Curriculum Vitae Dr. Ross Alan Mead 3710 McClintock Avenue Ronald Tutor Hall (RTH), Room 423 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781 http://robotics.usc.edu/~rossmead E-mail: [email protected] Office: +1 (213) 740-6245 Mobile: +1 (618) 696-2600 EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, Graduated December 2015 University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA Master of Science in Computer Science, Graduated May 2015 University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude, Graduated December 2007 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), Edwardsville, IL EXPERIENCE Semio, 01/2016–present Founder and CEO, 01/2016–present Los Angeles-based robotics software startup making robots easy to use Developing an operating environment based on conversational user interfaces Technologies to create, deploy, access, and use language-based robot applications University of Southern California (USC), 08/2008–12/2015 Graduate Research Assistant, 05/2013–12/2015 Modeling social behaviors for human-robot interaction, 05/2013–12/2015 Body Engineering Los Angeles (NSF GK-12) Fellow, 05/2012–05/2013 Using sociable robotics to promote STEM in K-12 education, 05/2012–12/2015 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 05/2009–05/2012 Proxemics: social spacing in situated human-robot interaction, 01/2010–12/2015 Oculesics: eye gaze in situated human-robot interaction, 05/2009–12/2015 Graduate Research Assistant, 08/2008–04/2009 Kinesics: body language in situated human-robot interaction, 01/2009–12/2015 Deixis: spatial referencing in situated human-robot interaction, 08/2008–12/2015 STEM Outreach Coordinator, 08/2008–12/2015 Using robotics to promote STEM in K-12 education, 08/2004–12/2015 Greater Los Angeles Botball regional organizer and instructor, 08/2008–12/2015 Global Conference on Educational Robotics general organizer, 08/2013–08/2014 1 of 17 Ross A. Mead CV October 20, 2016 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), 08/2003–08/2008 Research Assistant, 05/2005–08/2008 Algorithms for control of large formations of robots, 05/2005–12/2015 Impromptu teams of heterogeneous mobile robots, 08/2006–12/2015 Autonomous golf cart platform for human-robot interaction, 05/2007–08/2009 Intelligent walking robots for K-12 and higher education, 08/2006–08/2008 Using robotics to promote girls' STEM self-efficacy in STEM, 01/2005–08/2005 Teaching Assistant, 05/2005–08/2008 Mobile Robotics: Integrated Systems Design, 01/2005–12/2008 Human-Computer Interaction, 01/2006–05/2006 Engineering Problem Solving, 01/2005–05/2007 STEM Outreach Coordinator, 08/2004–12/2006 Greater St. Louis Botball regional organizer and instructor, 08/2007–12/2015 Using robotics to promote STEM in K-12 education, 08/2004–08/2008 Odyssey Science camp counselor, 07/2007–08/2007 RoboSoccer game designer and tournament coordinator, 08/2006–12/2006 Firebot Challenge game designer and tournament coordinator, 08/2005–12/2005 RoboCraft game designer and tournament coordinator, 08/2004–12/2004 KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (KIPR), 01/2003–present Botball Instructor, 01/2006–present Technical workshop instructor in Greater St. Louis, Greater San Diego, Greater Los Angeles, Northern California, Oklahoma, and Qatar regions, 05/2006–present Greater St. Louis and Greater Los Angeles regional organizer, 05/2007–present Team mentor for North Hollywood High School, 12/2009–present Game designer and tournament coordinator, 05/2008–present Software and hardware debugger, 01/2003–present Champion competitor, 01/2003–present HONORS Awards: George Bekey Service Award, USC Interaction Lab, Los Angeles, CA, 2015. Finalist, USC 6th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, 2014. Innovation in Service Learning Award, USC Community Service Awards, Los Angeles, CA, 2013. Outstanding Doctoral Consortium Paper Runner-Up Award, Doctoral Consortium of 2012 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2012), Santa Monica, CA, 2012. Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award, USC Office of Graduate & Professional Programs, Los Angeles, CA, 2012. Best Presentation Award, Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS 2011) Workshop on Human-Robot Interaction: Perspectives and Contributions to Robotics from the Human Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, 2011. 2 of 17 Ross A. Mead CV October 20, 2016 Best Poster Award, Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS 2011) Workshop on Human- Robot Interaction: Perspectives and Contributions to Robotics from the Human Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, 2011. Best Paper Award Nominee, The 19th IEEE International Symposium in Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man 2010), Viareggio, Italy, 2010. SIUE Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Edwardsville, IL, 2008. Technical Innovation Award for Hardware and Software Integration, Mobile Robot Competition of 2008 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI- 08), Chicago, IL, 2008. Technical Innovation Award for Multi-Robot Coordination, Mobile Robot Competition of 2008 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-08), Chicago, IL, 2008. Technical Innovation Award for Multi-Robot Coordination, Robot Competition and Exhibition of 2007 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-07), Vancouver, BC, 2007. Student Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois, The Lincoln Academy of Illinois, Springfield, IL, 2007. SIUE Best Senior Project in Engineering, The 2007 SIUE Senior Project Showcase, Edwardsville, IL, 2007. SIUE Best Poster, 2007 SIUE Graduate Research Symposium, Edwardsville, IL, 2007. SIUE Nori’s Sushi Restaurant Scholarship, Edwardsville, IL, 2007. SIUE Undergraduate Research Academy Scholar, Edwardsville, IL, 2006. SIUE Undergraduate Research Academy Scholar, Edwardsville, IL, 2005. SIUE Ella Ott Wiesmann Award, Edwardsville, IL, 2006. SIUE Outstanding Sophomore Award, Edwardsville, IL, 2005. Competitions: Finalist, Quori, 2015 International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2015) Robot Design Competition, Paris, France, October 2015. Champion, Team Crash, Robot Combat League (Season 1), Los Angeles, CA, 2013. Quarterfinalist, Team A.X.E., Robot Combat League (Season 1), Los Angeles, CA, 2013. 1st Place, International Beyond Botball Robotics Competition, Honolulu, HI, 2007. 2nd Place, International Beyond Botball Robotics Competition, Norman, OK, 2006. 2nd Place, Mechmania XI: National ACM C++/AI Programming Contest, Urbana- Champaign, IL, 2005. 1st Place, International Collegiate Botball Robotics Competition, San Jose, CA, 2004. 1st Place, Illinois State WYSE Academic Challenge Test in Computer Science, Urbana- Champaign, IL, 2003. 1st Place, SIUE Robotics Competition, 2002. 1st Place, SIUE Robotics Competition, 2001. 3 of 17 Ross A. Mead CV October 20, 2016 GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND GIFTS Significant Contributions: NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grant for "Semio: Customer Discovery for a Software Platform for Human-Robot Interaction". PI: R. Mead (Semio). Co-PI: A. Belz (USC). Amount: $50,000 total. 03/2016–11/2016 NSF National Robotics Initiative (NRI) grant for "Socially Aware, Expressive, and Personalized Mobile Remote Presence: Co-Robots as Gateways to Access to K-12 In- School Education". PI: M. Matarić (USC). Co-PI: G. Ragusa (USC). Amount: $600,000 total. 09/2015–08/2017 NSF EAGER grant for "Studying the Dynamics of In-Home Adoption of Socially Assistive Robot Companions for the Elderly". PI: M. Matarić (USC). Co-PIs: L. Zeliski (USC) and S. Wu (USC). Amount: $250,000 total. 09/2015–08/2017 NSF Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) grant for "CI-New: Collaborative Research: A Modular Platform for Enabling Computing Research in Intelligent Human- Robot Interaction", PI: M. Yim (UPenn). Co-PI: M. Matarić. $999,999 total ($324,334 USC portion with Matarić as PI), 05/2015–05/2018 NSF National Robotics Initiative (NRI) Small collaborative grant for "Spatial Primitives for Enabling Situated Human-Robot Interaction" (IIS-1208500). PI: M. Matarić (USC). Co-PIs: C. Nass (Stanford). Amount: $750,000 total. 07/2012–07/2017 Completed: iRobot Ava Mobile Robotics® Platform for "Socially Aware Navigation for the iRobot Ava® Mobile Robotics Platform". PI: M. Matarić. Amount: $60,000. 05/2014–05/2016 USC Undergraduate Research Associates Program (URAP) award for "SmartRoom: Designing a Sensor-rich Environment for Monitoring and Controlling Human-Robot Interaction Experiments". PI: M. Matarić. Amount: $9,500. 04/2014–08/2015 NSF Smart Health and Wellbeing (SHB) Small grant for "Socially Assistive Human- Machine Interaction for Improved Compliance and Health Outcomes" (IIS-1117279). PI: M. Matarić (USC). Amount: $422,547 total. 12/2011–08/2015 NSF Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) collaborative grant for "Maximizing Mentor Effectiveness In Increasing Student Interest And Success In STEM: An Empirical Approach Employing Robotics Education" (DRL-1139415). PI: G. Mayer (SIUE). Co-PIs: M. Matarić (USC), S. Thomas (SIUE), S. Locke (SIUE), J.B. Weinberg (SIUE), S. Marlette (SIUE). Amount: $778,481 total ($353,073 USC portion with Matarić as PI). 07/2011–07/2014 Intel 21st Century Robot grant for "Social Behavior Library (SBL)". PI: M. Matarić. Amount: $30,000. 09/2013–05/2014 USC Undergraduate Research Associates Program (URAP) award for "Space, Speech, and Gesture: Enabling Technologies for Situated Human-Robot Interaction". PI: M. Matarić. Amount: $10,000. 08/2012–08/2013 USC Undergraduate