Internationally recognized expert in intelligent robotics and artificial intelligence with the following career highlights:1. Principal Investigator or co-Investigator on over thirty research grants in the areas of robotics, artificial intelligence, and augmented/virtual reality totaling over $25 million. 2. Manager of over twenty scientists and engineers performing work on robotics and artificial intelligence research projects worth over $5 million annually. 3. Co-founder of a successful spin-off company (PAI) that is licensing software technology developed under government contracts. Grew sales from zero to over $15 million in software licenses and professional services. Customers include Fortune 500 enterprises with thousands of worldwide users. 4. Reviewer or program committee member for numerous workshops, conferences, and journals, including the International Joint Conference in Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space (IWPSS), the International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES), and the International Journal on Advanced Robotic Systems. 5. Panelist and reviewer for multiple proposal selection and program review activities including NASA, NSF, and the Navy. Thesis committee member for several Ph.D. and Master's students. 6. Author or co-author of over 100 refereed journal, conference, or workshop papers. Editor of an MIT Press book on mobile robots and artificial intelligence. Co-author of a book chapter in the Springer Handbook of Robotics.
Listed skills include Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Human Computer Interaction, Automation, and 20 others.
