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San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Shenzhen, Guangdong, Cn

Created working social robot prototypes and interaction concept explorationsDeveloped robot control architecture and visual programming language for interaction designSystem architect and software lead for US R+D teamsCollaborated with Design, Product, and Hardware teams in US and China

- Software architect for “ERICA”, a fully-autonomous conversational android - Led development and integration of modules for multimodal perception, dialog management, social cognition, gestures, gaze, perception, memory, and nonverbal behavior- Coordinated software development and demo planning with teams at two remote locations- Supported live robot field trials and demonstrations in real-world environmentsResearch topics: - Learning-by-imitation of multimodal dialog - Unsupervised learning of interaction structure - Artificial curiosity - Explainable AI - Intention-based planning for social interaction - Memory models for social robots

Responsibilities: Project planning, system and algorithm design, recruiting, hiring, and supervising researchers and engineers, coordinating software development internally and with 3rd parties, integration and field testing, user studies, and real-world field experiments.Research topics: - Human-robot interaction design methodologies - Machine learning for social interaction - Data-driven behavior modeling - Teleoperation - Shared autonomy - Pedestrian tracking and motion analysis - Automatic sensor calibrationAchievements:- Led teams of up to ~25 people to develop / deploy humanoid robots in field experiments at shopping malls, train stations, and museums for long-term experiments up to 4 years.- Coordinated researchers, engineers, and external contractors to develop robot control software, sensor processing middleware, multi-robot coordination and planning systems, teleoperation interfaces, sensor suites, dialog management, and interaction design software. - Managed development of 3 robot control systems, and 4 other large software projects >100,000 lines of code each- Developed systems for navigation, localization, safety, human tracking, and telemetry / teleoperation systems for the Robovie series of humanoid robots

Developed perception and control software for several social robots, including:- Robot control architecture for a mobile robot, including navigation, localization, safety, visualization (years before ROS came out)- Visual programming language for social robots- Pedestrian tracking and motion analysis using Lidar- Single-Operator Multiple-Robot (SOMR) teleoperation system- Multimodal sensor data capture and fusion systems- Computer vision and transcoding/compression tools for video capture

Suita, Osaka, Jp

- Supervised 7 postdoctoral researchers and graduate students.- Designed and conducted laboratory user studies and field studies.- 26 journal papers, 35 conf. & workshop, 4 book chapters, 11 patents

Jerusalem, Il

Volunteer instructor. Taught Java programming to Israeli and Palestinian high school students in the pilot year of the program. Developed curricula, gave lectures, taught classes, supervised lab activities.

Jp

Taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at 3 public high schools in Japan, developed original curricula, tests, homework, games, and musical language learning activities. Supervised English club and coached for speech contests.

Boston, Ma, Us

Developed web portal and content management framework for health care and web services applications.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Developed Tangible Media research prototypes enabling physical interaction with information. Key projects included: metaDesk, activeRoom, and mediaBlocks.

M.Eng., Aerospace Systems Engineering, Planetary Science

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Robotics