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I received a Ph.D. in
Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2004. I received a Masters of Science in Space Systems from Florida Institute
of Technology in 1995. I was a Submarine Navigation Electronics Technician in
the US Navy and served on the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) Submarines USS
Lewis and Clark (SSBN 644) and USS George C. Marshall (SSBN 654). I also served
on the FBM Submarine Tender USS Simon Lake (AS 33) when it was stationed in
Kings Bay, GA. I served on the Launch Area Support Ship (LASS) USNS Range
Sentinel stationed in Cape Canaveral Florida where I was involved in the
support of U.S. and U.K. submarine missile launches on the Eastern Test Range.
While stationed in Cape Canaveral I also served on the USNS Vanguard. The Vanguard
supported the testing of navigation equipment that was in use, or was to be
used, on board Navy submarines.
I
am interested in exploring and developing learning methods that give robots
human-like learning abilities. My research focuses on algorithms that allow
robots to learn skills from observing humans or other robots and improve
performance while practicing. I am currently investigating the learning of
movement skills and the learning of action selection skills while performing
dynamic tasks such as playing tennis or walking. My thesis presents a framework
for conducting learning from observation and practice research. The framework
is implemented in two tasks; the Labyrinth marble maze game and air hockey. A
video of a robot playing the Labyrinth game and a humanoid robot playing air
hockey can be seen on my thesis page and more information can be
found on my Learning
from Observation webpage.
Here
is a brief CV. A full CV is available in PDF format.
Experience
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Postdoctoral Fellow, January
2005-Present
ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories,
Visiting Researcher, January
1998-Present
Georgia Institute of
Technology,
Research Assistant, November
1995-May 1998
Harris Corporation, Palm
Bay, FL
Pre-Professional Intern, June
1997-October 1997
Dynetics Inc., Huntsville, AL
Systems Analyst II, June
1996-October 1996 and June 1998-October 1998
United States Navy
Electronic Material Division
Leading Chief Petty Officer, January 1991-September 1995
Education
Ph.D., Computer Science
(Intelligent Systems), Georgia Institute of
Technology, July 2004
Master of Science, Space
Systems, Florida Institute of
technology, August 1995
Bachelor of Science,
Education,
Modulation of simple sinusoidal patterns by a coupled oscillator
model for biped walking, Jun Morimoto,
Gen Endo, Jun Nakanishi, Sang-Ho Hyon, Gordon Cheng, Darrin Bentivegna, and
Christopher G. Atkeson, ICRA 2006
Design and Implementation of a Teleautonomous Hummer, Darrin C. Bentivegna, Khaled S. Ali, Ronald C. Arkin, and Tucker Balch. Presented at Mobile Robots XII in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, October 1997.