Angeline Aguinaldo
Github:
https://github.com/aaguinal
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=7-4RZdcAAAAJ
Email: [email protected]
I am a Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Maryland, College Park with a focus in AI and robotics. I am advised by William Regli [bio]. My research explores formal approaches based on category theory to tackle problems in knowledge-based task planning, plan transfer, and plan composition.
I am also a research staff member at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where I have developed software platforms for geospatial computer vision processing in support of humanitarian and disaster relief efforts [ref], as well as for testing and evaluating metagenomic classifiers [ref].
My research areas of interest include AI planning, robotics, knowledge representation, and category theory. My hobbies include musical theater and video editing.
Places
2018 - now |
University of Maryland, College Park |
2017 - now |
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
2022 - 2023 |
Topos Institute |
2012 - 2017 |
Drexel University |
Papers
- Aguinaldo, A., Patterson, E., Fairbanks, J., Regli, W., & Ruiz, J. A Categorical
Representation Language and Computational System for Knowledge-Based Planning. 2023 AAAI Fall Symposium on
Unifying Representations for Robot Application Development (Best Paper). 2023. [paper], [slides]
- Player, R. A., Aguinaldo, A., Merritt, B. B., Maszkiewicz, L. N., Adeyemo, O. E., Forsyth, E.
R., Verratti, K. J., Chee, B. W., Grady, S. L., & Bradburne, C. The META Tool Optimizes Metagenomic
Analyses Across Sequencing Platforms and Classifiers. Frontiers in Bioinformatics, January, 1–14, 2021.
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3899428 [paper]
- Aguinaldo A., Bunker J., Pollard B., Shukla A., Canedo A., Quiros G., Regli W. RoboCat: A
Category Theoretic Framework for Robotic Interoperability Using Goal-Oriented Programming. IEEE Transactions on
Automation Science and Engineering, 2019. doi: 10.1109/TASE.2021.3094055. [paper]
- Winter M., Mankowski W., Wait E., De La Hoz E. C., Aguinaldo A., Cohen A. R. Separating
Touching Cells Using Pixel Replicated Elliptical Shape Models. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2019;38(4):883-893, 2019.
doi:
10.1109/TMI.2018.2874104. [paper]
- Caino M., Seo J., Aguinaldo A. et al. A neuronal network of mitochondrial dynamics regulates
metastasis. Nat Commun 7, 13730 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13730. [paper]
Pre-prints
- Aguinaldo, A., Patterson, E., Regli, W. Automating Transfer of Robot Task Plans using Functorial Data Migrations. arXiv pre-print (submitted 2024). [paper]
- Aguinaldo, A., Patterson, E., Fairbanks, J., & Ruiz, J. A Categorical Representation Language
and Computational System for Knowledge-Based Planning. arXiv pre-print (submitted 2023). [paper]
- Aguinaldo A., Regli W. Modeling traceability, change information, and synthesis in autonomous
system design using symmetric delta lenses. ICRA Compositional Robotics Workshop 2022. [paper]
- Aguinaldo A., Regli W. Encoding Compositionality in Classical Planning Solutions. IJCAI
Workshop on Generalization in Planning 2021. [paper]
- Aguinaldo A., Regli W. A Graphical Model-Based Representation for Classical AI Plans using
Category Theory. ICAPS 2021 Workshop on Explainable AI Planning. [paper]
- Aguinaldo A., Chiang P., Gain A., Patil A., Pearson K., Feizi S. Compressing GANs using
Knowledge Distillation. arXiv pre-print (submitted 2019). [paper]
Talks
- "'What's the plan?', asked my robot" at JuliaCon 2024 [abstract], [slides], [video]
- "A Category Theoretic Approach to Planning in a Complex World" at Microsoft Future Leaders in Robotics
and AI Seminar Series in 2023 [website][slides][video]
- "Contextual affordances in context-aware autonomous systems" at AMS JMM 2023 Special Session on Applied
Category Theory (a Mathematics Research Communities session) [website][slides]
- "Contextual affordances in context-aware autonomous systems" at NIST Compositional Structures for
Systems Engineering and Design Workshop [website][slides]
- "Category theory for automated planning and program compilation in robotics" at Topos Berkeley Seminar
[website][slides][video]
- "Applications of category theory to automated planning and program compilation in robotics" at Xerox
PARC Design Seminar [slides]
- "Modeling traceability, change information, and synthesis in autonomous system design using symmetric
delta lenses" at International Conference for Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2022 Compositional Robotics
Workshop in 2022 [website][slides]
- "Encoding Compositionality in Classical Planning Solutions" at International Joint Conference for
Artifical Intelligence (IJCAI): Workshop on Generalization in Planning in 2021 [website][slides]
- "A Graphical Model-Based Representation for Classical AI Plans using Category Theory" at International
Conference for Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS): Explainable AI Planning Workshop in 2021 [website][slides]
- "Polynomial Functors in Catlab" at the Applied Category Theory Conference in 2021 [slides]
- "Diary of a software engineering using categories" at Topos Institute: Berkeley Seminar [website] and Lógicos em Quarentena (LQ) Seminar [website] in 2021 [slides][video]
- "Category Theory for Software Modeling and Design" at Hunter College Applied Mathematics Seminar in
2020 [website][slides]
Blog posts
- (09/2022) "Using categorical logic for AI planning" on the Topos Institute Blog [post] and AlgebraicJulia
Blog [cross-post]
- (08/2021) "Cospans and Computation" on the n-Category Cafe [post]
Extracurriculars
Co-author of Relational Thinking: From Abstractions to Applications (2024) digital textbook
Open-source contributor to AlgebraicJulia
Local organizer of the Applied Category Theory (ACT) conference, 2023
Co-organizer of ICRA Compositional Robotics:
Mathematics and Tools, 2023
Co-organizer of The Adjoint School, 2022, 2023
Student of The Adjoint School, 2021
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