I am the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Notre Dame, and am Director of the Robotics, Health, and Communication Lab. We perform fundamental research in socially interactive robotics and human communication, and apply the research to real-world problems in Health, Education, and Quality of Life.

I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and my B.Sc. in Logic and Computation from Carnegie Mellon University. In between the two, I worked for eight years as a Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer and Roboticst at MITRE, a not-for-profit research institute. 

News (Spring 2012): I am coordinating a National Robotics Week event on campus: April 14th, 2012, from 10am-3pm in the Joyce Center. 65 students and professors from all over the community will be exhibiting both cutting edge research as well as fun, interactive robots and sensors. You can read all about it here: http://engineering.nd.edu/NDNRW. All are invited to attend!