Online Education (CGOE). CGOE expands access to Stanford teaching and research, working in collaboration with faculty in the School of Engineering and throughout Stanford University to design and deliver extensive global, online, and enterprise education to a global audience.Links:Stanford Online: https://online.stanford.edu/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stanford-online/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialstanfordonline/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StanfordOnline/Twitter: https://twitter.com/StanfordOnlineCGOE: https://cgoe.stanford.edu/

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    Stanford AA203 Optimal and Learning-Based Control | Spring 2026 | Lecture 2: Optimization Theory

    Lecture 2 — Optimization TheoryRead the companion textbook, Principles of Robot Autonomy, free online: https://porabook.com To learn more about enrolling in AA203 Optimal and Learning-Based Control, visit: https://online.stanford.edu/courses/aa203-optimal-and-learning-based-control Follow along with the course schedule and syllabus: https://stanfordasl.github.io/aa203/sp2526/ Lecture slides: https://stanfordasl.github.io/aa203/sp2526/pdfs/lecture/lecture_2.pdf Speaker: Prof. Marco PavoneBio: Dr. Marco Pavone is an Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University and a Senior Director of Autonomous Vehicle Research at NVIDIA. Prior to joining Stanford, he was a Research Technologist in the Robotics Section at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dr. Pavone received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2010. His research focuses on the analysis, design, and control of autonomous systems, with particular emphasis on self-driving cars, autonomous aerospace vehicles, and future mobility systems. He has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Barack Obama, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, the NSF CAREER Award, the NASA Early Career Faculty Award, the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award, the CSS Award for Technical Excellence in Aerospace Control, and the Early-Career Spotlight Award from the Robotics Science and Systems Foundation.Uploaded 11-08-26Instructors: Prof. Marco Pavone, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Director of Autonomous Vehicle Research at NVIDIADr. Daniele Gammelli, Research Director at the Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI4I), Researcher at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford UniversityFull playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa9dmHsLK9dg#StanfordOnline #OptimalControl #Robotics #PhysicalAI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Stanford AA203 Optimal and Learning-Based Control | Spring 2026 | Lecture 2: Optimization Theory
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    Stanford Faculty - Meet Perry Klebahn

    http://scpd.stanford.edu/innovation-and-entrepreneurship/Perry Klebahn is an entrepreneur to the core. He received his Masters from Stanford in the product design program in 1991 and has taught there periodically since 1996. He left Stanford with his degree and his design project -- a snowshoe. He turned his project into a business, creating the Atlas Snowshoe Company. His experience taught him several things: you can't do anything significant on your own, you need a team; and engineering something is not nearly as much fun as marketing what you have engineered. In 2000, Perry sold his snowshoe business and moved to Southern California to run sales and marketing for Patagonia, an outdoor clothing brand. There, he got a chance to market on a global scale, learning to balance the need to drive sales while building a brand with important commitments and a sustainability message. In 2007 he took on a new challenge at Timbuk2, the original bike messenger bag company. As CEO of the San Francisco-based company, Perry focused on delivering custom products and an innovative customer experience. He implemented many techniques used at the d.school at Timbuk2. A founding faculty member of the d.school, Perry teaches classes including: Launchpad, Design Garage, d.Health, and d.leadership. He runs the executive programs for the d.school.Uploaded 27-09-12Professor Klebahn teaches in the Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship professional certificate program. This certificate delivers essential skills and effective strategies for working in and managing innovative organizations - and for starting new ones. Designed to engage and inspire, be prepared to get out of your chair and use your whole brain, because creativity and innovation take practice. A joint offering of the Stanford Center for Professional Development at the School of Engineering and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Learn more: http://scpd.stanford.edu/innovation-and-entrepreneurship/Apply now: http://bit.ly/SoKSVl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Stanford Faculty - Meet Perry Klebahn
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    Stanford Instructor - Meet Donna Novitsky

    Donna co-teaches Global Entrepreneurial Marketing at Stanford in the School of Engineering and to entrepreneurial executives worldwide. She has recently taught groups of entrepreneurs from France, Poland, Denmark, Finland, Chile, Singapore and other parts of Asia. She also is running her third startup. Yiftee is about Microgifts - a simple concept integrating merchants, social media and mobile. Now you can give your friends a real latte, beer or cupcake to say Happy Birthday, thanks or just because. Friends stop by the merchants and pick them up, driving traffic and repeat business. Donna uses her 25 yrs of hands-on entrepreneurship to bring her lessons to life, often driving home concepts by coaching students in their own new businesses.Uploaded 24-07-12Prior to Yiftee, Donna was CEO of Big Tent Design, a fast-growth Internet company that provides a free web software platform for groups. BigTent is now a subsidiary of Federated Media, and continues to help community groups such as parenting clubs stay organized and vibrant online and off with over a million "chief household officers" using it on a regular basis. Donna joined Big Tent from Mohr, Davidow Ventures (MDV) where she was a Partner for almost nine years, serving as VP Marketing in sixteen MDV-funded start-ups. Prior to MDV, Donna was VP Marketing at Clarify Inc., a CRM pioneer that she helped establish, grow and take public. Her career began at Sun Microsystems in product management.Enroll today in Global Entrepreneurial Marketing: http://scpd.stanford.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=12724 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Stanford Instructor - Meet Donna Novitsky
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    Stanford AA203 Optimal and Learning-Based Control | Spring 2026 | Lecture 17: RL Value-Based Methods

    Model-free Reinforcement Learning: Value-based MethodsRead the companion textbook, Principles of Robot Autonomy, free online: https://porabook.com To learn more about enrolling in AA203 Optimal and Learning-Based Control, visit: https://online.stanford.edu/courses/aa203-optimal-and-learning-based-control Follow along with the course schedule and syllabus: https://stanfordasl.github.io/aa203/sp2526/ Lecture slides: https://stanfordasl.github.io/aa203/sp2526/pdfs/lecture/lecture_4.pdf Speaker: Dr. Daniele GammelliBio: Dr. Daniele Gammelli is the Research Director of the Machine Intelligence for Robot Autonomy Laboratory at the Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI4I), and a Researcher in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University. Since 2022, he has been a Research Fellow at the Center for Aerospace Autonomy Research (CAESAR) at Stanford and, until 2025, at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS). He received his Ph.D. in Machine Learning and Mathematical Optimization from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in 2022, where his doctoral thesis was nominated for the DTU Best Thesis of the Year Award and the DTU Young Researcher Award. Dr. Gammelli’s research focuses on developing the algorithmic foundations and system-level methodologies that enable AI-powered autonomous systems to operate safely, efficiently, and reliably in high-stakes environments, with an emphasis on aerospace autonomy and next-generation mobility systems.Uploaded 13-08-26Instructors: Prof. Marco Pavone, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Director of Autonomous Vehicle Research at NVIDIADr. Daniele Gammelli, Research Director at the Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI4I), Researcher at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford UniversityFull playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa9dmHsLK9dg#StanfordOnline #OptimalControl #Robotics #PhysicalAI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Stanford AA203 Optimal and Learning-Based Control | Spring 2026 | Lecture 17: RL Value-Based Methods

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You can gain access to a world of education through Stanford Online, the Stanford School of Engineering’s portal for academic and professional education offered by schools and units throughout Stanford University. https://online.stanford.edu/Our robust catalog of degree programs, credit-bearing education, professional certificate programs, and free and open content is developed by Stanford faculty, enabling you to expand your knowledge, advance your career, and enhance your life.Stanford Online is operated and managed by the Stanford Engineering Center for Global and Online Education (CGOE). CGOE expands access to Stanford teaching and research, working in collaboration with faculty in the School of Engineering and throughout Stanford University to design and deliver extensive global, online, and enterprise education to a global audience.Links:Stanford Online: https://online.stanford.edu/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stanford-online/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialstanfordonline/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StanfordOnline/Twitter: https://twitter.com/StanfordOnlineCGOE: https://cgoe.stanford.edu/