• May 2012 Doctor of Philosophy Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Dissertation: Data-Driven Interaction Methods for Socially Assistive Robotics: Validation With Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders. Degree requirements completed: October 19th, 2011.
  Advisor: Prof. Maja Matarić.
• May 2007 Master of Science Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
• May 2003 Bachelor of Science Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
  Advisor: Prof. Chris Brown.
• June 1999 Graduate Barrington High School, Barrington, Rhode Island.

• Nov 2011-present Postdoctoral Fellow National Science Foundation, CRA-CCC: Computing Innovation Fellowship, Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, Connecticut.
  Advisor: Prof. Brian Scassellati.
• Aug 2003-Oct 2011 Graduate Research Assistant Interaction Laboratory, Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems, Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
• Jul 2006-Jun 2007 Consultant Microsoft Robotics, Redmond, Washington. Extended The Robotics Primer Workbook, MIT Press (2007) described below to include exercises compatible with Microsoft Robotics Studio.
• Jul 2006-Mar 2007 Consultant iRobot, Boston, Massachusetts. Co-wrote, along with Nathan Koenig and Prof. Maja Matarić, an online workbook, The Robotics Primer Workbook to go along with the textbook, The Robotics Primer by Prof. Maja Matari\'[:56:c:56:]. The handbook will cover basic robotics techniques using the iRobot Roomba. Also developed open-source utilities to accompany the handbook.
• 2005-2007 Consultant Evolution Robotics, Pasadena, California. Developed a software driver for the iRobot Create for the Evolution Robotics Software Platform.
• Summer 2004,2005 Summer Intern Evolution Robotics, Pasadena, California. Wrote software driver for the MobileRobotics (ActivMedia) Pioneer robot for the Evolution Robotics Software Platform, improving obstacle avoidance for a robot using infrared sensors, implemented a Kalman Filter and software driver for the NorthStar sensor.
• Dec 2001-Sep 2002 Project Leader Robotics Research Group, University of Rochester. Overall leader of the team. Work entailed coordinating the three groups and integrating their code. Also dealt with budget management and coordination of the group's travel to the 2002 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) conference in Edmonton Alberta. Oversaw the obtainment of the NSF (National Science Foundation) REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates).
• Aug 2001-Sep 2002 Team Leader Robotics Research Group, University of Rochester. Led a 3-person group to develop a speech-recognition and conversation system for the Robot Research Group for 2001 and 2002.
• Aug 2001-May 2003 Workshop Coordinator Computer Science Department, University of Rochester. Co-leader of the workshop program, assisting in planning of the courses CSC-171 (Introduction to Programming) and CSC-172 (Data Structures) along with designing a parallel curriculum for the workshops.
• Summer 2001 Summer Intern Laboratory for the Engineering of Man-Made Systems (LEMS), Brown University, Providence, RI. Adviser Prof. Benjamin Kimia.
• Summer 2000 Summer Intern Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory, Brown University, Providence, RI. Adviser: Prof. Mary Carskadon.

• National Science Foundation CRA-CCC Computing Innovation Fellowship (2011-2012), awarded to 20 Ph.D. graduates in the United States
• USC Order of Aret\'e (2011)
• International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence Doctoral Consortium Travel award (2011)
• USC Robotics Lab George Bekey Service award (2010)
• Human Robot Interaction (HRI) Student Travel award (2010)
• Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Spring Symposia Travel award (2009)
• USC Body Computing Conference, Outstanding Presentation (2008)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Human-Robot Interaction Pioneers Workshop Travel award (2007,2008)
• IEEE International Symposium in Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) Best Poster Presentation award (2007)
• USC Mellon award for Excellence in Mentoring (2007)
• Coleman Institute Conference Travel award (2006)
• USC Annenberg School of Communication Digital Media Fellow (2005)
• Winner, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Robot Host Competition (2002)
• Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Student travel award (2002)
• University of Rochester Rush-Rhees Fellow (1999-2003)
• University of Rochester Meliora Scholar (1999-2003)

• National Science Foundation CRA-CCC Computing Innovation Fellowship, 2011-2012. \40,000, (PI: Erwin Gianchandani), , award #1136996, subaward CIF-D-006.
• AnthroTronix, Inc. subcontract to NIDRR grant for "Using Robotics to Promote Social Cognitive Skills in the Inclusive Classroom," PI: M. Matarić. Feb 2011-Jul 2011. Authored major portions of the funded proposal.
• National Science Foundation Grant (award #0803565) "Personalized Socially-Assistive Human-Robot Interaction: Applications to Autism Spectrum Disorder" PI: Prof. M. Matarić, co-PI: Prof. Shrikanth Narayanan, funded as part of the Human-Centered Computing (HCC) Program. Aug 2008-Oct 2011. Authored robotics portions of the funded proposal.
  • NSF Research Experience for Undergraduate Student (REU) supplement, May-August 2011. Authored significant portions of the supplement proposal. Assisted in the mentoring of the student Edward Kaszubski, currently a continuing undergraduate student at USC.
  • NSF Research Experience for Undergraduate Student (REU) supplement, May-August 2010. Authored significant portions of the supplement proposal. Assisted in the mentoring of the student Hieu Minh Nguyen, currently a continuing undergraduate student at USC.
• National Science Foundation Grant (award #0709296) "Computing Research Infrastructure for Human-Robot Interaction and Socially Assistive Robotics," PI: Prof. M. Matarić, co-PIs: Prof. Narayanan, Prof. Schaal, Prof. Sukhatme, and Prof. Winstein, funded as part of the Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) Program. July 2007-Oct 2011. Authored major portions of the funded proposal.
  • NSF Research Experience for Undergraduate Student (REU) supplement, May-August 2010. Authored significant portions of the supplement proposal. Mentored the student Edward Kaszubski, currently a continuing undergraduate student at USC.
  • NSF Research Experience for Undergraduate Student (REU) supplement, May-August 2009. Authored significant portions of the supplement proposal. Assisted in the mentoring of the student Kyle Heldman.
• LA Basin Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Pilot Grant "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Social Robotics for Enhancing DIR/Floortime Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder", PI: Prof. M. Matarić (USC), co-PIs: Prof. Narayanan (USC), Prof. Kipke (Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, CHLA), Prof. Lajonchere (Autism Genetic Resource Exchange, AGRE), and Prof. Mundy (UC-Davis). Authored major portions of the funded proposal and coordinated the AGRE and CHLA collaborations.
• Nancy Lurie Marks Family (NLMF) Foundation Grant "Socially Assistive Robotics for Socialization and Communication Training of Children with Autism," PI: Prof. M. Matarić (USC), co-PIs: Prof. Narayanan (USC), Prof. Kipke (Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, CHLA), Prof. Lajonchere (Autism Genetic Resource Exchange, AGRE), and Prof. Mundy (UC-Davis). Authored major portions of the funded proposal and coordinated the AGRE and CHLA collaborations.

Additionally, I have contributed reports, summaries, and highlights for NLMF, CTSI, and NSF funded projects as well as grant proposals that were not selected for funding.

1. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić, "Ethical Principles for Socially Assistive Robotics," In IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 18(1), pp. 24-31, Mar 2011.
2. David J. Feil-Seifer, Kristine M. Skinner, and Maja J. Matarić, "Benchmarks for evaluating socially assistive robotics," In Interaction Studies: Psychological Benchmarks of Human-Robot Interaction, 8(3), pp. 423-439, Oct 2007.
3. Maja J. Matarić, Jon Eriksson, David J. Feil-Seifer, and Carolee J. Winstein, "Socially Assistive Robotics for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation," In Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 4(5), Feb 2007.

1. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić, "Dry Your Eyes: Examining the Roles of Robots for Childcare Applications," Invited contribution to IEEE Intelligent Systems, 11, 2010. Reprinted as an example of a critical analysis paper in: M. Kennedy and W. Kennedy, "Writing in the Disciplines: A reader and Rhetoric for Academic Writers, Seventh Edition," Pearson Education, Inc. 2011.

1. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić, "Using Computational Models Over Distance-Based Features to Facilitate Robot Interaction with Children," Submitted to Journal of Human-Robot Interaction, 2012.

1. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić, "Human-Robot Interaction," Invited contribution to Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, Robert A. Meyers (eds.), Springer Reference, Apr 2009.
2. Katherine Tsui, David J. Feil-Seifer, Holly Yanco, and Maja J. Matarić, "Methods for Evaluating Assistive Robotic Technology," In Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Intelligent Systems, Raj Madhavan, Edward Tunstel, and Elena Messina (eds.), pp. 41-66, Springer, 2009.

1. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić, "People-Aware Navigation For Goal-Oriented Behavior Involving a Human Partner," In Proceedings of the International Conference on Development and Learning, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Aug 2011.
2. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić. "Automated Detection and Classification of Positive vs. Negative Robot Interactions With Children With Autism Using Distance-Based Features". In Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), pp. 323-330, Lausanne, Switzerland, Mar 2011.
3. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić, "Toward Socially Assistive Robotics For Augmenting Interventions For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders," In 11th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER), pp. 201-210, Athens, Greece, Jul 2008.
4. Maja J. Matarić, Juan Fasola, and David J. Feil-Seifer, "Robotics as a tool for immersive, hands-on freshmen engineering instruction," In Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, Jul 2008.
5. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić, "B$^3$IA: An architecture for autonomous robot-assisted behavior intervention for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders," In IEEE Proceedings of the International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Munich, Germany, Aug 2008.
6. Emily K. Mower, David J. Feil-Seifer, Maja J. Matarić, and Shrikanth Narayanan, "Investigating Implicit Cues for User State Estimation in Human-Robot Interaction Using Physiological Measurements," In IEEE Proceedings of the International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Jeju Island, South Korea, Aug 2007.
7. Joshua Wainer, David J. Feil-Seifer, Dylan A. Shell, and Maja J. Matarić, "Embodiment and Human-Robot Interaction: A task-based perspective," In IEEE Proceedings of the International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), pp. 872-877, Jeju Island, South Korea, Aug 2007.
8. Joshua Wainer, David J. Feil-Seifer, Dylan A. Shell, and Maja J. Matarić, "The role of physical embodiment in human-robot interaction," In IEEE Proceedings of the International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), pp. 117-122, Hatfield, United Kingdom, Sep 2006.
9. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić, "A Multi-Modal Approach to Selective Interaction in Assistive Domains," In IEEE Proceedings of the International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), pp. 416-421, Nashville, TN, Aug 2005.

1. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić. "Detection and Classification of Positive vs. Negative Robot Interactions With Children With Autism Using an Automated System". Poster paper in International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San Diego, CA, May 2011.
2. Elaine Short, David J. Feil-Seifer, and Maja J Matarić. "A Comparison of Machine Learning Techniques for Modeling Human-Robot Interaction with Children with Autism". Poster paper in Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), pp. 251-252, Lausanne, Switzerland, Mar 2011.
3. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić, "Using Proxemics to Evaluate Human-Robot Interaction," Poster paper in Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), pp. 143-144, Osaka, Japan, Mar 2010.
4. David J. Feil-Seifer, Matthew P. Black, Maja J. Matarić, and Shrikanth Narayanan, "Toward Designing Interactive Technologies for Supporting Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders," Poster paper in International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Chicago, Il, May 2009.
5. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić, "Shaping Human Behavior by Observing Mobility Gestures," Poster paper in Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), pp. 337-338, Salt Lake City, UT, Mar 2006.

1. David J. Feil-Seifer, "Towards Spatial Methods for Socially Assistive Robotics: Validation with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders". Doctoral consortium, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Barcelona, Spain, Jul 2011.

1. David J. Feil-Seifer, "Socially Assistive Robotics as a Subclass of Human-Robot Interaction," Poster paper in Coleman Institute Conference, Broomfield, CO, Oct 2006.

1. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić, "Using Robots to Augment (not Replace) People in Therapeutic Settings," Refereed Workshop Robotics Science and Systems: Workshop on Human-Robot Interaction, Los Angeles, CA, Jul 2011.
2. Katherine Tsui, Holly Yanco, David J. Feil-Seifer, and Maja J. Matarić, "Survey of Domain-Specific Performance Measures in Assistive Robotic Technology," In Proceedings of the Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop (PERMIS), pp. 116-123, Washington, D.C., Aug 2008.
3. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić, "Robot-assisted therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders," Refereed Workshop Conference on Interaction Design for Children: Children with Special Needs, pp. 49-52, Chicago, Il, Jun 2008.
4. David J. Feil-Seifer, "Socially Assistive Robot-Based Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder," Working Notes IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation Workshop on Unifying Characteristics of Research in Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 10-11, Pasadena, CA, May 2008.
5. Maja J. Matarić, Nathan Koenig, and David J. Feil-Seifer, "Materials for Enabling Hands-On Robotics and STEM Education," In AAAI Spring Symposium on Robots and Robot Venues: Resources for AI Education, Stanford, CA, Mar 2007.

1. David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Matarić. "A Simon-Says Robot Providing Autonomous Imitation Feedback Using Graded Cueing," Submitted to International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Toronto, Canada, May 2012.

1. David J. Feil-Seifer, Matthew P. Black, Elisa Flores, Aaron B. St. Clair, Emily K. Mower, Chi-Chun Lee, Maja J. Matarić, Shrikanth Narayanan, Clara Lajonchere, Peter Mundy, and Marian Williams, "Development of Socially Assistive Robots For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders," USC Interaction Lab Technical Report CRES-09-001, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 2009.
2. J. Schmid, T. Kollar, E. Meisner, V. Sweetser, D. Feil-Seifer, & C. Brown, Mabel: building a robot designed for human interaction, The Mobile Robot Competition and Exhibition TR WS-02-18, pp. 24-32, The AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California. 2002.

• Innovative Technologies for Human-Robot Interaction with Children with Autism - Co-Presented with Prof. Maja Matarić. The HELP Summit 2010, The HELP Group, Skirball Center, Los Angeles, CA, October 2010.
• Towards the Integration of Socially Assistive Robots Into the Lives of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) - CS Colloquium Lecture, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, USA, November 2009.
• Can Robots Help Children With Autism? - Co-Presented with Prof. Maja Matarić. The HELP Summit 2009, The HELP Group, Skirball Center, Los Angeles, CA, October 2009.
• Towards the Integration of Socially Assistive Robots Into the Lives of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) - Guest Lecture, Willow Garage, Inc. Menlo Park, CA, USA, March 2009.

• Guest Lecturer Player/Stage/Gazebo and ROS (2007-2010). CSCI 547: Sensing and Planning in Robotics (Approximately 15 students), CSCI 584: Control and Learning in Multi-Robot Systems (Approximately 40 students) and ENGR 150: Engineering Science and Systems: From Humans to Robots (Approximately 30 students), Professors: Professors: Gaurav Sukhatme, Maja Matarić, Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California. Presented guests lecture on fundamentals of robot simulation, control, and interaction using the Player/Stage/Gazebo project as well as the ROS (Robot Operating System) project.
• Guest Lecturer Developing Socially Assistive Robots to Interact With Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (2010). ENGR 599: Innovative Technology for Autism Spectrum Disorders (Approximately 15 students), Viterbi School of Engineering and Division of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California. Presented guest lecture on research studies to date involving robots and children with ASD.
• Teaching Assistant (Fall 2007). ENGR 499: Engineering Science and Systems: From Humans to Robots (Approximately 30 students). Professor: Maja Matarić. Developed and taught programming lab curriculum for the first presentation of the Viterbi School of Engineering (VSoE) freshman all-engineering hands-on robotics course. It is now a regular fall semester course (ENGR 150: From Humans to Robots).
• Workshop Leader (Spring 2001, 2002). CSC-172: The Science Of Data Structures (Approximately 15 students). Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Prof. Thaddeus Pawlicki and Dean Victoria Roth. Roles: syllabus refinement, chairing discussion, grading, project guidance, etc.
• Workshop Leader (Fall 2000, 2001, 2002). CSC-171: Computer Programming (Approximately 15 students). Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Prof. Thaddeus Pawlicki and Dean Victoria Roth. Roles: syllabus refinement, chairing discussion, grading, project guidance, etc.

• Raul Correal-Tezanos (Fall 2006-Fall 2007), Tour Guide Robot: Navigation and System Integration
• Darren James Earl (Fall 2007-Fall 2008), Human-Robot Interaction Using Stereo Vision
• Farva Jafri (Spring 2011-Fall 2011), Video-Coding of Experiment Data Involving Children with ASD
• Viren Ranan (Spring 2006-Spring 2007), Human-Robot Interaction Using an Overhead Camera
• Joshua Wainer (Spring 2006-Spring 2007), Embodiment and Human-Robot Interaction: A Task-Based Perspective, Currently Ph.D. Student at University of Hatfield.

• Brandon Angelo (Provost's Research Fellow, Fall 2007-Spring 2008), Human-like Conversational Gestures For a Humanoid Robot
• Sean Bachelder (Merit Research Student, Summer 2007-Spring 2008), Applications and Drivers for Humanoid Robot Control
• Ryan Berti (Spring 2008), Face and Facial Feature Detection for Human-Robot Interaction
• Kyle Heldman (NSF-REU Summer 2009) Robot Control for Smooth Motion With Tall Robots
• Dan Ho (NSF-REU, Summer 2010, 2011), 3-D Humanoid Robot Visualization
• Lynn Jane (LJ) Ho (Merit Research Scholar, Spring 2010-Summer 2010), 3-D Humanoid Robot Visualization
• Rustom Jehangir (Spring 2008), Imitation Game for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Edward Kaszubski (NSF-REU, Spring 2010-Fall 2011), Human-Robot Interaction Using Multiple Overhead Cameras
• Karie Lau (Fall 2008-Spring 2010), Video Analysis for Overhead Camera Recordings
• Urmila Mahadev (WISE Research Fellow, Fall 2007-Spring 2008), Activity History for Analysis of Human-Robot Interaction
• Nieu Minh Nguyen (NSF-REU, Spring 2010-Fall 2010), Human-Robot Interaction Using Pointing
• Donovan Schafer (Merit Research Student, Summer 2006), Tour Guide Robot: Navigation and Interaction
• Monica Sharma (Spring 2011), Video-Coding of Experiment Data Involving Children with ASD
• Elaine Short (NSF-REU, Summer 2009), Kalman Filtering for Robot and Person Tracking From Overhead Camera, Currently Ph.D. Student at University of Southern California.
• Kristine Skinner (Merit Research Student, Fall 2003-Spring 2007), Benchmarks For Evaluating Socially Assistive Robotics
• Kyle Taylor (NSF-REU, Summer 2008), Control and Interaction with a Humanoid Robot
• Tarik Tosun (NSF-REU, Summer 2011), General Kinematic Retargeting System For Robotic Platforms
• Max Uhlenhuth (Spring 2012-Present), TBA
• Jennie Vongsoasup (CRA-W, Summer 2006), Tour Guide Robot: Path-Planning and Navigation
• Panthong (Pan) Wangperawong (Fall 2009-Spring 2010), Using ROS and Interaction Lab Hardware For Mapping and People Tracking in Office Environments
• Charles Wang (Summer 2010), Humanoid Joint Self-Calibration
• Bobby Woodcock (Spring 2011), Video-Coding of Experiment Data Involving Children with ASD
• Helena Wotring (CRA-W, Summer 2006), Tour Guide Robot: Human-Robot Interaction Interface
• Jaime Wu (Spring 2011), Video-Coding of Experiment Data Involving Children with ASD

• Carlos Cifuentes, Center For Engineering Diversity Scholar, (Summer 2011)
• David Cox, Center For Engineering Diversity Scholar, (Summer 2011)
• Jonathan Flamenco, Center For Engineering Diversity Scholar, (Summer 2011)
• Sarah Litz, Liberty High School, (Summer 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
• Christina Ramsey, Center For Engineering Diversity Scholar, (Summer 2011)
• Darrel Sumi (Summer 2007)

• Valley Beth Shalom Robot Team: Assisting in the development of a curriculum for the Valley Beth Shalom Elementary School (4th, 5th, and 6th graders) First Lego League (FLL) competition robotics team, (2009, 2010).
• Programming Workbook: Developed a free programming workbook and supporting educational utilities as a companion to The Robotics Primer, MIT Press, 2007 with Prof. Maja Matarić and Nathan Koenig. Workbook is targeted to K-12 educators and students.
  Available on the web (http://roboticsprimer.sourceforge.net/workbook), supported by iRobot Corp, released Aug 2007.
• Robotics Demonstration: Conducted a demonstration of mobile robotics (along with the class of ENGR 499: From Human to Robots) at the California Science Center, Los Angeles, California (December 2007).

• Program Committee Member
  • International Workshop on Collaborative Robots and Human-Robot Interaction
  • Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS)
• Reviewer for Professional Journals:
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
  • IEEE Intelligent Systems
  • IEEE Pervasive Computing
  • Interaction Studies
  • International Journal of Social Robotics
  • Intelligent Service Robotics
  • Journal of Human-Robot Interaction
• Reviewer for Professional Conferences:
  • International Conference on Computer Convergence Technology (ICCCT)
  • IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
  • ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
  • IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR)
  • IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics
• Maintainer: yale-ros-pkgs the Yale Repository for ROS (Robot Operating System) including the open-source (publicly available source code for free and modification) support packages for the Alebaran Nao Robot.
• Maintainer: usc-ros-pkg the USC repository for ROS (Robot Operating System) including the open-source (publicly available source code for free use and modification) drivers for the MobileRobotics (ActivMedia) Pioneer 2 robot and the Overhead Interaction Toolkit (OIT).
• Developer: Evolution Robotics Software Platform (ERSP) open-source software drivers for the MobileRobotics (ActivMedia) Pioneer 2 and iRobot Create robots.

• Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS 2011) June 27 - July 1st, 2011, Los Angeles, CA. Assisted with conference arrangements by working transportation between conference events and providing technical support during video sessions.
• ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2010) March 2-5, 2010, Osaka, Japan. Assisted with conference arrangements by working the registration desk.
• IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, (ICRA 2008) May 19-23, 2008, Pasadena, California. Assisted General Chair with local conference arrangements by setting up and taking down session materials and chairing sessions.

• Student Member, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
• Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Member, International Society for Autism Research (INSAR)

• Co-Organizer (with Heidy Maldonado, Bilge Mutlu, Leila Takayama, and Katherine Tsui) AAAI 2009 Spring Symposium on Experiment Design for Real-World Systems, March 2009.

• USC Interaction Lab robot infrastructure maintenance and liaison to hardware providers: BlueSky Robotics, MobileRobotics (ActivMedia), Evolution Robotics, and Willow Garage (2004-2011)
• USC Interaction Lab Webmaster: (with N. Koenig, J. Fasola, 2008-2011)

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