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Spring, 2009 Course:
ECE 4340/7340 and CS 4730/7730: Building Intelligent Robots
RESEARCH:
My research interests include sensory perception, pattern recognition,
and human-machine interaction.
My current research projects are focused on understanding and using sensor
signals. In particular, we are investigating computational intelligence
techniques for studying real-time sensory perception and
interactive human-machine interfaces, and applying them to robotics
(especially human-robot interaction), sketch understanding,
gait analysis, and now eldercare. For more information, see also our
Center for Eldercare and Rehabilitation
Technology
Jan, 2008: We started a new eldercare project, Elder-Centered Recognition Technology for the Assessment of Physical Function , funded by the NSF HCC program, which is now investigating the monitoring of gait and physical movement in a multi-person environment. This is an extension of our other ongoing work using passive sensor networks to monitor the physical and cognitive health of elders for early problem identification.
Jan, 2007: Our Mizzou ADVANCE grant (funded by the NSF) has started, with the goal of helping women faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Programs include mentoring, climate theatre, and a STRIDE committee, as well as a research program to evaluate the effectiveness of each component.
GK-12 Fellowships for Fall, 2006 ($30K per year): I will be looking for two students to fill GK-12 fellowships for the 2006-2007 academic year. (ECE or Computer Science) Fellows work with local students in grades 6-9 to develop engineering design projects such as lego robots. Details on the application process can be found here . See also the Project Web Site for more information.
Fall, 2005: We are continuing work on our sketch-based interfaces for control of one or more mobile robots. In summer, 2005, we collaborated with the Naval Research Lab on a demo and usability study at the AAAI conference. Here is the abstract on using sketches to control a team of robots.
Jan., 2005: We started a new project, Technology Interventions for Elders with Mobility and Cognitive Impairments incorporating smart home technology into eldercare systems. This NSF ITR project is a multidisciplinary collaboration with nursing and health management and informatics. All of our RA positions have been filled but keep watching for announcements. In general, I am especially looking for students with experience and interest in pattern recognition, computational intelligence, and computer vision. If you want to become part of the team, you should take courses in these areas.
Jan, 2004: We started a project on Biologically Inspired Working Memory for Robots , funded through the NSF ITR program.
Older projects include: The Guinness Robot Project which incorporates Using Spatial Language for Human-Robot Communication , Analyzing Sketched Route Maps , and Face Recognition with MSNN . Also, Equine Gait Analysis . Check out the projects page and additional projects: Learning Force Sensory Patterns and Skills from Demonstration , and Event-Driven Computing Projects for Software Engineering Education.
SERVICE:
This year I am taking over as the chair of the AAAI
Fall and Spring Symposia series.
I am also organizing a symposium for the AAAI Fall 2008 Symposia Series on
AI in Eldercare: New Solutions to Old Problems.
CogRIC: I was one of the organizers for an international workshop on cognitive robotics, held in Windsor, England, U.K. on August 16-18, 2006. (funded by the NSF and the EPSRC)
I was the Registration Co-Chair for the
HRI 2007 Conference held March 8-11
in Washington, D.C.
HRI 2007 Work assignments
for the student volunteers.
I was also the Registration Chair for
HRI 2006 :
The 1st Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, held March 2-4
in Salt Lake City.
The HRI conferences are designed to be present high quality papers in a single track format.
RegOnline
HRI 2006 Work assignments for the
student volunteers
In 2006, we held three Saturday Science sessions introducing programming concepts to junior high students by teaching them to program small lego robots.
I was the Program Co-Chair for
RO-MAN 2005:
The 14th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive
Communication.
I was also a guest editor for a special issue on
Human-Robot Interaction
for the IEEE Transactions on SMC Part A. In all, 47 papers were submitted
to the issue. With the help of many, excellent reviewers, 10 papers were
selected for publication in July, 2005.
NEWS:
Tribune (eldercare)
EE Times (robots)
Students in the News
Publications
and selected Talks
List of Papers categorized by type of
publication
Short Bio
Vitae
Computational Intelligence Research Lab
MU Chapter of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
Educational Outreach Programs
Sketch Understanding links
Paintings
COURSES:
ECE 4340/7340 and CS 4730/7730: Building Intelligent Robots Spring, 2009
ECE 8820: Pattern Recognition Fall, 2008
ECE 4220: Real Time Embedded Computing
Winter, 2007
ECE: 4330/7330: Robotic Control and Intelligence
Fall, 2004
CECS 375: Artificial Intelligence I Fall, 2003
CECS 332: Software Engineering I Fall, 2003
CECS 103: Algorithm Design and Programming I Fall, 2002