Faculty

Leadership Team

Kagan Tumer
Professor, MIME
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
CoRIS Director

Autonomous robots, multi-robot coordination, multiagent learning

Julie A. Adams
Professor, EECS
Ph.D., Computer and Information Systems, University of Pennsylvania
CoRIS Associate Director for Research

Human-robot teaming, distributed autonomy, coalition formation and planning, swarms

Bill Smart
Professor, MIME
Ph.D., Computer Science, Brown University
CoRIS Associate Director for Academics

Human-robot interaction, assistive robotics, long-term autonomy, machine learning for robotics, software architectures for robotics

Core Faculty

abbas-houssam.jpg	Houssam Abbas Assistant Professor, EECS Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University Verification, testing, and reliability of software/hardware systems
	Ravi Balasubramanian Associate Professor, MIME Ph.D., Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University Robotic manipulation, robotic hands
belinda_batten_39561_166x166.jpg	Belinda Batten Professor, MIME Ph.D., Mathematical Science, Clemson University Computational modeling, optimal and robust control, marine energy
	Rakesh Bobba Assistant Professor, EECS Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park Security for distributed and networked cyber-physical infrastructures
davidson_square_166x166.jpg	Joe Davidson Assistant Professor, MIME Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Washington State University Agricultural robotics, robotic manipulation, multi-functional materials
	Patrick Donnelly Assistant Professor, EECS Ph.D., Computer Science, Montana State University Deep learning from non-speech audio, educational data mining from audio, large imbalanced datasets, machine learning in the musical domain
	Alan Fern Professor & Assoc. Head of Research, EECS Ph.D., Computer Engineering, Purdue University Artificial intelligence, automated planning/control
	Xiaoli Fern Associate Professor, EECS Ph.D., Computer Engineering, Purdue University Machine learning, data mining
	Naomi T. Fitter Assistant Professor, MIME Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania Haptics, socially assistive robotics, robots in the arts
	Xiao Fu Assistant Professor, EECS Ph.D., Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Topic modeling, large-scale structured matrix/tensor factorization algorithms, multiview analysis, canonical correlation analysis, hyperspectral imaging
	Cindy Grimm Associate Professor, MIME Director, Robotics Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Ph.D., Computer Science, Brown University Computer graphics, human-computer interaction
	Ross Hatton Associate Professor, MIME Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Geometric mechanics, locomotion, snake robots
	David Hendrix Associate Professor, EECS and Biochemistry/Biophysics Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley Motif finding, non-coding RNA structure & function analysis, apps of machine learning to computational biology, deep sequencing data analysis
	Geoff Hollinger Associate Professor, MIME Ph.D., Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University Aerial vehicles, marine robotics, motion planning, robot learning
hong-sanghyun-210x210.png	Sanghyun Hong Assistant Professor, EECS Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park Security, privacy, machine learning
	Liang Huang Assistant Professor, EECS Ph.D., Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania Natural language processing, structure machine learning
	Jonathan Hurst College of Engineering Dean's Professor, MIME Ph.D., Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University Legged robots, passive dynamics
	Rebecca Hutchinson Assistant Professor, EECS and Fisheries & Wildlife Ph.D., Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University Latent variable models, semi-parametric methods, network analysis, model evaluation strategies, with applications in ecology
	Matthew Johnston Associate Professor, EECS Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Columbia University Biosensor and bioelectronic platforms, massively-parallel sensing
	Heather Knight Assistant Professor, EECS Ph.D., Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University Human-robot interaction, minimal social robots, entertainment robots
stefan_lee.jpg	Stefan Lee Assistant Professor, EECS Ph.D., Computer Science, Indiana University Computer vision, natural language processing, machine learning
	Fuxin Li Associate Professor, EECS Ph.D., Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences Computer vision, machine learning, object recognition, scene understanding
mohan-karthika.png	Karthika Mohan Assistant Professor, EECS Ph.D., Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), University of California, Los Angeles Causal inference, graphical models, AI safety
	Raviv Raich Associate Professor, EECS Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Adaptive sensing/sampling, manifold learning
ramsey-stephen-210x210.jpg	Stephen Ramsey Associate Professor Ph.D., Physics, University of Maryland Machine learning, computational systems biology, bioinformatics, integrative computational methods to map gene regulatory networks
saisubramanian-dec2021-210x210.jpg	Sandhya Saisubramanian Assistant Professor, EECS Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst Automated planning, reinforcement learning, safe and reliable AI
	Burak Sencer Assistant Professor, MIME Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia Advanced manufacturing, precision motion control, optimal trajectory generation, intelligent machining
	Prasad Tadepalli Professor, EECS Ph.D., Computer Science, Rutgers University Artificial intelligence, machine learning, automated planning
	Arash Termehchy Associate Professor, EECS Ph.D, Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Database systems, large-scale and usable data analytics, human-aware databases, heterogeneous data exploration and analytics
	Sinisa Todorovich Professor, EECS Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Eng., University of Florida Object recognition, region / shape matching, texture, video object segmentation, stochastic image grammars
wagstaff-210x210.jpg	Kiri Wagstaff Associate Research Professor, EECS Ph.D., Computer Science, Cornell University Machine learning, interpretable models, novelty detection, science applications
wang-huazheng-210x210.jpg	Huazheng Wang Assistant Professor, EECS Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Virginia Machine learning, reinforcement learning, information retrieval, data mining
	Weng-Keen Wong Professor, EECS Ph.D., Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University Machine learning, anomaly detection, human-in-the-loop learning

Affiliated Faculty

roberto_albertani.jpg	Roberto Albertani Associate Professor, MIME Boeing Professor of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida Biological flight mechanics, dynamically actuated wings (flapping, heaving, pitching, translating)
barth.jpg	Jack Barth Professor, CEOAS Executive Director of the Marine Studies Initiative (MSI) Ph.D., Oceanography, MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Coastal ocean dynamics, coastal marine ecosystems
matt-campbell.jpg	Matt Campbell Professor, MIME Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical design, computational geometry
chen-lizhong-210x210.jpg	Lizhong Chen Associate Professor, EECS Ph.D., Computer Engineering, University of Southern California CPU and GPU architecture, high-performance computing systems, data centers, interconnection networks
dever.jpg	Edward P. Dever Professor, CEOAS Ph.D., Oceanography, MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Cross-shelf exchange processes, the analysis and prediction of Lagrangian transport, air-sea interaction
konstantinos_goulas_1_166x166.jpeg	Konstantinos Goulas Assistant Professor, CBEE Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California Berkeley Catalytic microcombustors, miniature power devices
hales.jpg	Burke Hales Professor, CEOAS Ph.D., Chemical Oceanography, University of Washington Coastal ocean carbon cycles, ocean acidification monitoring and experimentation, measurement and experimental manipulation technology
hoyle-christopher.jpg	Christopher Hoyle Associate Professor, MIME Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University Optimization, decision-based design, uncertainty quantification
mathews-vjohn-1.jpg	V. John Mathews Professor, EECS Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa Nonlinear and adaptive signal processing
jonathan-nash.png	Jonathan Nash Professor, CEOAS Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, Oregon State University Physics of ocean mixing
camille_palmer.jpg	Camille Palmer Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Ph.D., Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, University of Cincinnati Nuclear security, international safeguards verification, radiation transport
john-p_0.jpg	John Parmigiani Research Associate Professor, MIME Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan Machine design, computational and experimental mechanics
brian-paul.jpg	Brian Paul Professor, MIME Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Manufacturing, joining and deposition, precision bonding for microsystem packaging
david-porter.jpg	David Porter Associate Professor, MIME Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh Modeling, analysis and performance evaluation of information systems
reimers.jpg	Clare Reimers Professor, CEOAS Ph.D., Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Oregon State University Benthic biogeochemical exchange dynamics on the Oregon shelf, aquatic eddy covariance methods, microbial fuel cells and energy harvesting from redox potential gradients at the seafloor
robertson.jpg	Bryson Robertson Associate Professor, Civil and Construction Engineering Director, Pacific Marine Energy Center Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Guelph Wave, tidal and offshore wind energy resource assessments, optimizing energy harvesting technologies, and numerically integrating marine power into the electrical grid
kipp-shearman.jpg	Kipp Shearman Associate Professor, CEOAS Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, Oregon State University Physical processes in the coastal ocean
james_sweeney_166x166.jpg	James Sweeney Professor and Special Assistant to the Dean Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Neuromuscular Stimulation Systems, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation Engineering
jason-weiss.png	Jason Weiss The Miles Lowell and Margaret Watt Edwards Distinguished Chair in Engineering Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Northwestern University Construction, Concrete Materials, Durability, Service Life Prediction, Non-Destructive Testing
wing-michael.jpg	Michael Wing Associate Professor, Forest Engineering, Resources and Management Ph.D., Forest Resources, Oregon State University Geomatics, remote sensing, precision forestry, spatial statistics