TBA plenary talk, IFAC First Workshop on Multivehicle Systems, October 2,
2006, Salvador, Brazil.
Invited Panelist, NSF Workshop on the Future of Robotics Research, May 14,
2006, Orlando, FL.
"Overview of Research in Distributed Intelligence Laboratory", Lockheed
Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, March 6, 2006, Cherry Hill, NJ.
2005
"Dealing with Heterogeneity in Multi-Robot Teams", Workshop on Fieldable
Multirobot Systems, International Conference on Robotics and Automation, April
18, 2005, Barcelona, Spain.
"Experiments with a Large-Scale Heterogeneous Mobile Robot Team", EURON
(European Robotics Research Network) Annual Meeting, Warsaw University of
Technology, February 17, 2005, Warsaw, Poland.
"Creating Intelligent Mobile Robot Teams", Sarah Moore Green Technology
Magnet School, February 10, 2005, Knoxville, TN.
"Generating Coalescent Multi-Robot Teams through Distributed Sensor
Sharing", Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lecture
Series, Vanderbilt University, January 27, 2005, Nashville, TN.
2004
"Software Reconfigurability for Networked Heterogeneous Mobile Robots",
Workshop on Networked Robotics, International Conference on Intelligent Robots
and Systems, September 29, 2004, Sendai, Japan.
"Autonomously Reconfigurable Distributed Schemas for Task-Level
Multi-Robot Team Control: Proof of Concept", Workshop on Issues and Approaches
to Task Level Control, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and
Systems, September 28, 2004, Sendai, Japan.
"Real-World Challenges in Deploying a Large-Scale Mobile Sensor Network",
Workshop on Urban Search and Rescue, International Conference on Intelligent
Robots and Systems, September 28, 2004, Sendai, Japan.
"Smart Machines: Robots that Integrate Perception, Reasoning, and Action
to Perform Cooperative Tasks", University of Tennessee Pre-Game Faculty
Showcase Lecture, September 18, 2004, Knoxville, TN.
"Experiments with a Large-Scale Heterogeneous Mobile Robot Team",
University of Notre Dame, September 16, 2004, South Bend, IN.
"Indoor Target Intercept Using an Acoustic Sensor Network and Dual
Wavefront Path Planning", 10th International Topical Meeting on Robotics and
Remote Systems for Hazardous Environments, invited session in Intelligent
Microsystems, March 30, 2004, Gainesville, FL.
"Generating Fault Tolerance through Learning in Heterogeneous Multi-Robot
Teams", DARPA Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Workshop on
Distributed Cognitive Systems Focused on Team/Multiagent Learning, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, June 2, 2004, Cambridge, MA.
2003
"Adaptable Tactical Behaviors for Unmanned Ground Vehicles", Army Research
Laboratory Tactical Behaviors Workshop, U.S. Army War College, October 28,
2003, Carlisle, PA.
"Heterogeneous Mobile Sensor Net Planning and Deployment Using Robot
Herding", Georgia Institute of Technology, October 20, 2003, Atlanta, GA.
"Heterogeneous Mobile Robot Herding for Mobile Sensor Network Deployment",
The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon Unversity, September 5, 2003,
Pittsburgh, PA.
"Distributed Intelligence Research at The University of Tennessee", Intel
Robotics Workshop and Forum, January 23, 2003, Hillsboro, OR.
2002
"Robots and How they Might Some Day Change Your Life", American
Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Knoxville Area Home and Community
Section, December 5, 2002, Knoxville, TN.
"From Theoretical to Practical Implementations of Distributed Robot
Teams", The Second Swedish Workshop on Autonomous Robotics, October 11-12,
2002, Stockholm, Sweden.
"Towards Practical Implementations of 100+ Heterogeneous Robot Teams",
Workshop on Cooperative Robotics at the 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference
on Intelligent Robots and Systems", October 1, 2002, Lausanne, Switzerland.
"Multi-Robot Systems: Where we've been and Where we're going", Plenary
speech, Joint session of Sixth International Symposium on Distributed
Autonomous Robotic Systems and 2002 RoboCup Symposium, June 25, 2002, Fukuoka,
Japan.
"Advances in Multi-Robot Systems", Plenary speech, Seventh International
Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics, January 16, 2002, Beppu, Japan.
"Distributed Robotics and Team Learning in Inherently Cooperative Tasks",
University of Tokyo, Institute for Industrial Science, January 15, 2002,
Tokyo, Japan.
2001
"Towards Cooperative Robot Teams in Complex Site Preparation Tasks",
Carnegie Mellon University, The Robotics Institute, December 11, 2001,
Pittsburgh, PA.
"Distributed Robotics and Team Learning in Inherently Cooperative Tasks",
George Mason University, Computer Science Department Seminar Series, November
16, 2001, Fairfax, VA.
"Distributed Robot Cooperation and Team Learning in Inherently Cooperative
Tasks", Penn State University, Department of Mathematics Distinguished
Visitors Program, October 31, 2001, University Park, PA.
"Cooperative Robot Teams", Czech Technical University, Department of
Cybernetics, August 30, 2001, Prague, Czech Republic.
"Distributed Robot Team Learning in Inherently Cooperative Tasks",
Silesian University, Institute for Computer Science, August 27, 2001, Opava,
Czech Republic.
"Robotics Research at ORNL", Knoxville Technical Society, July 9, 2001,
Knoxville, TN.
"Autonomous and Cooperative Robotics at ORNL", Vanderbilt University,
Center for Intelligent Systems, May 18, 2001, Nashville, TN.
"Multi-Robot Systems", American Nuclear Society of Knoxville/Oak Ridge,
April 24, 2001, Knoxville, TN.
"Looking to the Future ... Multi-Robot Teams", Tennessee Technological
University, Center for Manufacturing Research seminar series, March 29, 2001,
Cookeville, TN.
"Multi-Robot Teams", Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning, Frontiers
of Science and Technology class, February 28, 2001, Oak Ridge, TN.
"Cooperative Autonomous Mobile Robotics Research at ORNL", East Tennessee
Economic Council, February 16, 2001, Oak Ridge, TN.
"Behavior-Based and Cooperative Robotics", Universidad Carlos III de
Madrid, short course, February 5-9, 2001, Madrid, Spain.
"Cooperation and Learning in Multi-Robot Teams", University of Tennessee
Department of Nuclear Engineering seminar series, January 31, 2001, Knoxville,
TN.
"Teaching Robots to Cooperate", Roane/Anderson Counties Professional
Society and Friends of ORNL, January 10, 2001, Oak Ridge, TN.
2000
"Multi-Robot Cooperation: From Fundamental Research to Real-World
Applications", Institute for Mathematics and its Applications/Association for
Women in Mathematics Workshop on Connecting Women in Mathematical Sciences to
Industry, September 8-10, 2000, Minneapolis, MN.
The ALLIANCE Architecture for Multi-Robot Control, NASA Surface Systems
Meeting, Panel on Multi-Robot Control Architectures -- Redundancies and
Commonalities, March 24, 2000, Pasadena. CA.
"Ethics in Robotics: Implications of Asimov's Three Laws", Women in
Science and Technology Conference, Panel on Ethics, March 10, 2000, Oak Ridge,
TN.
"System of Systems Robotics: Multi-Robot Cooperation", Center for
Intelligent Systems Seminar, Science Applications International Corporation,
March 8, 2000, Littleton, CO.
"Cooperation and Learning in Multiple Robot Teams", Navy Center for
Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence Seminar Series, Naval Research
Laboratory, March 6, 2000, Washington, D.C.
"Robotics Research", 35th Annual Junior Science and Humanities Symposium,
March 3, 2000, Oak Ridge, TN.
1999
"An Overview of ORNL's Research in Robotics", Idaho National Engineering
and Environmental Laboratory Seminar, November 2, 1999, Idaho Falls, ID.
"We Don't See Eye to Eye: A Distributed Robot's View of Sensor Fusion",
(together with Prof. Robin Murphy), SPIE Robotics and Machine Perception
Technical Group meeting, September 20, 1999, Boston, MA.
"Collective and Cooperative Robotics", University of Buenos Aires, Escuela
de Ciencias Informaticas, July 1999, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
"Generating Self-Reliant Teams of Autonomous Cooperating Robots: Desired
Design Characteristics," Autonomous Agents (Agents '99) Autonomy Control
Software Workshop, May 1, 1999, Seattle, WA.
"From Social Animals to Teams of Cooperating Robots", short presentation
for DARPA workshop on Biologically Inspired Approaches for Micro Air Vehicles,
April 21-22, 1999, Washington, D.C.
"Multi-Robot Cooperation", SIAM Southeastern-Atlantic Sectional Meeting,
University of Tennessee, March 19-20, 1999, Knoxville, TN.
1998
"Overview of Autonomous and Cooperative Robotics Research At Oak Ridge
National Laboratory", JAUGS (Joint Architecture for Unmanned Ground Systems)
Working Group Meeting, October 6, 1998, Huntsville, AL.
"Distributed Motion Control for Multi-Robot Observation of Multiple Moving
Targets", University of Southern California, Department of Computer Science,
August 18, 1998, Los Angeles, CA.
"Small-Scale Locomotion, Intelligent Cooperation, and Energy- Efficient
Computation: A Concept for Cooperating Heterogeneous Biomorphic Explorers",
First NASA/JPL Workshop on Biomorphic Explorers for Future Missions, August
20, 1998, Pasadena, CA.
"Cooperative Robotics Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory", U.S.
Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Robotics Workshop, August 13,
1998, Oak Ridge, TN.
"Cooperating Multi-Robot Teams," ORNL Advisory Committee Review, April 20,
1998, Oak Ridge, TN.
"On the Design of Cooperating Multi-Robot Teams," University of Arkansas,
Department of Applied Science Seminar Series, January 21, 1998, Little Rock,
AR.
"Cooperating Multi-Robot Teams," Harding University, January 22, 1998,
Searcy, AR.
1997
"Multi-Robot Cooperation," University of Wisconsin, Computer Science
Department Seminar Series, November 14, 1997, Milwaukee, WI.
"From Social Animals to Teams of Cooperating Robots: Examples of
Successful Multi-Robot Cooperation," IROS '97 Workshop Multi-Robot
Cooperation: Current Trends and Key Issues, September 7, 1997, Grenoble,
France.
"Fault Tolerance and Heterogeneity in Multi-Robot Reconnaissance," short
presentation for DARPA workshop on Small Multi-Agent Reconnaissance
Technology, May 21, 1997, Washington, D.C.
"Multi-Robot Cooperation," Distinguished Lecture, LSU 25th Anniversary
Symposium, Department of Computer Science, April 18, 1997, Baton Rouge, LA.
1996
"Multi-Robot Cooperation," Caterpillar, Inc., October 22, 1996, Peoria,
IL.
"Behavior-Based Robot Control," guest lecture, University of Tennessee
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering class on Real-Time Robot Control, March
25, 1996, Knoxville, TN.
"Cooperative Robot Control," guest lecture, University of Tennessee
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering class on Real-Time Robot Control, March
27, 1996, Knoxville, TN.
"Multi-Robot Team Design for Real-World Applications," ONR Autonomous
Robotics Workshop, June 1996, Newport, RI.
"From Social Animals to Teams of Cooperating Robots," Biologically
Inspired Autonomous Systems Workshop, Duke University, March 4, 1996, Durham,
NC.
"Mobile Robots: Real-Life Fact versus Hollywood Fiction," Wattec Science
in Action presentation, Tennessee Valley Authority, February 22, 1996,
Knoxville, TN.