Note: This schedule is very tentative and will be changed significantly in the first weeks of the course, as projects and project teams are defined. After that, it will be modified as the semester unfolds.

• Follow this link to return to the main CIS II page
• Follow this link to see the projects for 2026
• list of the project ideas and each individual set of slides for 2026

January 20

• Introduction and Organization
• Non-disclosure agreement
• Presentation of project ideas
  • 10, 11: Zih-Yun “Sarah” Chiu
  • 5: Daniel Wang
  • 17, 18, 19, 20, 21: Laura Connolly, Jiawei Ge
  • 4, 32, 33: Prof. Taylor

January 22

• Presentation of project ideas
  • 7, 8, 9: Anton Deguet
  • 15, 16: Hisashi Ishida
  • 25, 37: Adnan Munawar
  • 22: Haoying “Jack” Zhou
  • 23: Tianle Wu
  • 28: Yinsong Ma
  • 29: Jesse Haworth
  • 42, 43, 44, 45: Lalith Seenivasan
  • 38, 39, 40, 41: Manish Sahu

January 27

• Presentation of project ideas
  • 12: Junghoon Lee
  • 3: Todd McNutt
  • 1, 2: Nick Jensen
  • 14, 26, 27: Ugur Tumerdem
  • 24, 46: Mojtaba Esfandiari
  • 30: Nural Yilmaz
  • 31: Michael West
  • 34: Anqi Liu
  • 47: Jesse Haworth

January 29

• Presentation of project ideas
  • 49, 50, 51: Kaitlynn Pineda
  • 35, 36: Kemar Green, Peter Kazanzides
  • 6: Mark Shelhamer, Bill Queale
  • 13: Peter Kazanzides
• Guest lecture on medical device development and project management (Prof. Kazanzides)
  • MSKCC System Requirements
  • Development Process

February 3

• Project plan presentations (2025_project_plan_presentation_rubric.pdf)
  • Team 01: Simulation-Based Analysis of Kinematic ErrorPropagation in Surgical Robotics
  • Team 02: LPN: Differentiable Physics-based Simulation for Soft Tissue Cutting

February 5

• Project plan presentations
  • Team 03: Motorized mechanism for encoding endoscope rotation
  • Team 04: A Scanning Pattern Planning Algorithm in Non-contact Ultrasound Systems to Identify Critical Structures
  • Team 05: Eye Snake Localization Using Vision

February 10

• Project plan presentations
  • Team 06: Surgical Report Generation
  • Team 07: Mesh Atlas for Lifetime Radiation Dose Tracking
  • Team 08: Surgical Action Understanding

February 12

• IMPORTANT: Project must be selected and confirmed with mentors.
• Project plan presentations
  • Team 09: Autonomous Packing for Trauma with MIRA
  • Team 10: Natural Language Interface for Surgical Robotic System
  • Team 11: Autonomous Robotic Surgical Manipulation with Haptics Enhanced Imitation Learning

February 17

• Project plan presentations
  • Team 12: Magnetic Fidelity During Automated Collision Avoidance
  • Team 13: Autonomous Wound Closure System
  • Team 14: Keypoint-Based Multi-Tool Tracking

February 19

• Guest Lecture - Laura Connolly - Prof. Taylor at MIT

February 24

• Project plan presentations
  • Team 15: iCrutch: Human–Computer Interface for Reading Stabilization in Eye Movement Disorders
  • Team 16: Dual Tracking of Surgical Robot Instruments
  • Team 17: Synthetic-to-Real Learning for 3D Shape Prediction of FBG-Sensorized Stylets

February 26

• IMPORTANT: Project plan report due at 1:30pm
• Project plan presentations
  • Team 18: LPN: Autonomous bleeding control for partial nephrectomy
  • Team 19: Automatic segmentation and surgical planning for neurovascular interventions
  • Team 20: Robot motion planning for automated anatomy harvesting

March 3

• Project plan presentations
  • Team 21: Robotic Assistant for Image-Guided Low Back Pain Injections
  • Team 22: Real-Time Multimodal Failure Detection for Autonomous Surgical Tasks
  • Team 23: LPN: Tumor bed segmentation and tracking from laparoscopic surgical scene

March 5

• Project plan presentations
  • Team 24: Teleoperation Control of the Eye Robot (SHER 2.1) and Eye Snake (I2RIS)
  • Team 25: Objective Video-based Assessment of Mastoidectomy Surgical Skill
  • Team 26: Autonomous Scleral Trocar Insertion

March 10

• Review of project Wiki pages and supporting documents
• Project plan presentations
  • Team 27: Adapting Robotic Surgical Suturing Policy from Simulation to Real Environment
• Background reading presentations (2025_background_reading_presentations_rubric.pdf)
  • Team 6 (1p - 5 min): Surgical Report Generation
  • Team 7 (2p - 8 min): Mesh Atlas for Lifetime Radiation Dose Tracking
  • Team 8 (1p - 5 min): Surgical Action Understanding
  • Team 11 (3p - 11 min): Autonomous Robotic Surgical Manipulation with Haptics Enhanced Imitation Learning

March 12

• Background reading presentations
  • Team 13 (3p - 11 min): Autonomous Wound Closure System
  • Team 5 (1p - 5 min): Eye Snake Localization Using Vision
  • Team 10 (1p - 5 min): Natural Language Interface for Surgical Robotic System
  • Team 9 (3p - 11 min): Autonomous Packing for Trauma with MIRA
  • Team 12 (1p - 5 min): Magnetic Fidelity During Automated Collision Avoidance
  • Team 4 (1p - 5 min): Development of a real-time non-contact ultrasound imaging algorithm for robotic surgery

March 17 - Spring break

March 19 - Spring break

March 24

• Checkpoint presentations 2026_project_checkpoint_rubric.pdf
  • Team 14: Keypoint-Based Multi-Tool Tracking
  • Team 15: iCrutch: Human–Computer Interface for Reading Stabilization in Eye Movement Disorders
  • Team 16: Dual Tracking of Surgical Robot Instruments
  • Team 18: LPN: Autonomous bleeding control for partial nephrectomy

March 26

• IMPORTANT: Background reading report due at 1:30pm
• Checkpoint presentations
  • Team 17: Synthetic-to-Real Learning for 3D Shape Prediction of FBG-Sensorized Stylets
  • Team 19: Automatic segmentation and surgical planning for neurovascular interventions
  • Team 20: Robot motion planning for automated anatomy harvesting

March 31

• Checkpoint presentations
  • Team 21: Robotic Assistant for Image-Guided Low Back Pain Injections
  • Team 22: Real-Time Multimodal Failure Detection for Autonomous Surgical Tasks
  • Team 23: LPN: Tumor bed segmentation and tracking from laparoscopic surgical scene
  • Team 24: Teleoperation Control of the Eye Robot (SHER 2.1) and Eye Snake (I2RIS)

April 2

• Checkpoint presentations
  • Team 25: Objective Video-based Assessment of Mastoidectomy Surgical Skill
  • Team 26: Autonomous Scleral Trocar Insertion
  • Team 27: Adapting Robotic Surgical Suturing Policy from Simulation to Real Environment
  • Team 1: Simulation-Based Analysis of Kinematic Error Propagation in Surgical Robotics

April 7

• Checkpoint presentations
  • Team 2: LPN: Differentiable Physics-based Simulation for Soft Tissue Cutting
  • Team 3: Motorized mechanism for encoding endoscope rotation
  • Team 4: Development of a real-time non-contact ultrasound imaging algorithm for robotic surgery
  • Team 5: Eye Snake Localization Using Vision

April 9

• Checkpoint presentations
  • Team 6: Surgical Report Generation
  • Team 7: Mesh Atlas for Lifetime Radiation Dose Tracking
  • Team 8: Surgical Action Understanding
  • Team 9: Autonomous Packing for Trauma with MIRA

April 14

• Checkpoint presentations
  • Team 10: Natural Language Interface for Surgical Robotic System
  • Team 11: Autonomous Robotic Surgical Manipulation with Haptics Enhanced Imitation Learning
  • Team 12: Magnetic Fidelity During Automated Collision Avoidance
  • Team 13: Autonomous Wound Closure System

April 16

• Background reading presentations
  • Team 1 (1p - 5 min): Simulation-Based Analysis of Kinematic Error Propagation in Surgical Robotics
  • Team 2 (1p - 5 min): LPN: Differentiable Physics-based Simulation for Soft Tissue Cutting
  • Team 3 (1p - 5 min): Motorized mechanism for encoding endoscope rotation
  • Team 14 (3p - 11 min): Keypoint-Based Multi-Tool Tracking
  • Team 19 (2p - 8 min): Automatic segmentation and surgical planning for neurovascular interventions
  • Team 21 (2p - 8 min): Robotic Assistant for Image-Guided Low Back Pain Injections

April 21

• Background reading presentations
  • Team 15 (1p - 5 min): iCrutch: Human–Computer Interface for Reading Stabilization in Eye Movement Disorders
  • Team 16 (3p - 11 min): Dual Tracking of Surgical Robot Instruments
  • Team 17 (1p - 5 min): Synthetic-to-Real Learning for 3D Shape Prediction of FBG-Sensorized Stylets
  • Team 18 (3p - 11 min): LPN: Autonomous bleeding control for partial nephrectomy
  • Team 20 (1p - 5 min): Robot motion planning for automated anatomy harvesting

April 23

• Background reading presentations
  • Team 23 (1p - 5 min): LPN: Tumor bed segmentation and tracking from laparoscopic surgical scene
  • Team 24 (3p - 11 min): Teleoperation Control of the Eye Robot (SHER 2.1) and Eye Snake (I2RIS)
  • Team 25 (1p - 5 min): Objective Video-based Assessment of Mastoidectomy Surgical Skill
  • Team 26 (3p - 11 min): Autonomous Scleral Trocar Insertion
  • Team 27 (2p - 8 min): Adapting Robotic Surgical Suturing Policy from Simulation to Real Environment
  • Team 22 (2p - 8 min): Real-Time Multimodal Failure Detection for Autonomous Surgical Tasks

May 04 - Final exam

• Poster session 0900-1200
• IMPORTANT: Project reports due before 0900 on exam day announcement_final_report.pdf