Published and marketed new piano learning technique, which was featured in the LA Times (> 5.5M views on YouTube), developed the apps Smart Colors, Picunet, Randstim, and Maptastes and co-wrote and published the novel White Pumpkin Seed (230+ ratings, “a must read”, “eye opener”, “wonderful story”, “heart warming”, and “lovely story”--according to reviews).

Led and managed research team, working with a team spread across multiple time zones and three different continents; developed new ideas for brain models; interacted with customers; deployed machine-learning systems

Led and managed research department focused on machine learning, computer vision, autonomous systems, and assured autonomy; 17 direct reports, mostly PhDs; attracted and hired world-class talent (hired 6 full-time staff in 2021); initiated interdisciplinary collaborations; taught the art of proposal writing.

HRL's focal point for robotics and machine learning research; principal investigator in five DARPA programs; won 7 DARPA awards as prime contractor; successfully managed and motivated teams to overcome failure, technical setbacks, and tight budgets; 100% of deliverables on time; demonstrated creativity (55 US patents, 79 invention disclosures); identified new research trends, developed research strategy, and found new research customers.

Coordinated research in autonomy and unconventional computing and presented center research to outside customers.

Created and carried out new interdisciplinary research projects spanning robotics, computer science, human movement control, and psychophysics. Most significantly, developed a new method for robotic movement generation, a new version of Dynamic Movement Primitives that has been cited 3,000+ times and used all over the world in various robots including PR2, DARPA ARM, R2, Pepper, Universal Robots, Sarcos, and more. Co-author of the most cited article since 2010 in the journal Neural Computation.

Institute of Perception, Action and Behavior, School of Informatics

Designed and implemented several analytics software programs for the Swiss government

Worked in Cognitive Robotics Group. Developed machine learning algorithms. Used mobile robots and manipulators as proof of concept for ideas in cognitive science. Completed PhD thesis

Gravity Wave Group, Physics Dept

Military service in the Franco-German Brigade. Driver of M113 armored personnel carrier