Course Information
Course Title: Advanced Topics in Embodied Intelligence
Course ID: 263-5908-00L
Lecturers: Dr. Sunghwan Hong
Teaching Assistants: Yung-Hsu (Roy) Yang
Venue: Tues. 16:15-18:00h, CAB G 52
Course Description :
This seminar provides an overview of techniques in the field of embodied intelligence. It aims to provide an overview of techniques in embodied intelligence, including perception, sensing, language and planning, and how these disciplines are integrated to build embodied intelligence. This seminar opens with basics in embodied intelligence and briefly reviews the main disciplines related to the topic. Students will read, present and discuss the papers selected for the course and gain an understanding of research in this area. Introduction slides will be online at the course website. There are no prerequisites for this seminar, however, it will help if the student has taken classes in machine learning or computer vision.
Workload
- Attend all classes and participate in discussions.
- Read 1-2 papers per week before each seminar meeting.
- Present paper and lead discussion once.
- Write a follow-up project proposal as a long abstract.
- Attendance is mandatory: Max. 3 absences - virtual option available in justified cases, e.g. sickness, travel, ... etc.
Slides & Paper List:
We provide slides as well as the paper list excel in ETH Google Workspace. Please use your ETH account to access the files.
Slides:
Paper List:
Speaker Schedule:
| Date | Speaker 1 | Topic 1 | Moderator 1 | Speaker 2 | Topic 2 | Moderator 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.09.2026 | Dr. Sunghwan Hong | Introduction | - | - | - | - |
| 22.09.2026 | Nicole Damblon | Example Talk 1 | - | Zador Pataki | Example Talk 2 | - |
| 29.09.2026 | Oscar Jauffret | Paper Link | Konstantin Lucny | - | - | - |
| 06.10.2026 | Lukas Diebold | Paper Link | Oscar Jauffret | Konstantin Lucny | Paper Link | Zakaria Laribi |
| 13.10.2026 | Ivan Angjelovski | Paper Link | Lukas Diebold | Nada Eddahir | Paper Link | Matias Ponce de Leon |
| 20.10.2026 | Alexandros Pantalos | Paper Link | Nada Eddahir | Nicola Spirig | Paper Link | Ivan Angjelovski |
| 27.10.2026 | Matias Ponce de Leon | Paper Link | Alexandros Pantalos | Zakaria Laribi | Paper Link | Noah Meurer |
| 03.11.2026 | Noah Meurer | Paper Link | Nisa Thomas | Abdellah Janati Idrissi | Paper Link | Arjun Butani |
| 10.11.2026 | Baudoin Coispeau | Paper Link | Darius Foodeei | Benedict Böttger | Paper Link | Abdellah Janati Idrissi |
| 17.11.2026 | Darius Foodeei | Paper Link | Baudoin Coispeau | Arjun Butani | Paper Link | Ankur Gupta |
| 24.11.2026 | Nisa Thomas | Paper Link | Benedict Böttger | Ankur Gupta | Paper Link | Meri Zargarova |
| 01.12.2026 | Meri Zargarova | Paper Link | Peter Vrabel | Peter Vrabel | Paper Link | Nicola Spirig |