1. Proposed RSP (Julia, C++), a scalable, distributed submodular maximization algorithm for perception planning with teams of robots. 2. Participated in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge.
Research Experience
1. Postdoctoral Fellow at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, AirLab, focusing on filming and reconstruction moving agents with groups of aerial robots. 2. Postdoc at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, competing with team CoSTAR in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge, focusing on aerial navigation in challenging, underground environments.
Education
Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 2020, working in RISLab, researching scalable, distributed submodular maximization algorithms for perception planning with teams of robots.
Background
Research Interests: Robotics, Multi-robot systems, Active perception, Control. Brief: Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the Colorado School of Mines and director of the NAPPLab, focusing on aerial robotics, active perception, and multi-robot systems with applications to aerial videography, infrastructure inspection, and physical search.
Miscellany
Personal Interests: Outdoor activities such as cycling, rock climbing, and occasional disc golf; avid music listener, enjoys metal and various other genres.