Graduate Student Presentations
For CS498GC 4-credit students: You'll give a 15-minute presentation + 5-minute Q&A on an assigned, state-of-the-art SLAM paper.
Please check your assigned SLAM paper and date in the table below.
Please check your assigned SLAM paper and date in the table below.
TL;DR - Key Requirements
- Slides due exactly 1 week before your presentation date (see deadlines below)
- Mandatory TA office hours for slides feedback: attend one week prior to your talk
- Talk length: 15 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A (strict timing; 4 talks/day)
Deadlines at a Glance
| Presentation Date | Slides Due (1 week prior) |
|---|---|
| Tue, Dec 3 | Tue, Nov 26 |
| Fri, Dec 5 | Fri, Nov 28 |
| Tue, Dec 10 | Tue, Dec 3 |
| Thu, Dec 12 | Thu, Dec 5 |
What We Want You to Learn (and Show)
- Methodology & architecture — explain the system diagram and motivate each design choice
- Novelty — what's truly new and why it matters
- Limitations — be specific and evidence-based (failure cases, assumptions, compute/data constraints)
- Improvements — concrete ideas to address those limitations
Prof. Girish's suggested questions for a compelling talk:
- Why is it important?
- Why is it hard?
- How is it novel?
- Why does it work?
Suggested Slide Outline (Target: 15 minutes)
- Problem & motivation (tie explicitly to mobile robotics/SLAM)
- Definitions / background (only what's needed to follow the method)
- System diagram & architecture (reasoning for each component/choice)
- Method details: inputs/outputs, training objectives/losses (write the equations), and why each term exists
- Results: metrics, baselines, ablations; 2–3 key takeaways
- Limitations (and how you'd test/mitigate them)
- Data: collection/filtration; domain gaps and implications
- Connection to CS498GC: how this advances mobile robotics/SLAM
Format Tips:
- Prefer visual slides (figures, flow charts, brief bullets)
- Aim for ≤ 4–8 short lines per slide
- Put rich explanations in Speaker Notes
- Practice at least twice (timed) - timing is strict with 4 talks per day
Required TA Check-in
- Attend TA office hours exactly one week before your talk
- Time: Wed 1:30-2:30 PM @ SC 4407
- TA Email: ksa5@illinois.edu
- Review slides and get feedback before final presentation
Grading Breakdown
- Slides submitted on time (1 week prior) — 40%
- In-class presentation (clarity, depth, timing, Q&A) — 50%
- TA office hour check-in (1 week prior) — 10%
Student Assignments
| # | Student Name | Paper Title | Paper Link | Submission Deadline | Presentation Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aryan Chauhan | aryanc5@illinois.edu | MASt3R-SLAM: Real-Time Dense SLAM with 3D Reconstruction Priors | CVPR 2025 | Nov 26 | Dec 3 (Tue) |
| 2 | Wenzhou Ding | wding8@illinois.edu | Splat, Track & Map: 3D Gaussians for Dense RGB-D SLAM | CVPR 2024 | Nov 26 | Dec 3 (Tue) |
| 3 | Karteek Gandiboyina | mkg7@illinois.edu | cuVSLAM: CUDA Accelerated Visual Odometry and Mapping | NVIDIA arXiv Preprint | Nov 26 | Dec 3 (Tue) |
| 4 | Ruben Hernandez | rubenjh2@illinois.edu | VSS-SLAM: Voxelized Surfel Splatting for Geometrically Accurate SLAM | ICRA 2025 | Nov 26 | Dec 3 (Tue) |
| 5 | Yangkun Liu | yangkun2@illinois.edu | SCE-LIO: An Enhanced Lidar Inertial Odometry by Constructing Submap Constraints | IEEE RAL | Nov 28 | Dec 5 (Fri) |
| 6 | Sai Shiva Satwik Mallajosyula | ssm27@illinois.edu | DGS-SLAM: A Visual Dense SLAM Based on Gaussian Splatting in Dynamic Environments | ICRA 2025 | Nov 28 | Dec 5 (Fri) |
| 7 | Nadeem Mohammed | nadeemm2@illinois.edu | FMCW-LIO: A Doppler LiDAR-Inertial Odometry | IEEE RAL | Nov 28 | Dec 5 (Fri) |
| 8 | Keisuke Ogawa | ogawa3@illinois.edu | WildGS-SLAM: Monocular Gaussian Splatting SLAM in Dynamic Environments | CVPR 2025 | Nov 28 | Dec 5 (Fri) |
| 9 | Tianyu Ren | tianyur2@illinois.edu | DRAWER: Interactive 3D Scene Generation from a Single Image | CVPR 2025 | Dec 3 | Dec 10 (Tue) |
| 10 | William Schafer | wes6@illinois.edu | GS-SLAM: Dense Visual SLAM with 3D Gaussian Splatting | CVPR 2024 | Dec 3 | Dec 10 (Tue) |
| 11 | Yingxue Wang | yingxue3@illinois.edu | RTG-SLAM: Real-time 3D Reconstruction at Scale using Gaussian Splatting | ACM SIGGRAPH 2024 | Dec 3 | Dec 10 (Tue) |
| 12 | Tongmiao Xu | tx21@illinois.edu | Wheat3DGS: In-field 3D Reconstruction, Instance Segmentation and Phenotyping of Wheat Heads with Gaussian Splatting | arXiv Preprint 2024 | Dec 3 | Dec 10 (Tue) |
| 13 | Hariprasad Yuvaraj | yuvaraj5@illinois.edu | Adaptive Mobile Manipulation for Articulated Objects In the Open World | arXiv Preprint 2024 | Dec 5 | Dec 12 (Thu) |
| 14 | Xiayu Zhao | xiayuz3@illinois.edu | DynaVINS++: Robust Visual-Inertial State Estimator in Dynamic Environments | IEEE RAL | Dec 5 | Dec 12 (Thu) |
| 15 | Krishna Teja Kolla | vkolla2@illinois.edu | Multimodal Spatial Language Maps for Robot Navigation and Manipulation | IJRR 2025 | Dec 5 | Dec 12 (Thu) |
Paper Categories Summary
All graduate students have been assigned state-of-the-art papers from CVPR 2025, SIGGRAPH 2024, ICRA 2025, and IJRR 2025, covering:
- Visual SLAM: VSS-SLAM, DGS-SLAM, DynaVINS++
- Neural SLAM & 3D Gaussian Splatting: WildGS-SLAM, GS-SLAM, RTG-SLAM
- LiDAR SLAM: SCE-LIO, FMCW-LIO
- Multimodal Language Navigation: Spatial Language Maps
- Robotic Applications: DRAWER, Adaptive Mobile Manipulation
- Specialized Applications: Wheat3DGS, cuVSLAM
Presentation Schedule Summary
December 3 (Tuesday)
4 Presentations:
- Aryan Chauhan - MASt3R-SLAM
- Wenzhou Ding - Splat, Track & Map
- Karteek Gandiboyina - cuVSLAM
- Ruben Hernandez - VSS-SLAM
December 5 (Friday) + Quiz 3
4 Presentations:
- Yangkun Liu - SCE-LIO
- Sai Shiva Satwik - DGS-SLAM
- Nadeem Mohammed - FMCW-LIO
- Keisuke Ogawa - WildGS-SLAM
December 10 (Tuesday)
4 Presentations:
- Tianyu Ren - DRAWER
- William Schafer - GS-SLAM
- Yingxue Wang - RTG-SLAM
- Tongmiao Xu - Wheat3DGS
December 12 (Thursday) - Last Day
3 Presentations:
- Hariprasad Yuvaraj - Adaptive Mobile Manipulation
- Xiayu Zhao - DynaVINS++
- Krishna Teja Kolla - Multimodal Spatial Language Maps
Quick Links & Resources
- Presentations Table: papers, dates, deadlines (above)
- Syllabus & weekly schedule (presentation weeks noted)
- Policies (integrity, AI-assistant use, late policy)
- Logistics (meeting times, platforms, grade distribution)
- TA Office Hours: Wed 1:30-2:30 PM @ SC 4407
- Questions: Use Campuswire or email ksa5@illinois.edu
If you have conflicts or accessibility needs, please reach out early via Campuswire or email.
All papers and presentation dates assigned! Start reading your assigned paper early with focus on methodology, loss functions, and novel contributions. Remember to attend TA office hours 1 week before your presentation for slide feedback.