Bio

I am a visiting faculty member of the University of Memphis in Computer Science for the 2007-2008 academic year. I am currently searching for a tenure-track faculty position. (application materials)

I was at Honda Research Institute USA in the summer of 2007; check out my videos of Asimo.

I defended my dissertation in Spring 2007 at the University of Southern California. My advisor was Maja Mataric.

Research

My current research focuses on simulating virtual environments in order to develop strategies for getting humanoid robots to perform occupational tasks. I am involved in many aspects of humanoid robotics; my thesis work addressed the issue of skill transferrence between humanoids.

Additionally, I have published work in machine learning, human animation, and, as an undergraduate, molecular computing.

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