Ioannis M. Rekleitis Curriculum Vitae 2235 Storey Innovation Center 4603 Trenholm Road Computer Science & Engineering Department Columbia, SC, 29206 University of South Carolina Tel (mobile): (803) 543-9507 550 Assembly Street, http://www.cse.sc.edu/˜yiannisr Columbia, SC 29201 E-mail: [email protected] Education Ph.D. School of Computer Science, McGill University, 2003. Specialization in mobile robotics and multi-robot localization and exploration. Thesis Title: “Cooperative Localization and Multi-Robot Exploration” Supervisors: Gregory Dudek and Evangelos Milios. Ph.D. Committee: F. Ferrie, M. Langer, D. Precup. External Examiner: H.I. Christensen. M.Sc. School of Computer Science, McGill University, 1995. Specialization in computer vision, robot navigation and image processing. Thesis Title: “Optical Flow Estimation by Analysis of Motion Blur” Supervisors: Godfried T. Toussaint and David Jones. External Examiner: F. Ferrie. B.Sc. Department of Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Athens, Greece, 1991. Professional Experience • 2020-present: Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, University of South Carolina. • 2014-2020: Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, University of South Carolina. • 2007-2020: Adjunct Professor, School of Computer Science, McGill University. • 2007-2013: Lecturer, School of Computer Science, McGill University. • 2004-2007: Adjunct Professor, School of Computer Science, McGill University. • 2004-2007: Visiting Fellow, Canadian Space Agency. • 2004: Research Associate, School of Computer Science, McGill University. • 2002-2003: Post-doctoral Fellow, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University. • 1995-2002: Research Assistant, School of Computer Science McGill University. • 1995: Research Assistant for the PRECARN ACROBAT project, McGill University. • 1994-1995: Research Assistant, Centre de recherche informatique de Montreal (CRIM). Research Interests Marine, Space, and Ground Robotics, Multi-Robot Systems, Sensor Networks, Distributed Systems, Mobile Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Probabilistic Reasoning, Estimation Theory, and Computer Vision. Research Grants Active • “REU Site: Applied Computational Robotics”. National Science Foundation (NSF 2050896). 2021-2024, $405,000, coPI. • “Collaborative Research: NRI: INT: Cooperative Underwater Structure Inspection and Mapping”. National Science Foundation (NSF 2024741). 2020-2024, $1,278,981/ $331,053, PI. • “CAREER: Enabling Autonomy via Enhanced Situational Awareness for Underwater Robotics”. National Science Foundation (NSF 1943205). 2020-2025, $549,931, Single PI. • “RII Track-2 FEC: Computational methods and autonomous robotics systems for modeling and predicting harmful cyanobacterial blooms”. National Science Foundation (NSF 1923004). 2019-2023, $5,989,336/ $488,673, coPI. Completed • “Assessment of Structural Degradation for Bridges and Culverts”. SC Department of Transportation (SC- DOT)/FHWA. 2019-2019, $339,811/ $10,116, PI of subcontract. • “NRI: Enhancing Mapping Capabilities of Underwater Caves using Robotic Assistive Technology”. Na- tional Science Foundation (NSF 1637876). 2016-2019, $526,405, Single PI. • “CRI: II-New: A Heterogeneous Team of Field Robots for Research into Coordinated Monitoring of Coastal Environments”. National Science Foundation (NSF 1513203). 2015-2018, $520,981, PI. • “Underwater Street View: Wreck Mapping off the Carolinas”. Google Faculty Research Awards. 2016- 2017, $57,024, PI. • “Rapid Assessment of Bridge Scouring and Recovery Following Extreme Flood Events”. 2015 SC Floods Research Initiative, 2015-2016, $27,183/$0, collaborator. • “Autonomous Exploration of Challenging Environments”. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant. 2013-2018. • “Augmentation de l’autonomie et de la facilite´ d’utilisation pour un groupe de robots mobiles autonomes, applicable a` une oeuvre d’art symbiotique composes´ de dirigeables”. Fonds de recherche sur la nature et les technologies Quebec. Co-applicant. 2012. • “Six degrees-of-freedom observation and control”. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Research Tools and Instruments Grant. Co-PI. 2009. • “Enabling robotic autonomy in challenging environments: an algorithmic approach”. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant. 2008-2013. • “Human-Robot-Human Interface for an autonomous vehicle in challenging environments”. Microsoft Re- search Award, Co-PI. 2008-2009. • Selected to review the new laser range sensor UTM-X001S (Top-URG) from Hokuyo Automatic Co., LTD. Awards • Recipient of the 2019 Young Investigator Award, College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina. • IROS ICROS Best Application Paper Award finalist, 2019. 2 Ioannis Rekleitis, curriculum vitae 3 • T. J. Tarn Best Paper in Robotics finalist, 2018. • Recipient of the 2018 Breakthrough Star Faculty award, University of South Carolina. • Junior Faculty Research Award, Computer Science & Engineering Department, 2018. • Recipient of the Canadian Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society (CIPPRS/ACTIRF) Award for Research Excellence and Service to the Community 2009, 6th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision. • Recipient of the Director’s Award for Outstanding Team Accomplishment, Directorate of Spacecraft Engi- neering, Canadian Space Agency, May 2007. • Recipient of NSERC Visiting Fellowship in Canadian Government Laboratories, 2004-2007. • Recipient of Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l’aide a` la recherche (FCAR) Recipient of Doctoral Research Award from the Quebec government, 1998. • Best Poster Award at the Annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems, 1997. Publications Hirsch’s h-index: 34 (from Google Scholar). Books [B1] Ioannis Rekleitis. Particle Filters for Mobile Robot Localization: A Practitioners Tutorial. ISBN 978- 0-9809915-3-6, 2010-12. Y1d Books, 2010. Journal Papers [J16] Nare Karapetyan, James Johnson, Ioannis Rekleitis,. Motion Planning by Sampling in Subspaces of Progressively Increasing Dimension. Marine Technology Society Journal, ”Best of OCEANS 2020”, :accepted, 2021. [J15] Marios Xanthidis, Joel M. Esposito, Ioannis Rekleitis,, Jason M. O’Kane. Motion Planning by Sam- pling in Subspaces of Progressively Increasing Dimension. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 100(3):777-789, 2020. [J14] Kalaitzakis, Michail, Cain, Brennan, Vitzilaios, Nikolaos, Rekleitis, Ioannis, Moulton, Jason. A marsu- pial robotic system for surveying and inspection of freshwater ecosystems. Journal of Field Robotics, 38(1):121-138, 2020. [J13] Laila Elsherif, Noah Sciaky, Carrington A. Metts, Md Modasshir, Ioannis Rekleitis, Christine A. Bur- ris, Joshua A. Walker, Nadeem Ramadan, Tina M. Leisner, Stephen P. Holly, Martis Cowles, Kenneth I. Ataga, Joshua N. Cooper, Leslie V. Parise. Machine Learning to Quantitate Neutrophil NETosis. Scien- tific Reports, 9(1):1-12, 2019. [J12] Alberto Quattrini Li, Phani Krishna Penumarthi, Jacopo Banfi, Nicola Basilico, Jason M. OKane, Ioannis Rekleitis, Srihari Nelakuditi, Francesco Amigoni. Multi-robot online sensing strategies for the construc- tion of communication maps. Autonomous Robots, :1-21, May 2019. [J11] Jacopo Banfi, Alberto Quattrini Li, Ioannis Rekleitis, Francesco Amigoni, Nicola Basilico. Strategies for coordinated multirobot exploration with recurrent connectivity constraints. Autonomous Robots, :1- 20, July 2017. Ioannis Rekleitis, curriculum vitae 4 [J10] David St-Onge, Pierre-Yves Breches, Inna Sharf, Nicolas Reeves, Ioannis Rekleitis, Patrick Abouza- khm, Yogesh Girdhar, Adam Harmat, Gregory Dudek, Philippe Giguere. Control, localization and human interaction with an autonomous lighter-than-air performer. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 88:165- 186, Feb. 2017. [J9] Anqi Xu, Chatavut Viriyasuthee, Ioannis Rekleitis. Efficient complete coverage of a known arbitrary environment with applications to aerial operations. Autonomous Robots, 36(4):365-381, 2014. [J8] Ioannis Rekleitis, Jean-Luc Bedwani, Erick Dupuis, Tom Lamarche, Pierre Allard. Autonomous over- the-horizon navigation using LIDAR data. Autonomous Robots, 34:1-18, 2012. [J7] Ioannis Rekleitis, Ai Peng New, Edward Samuel Rankin, Howie Choset. Efficient Boustrophedon Multi- Robot Coverage: an algorithmic approach. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, 52(2- 4):109-142, Apr. 2008. [J6] Eric Martin, Regent´ L’Archeveque,ˆ Sebastien´ Gemme, Ioannis Rekleitis, Erick Dupuis. The Avatar Project: Remote Robotic Operations Conducted from the International Space Station. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 14(4):20-27, Dec. 2008. [J5] Ioannis Rekleitis, Eric Martin, Guy Rouleau, Regent´ L’Archeveque,ˆ Kourosh Parsa, Erick Dupuis. Au- tonomous Capture of a Tumbling Satellite. Journal of Field Robotics, Special Issue on Space Robotics, Part II, 24(4):275–296, Apr. 2007. [J4] Ioannis Rekleitis, David Meger, Gregory Dudek. Simultaneous Planning, Localization, and Mapping in a Camera Sensor Network. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 54(11):921–932, Nov. 2006. [J3] Brad Lisien, Deryck Morales, David Silver, George Kantor, Ioannis Rekleitis, Howie Choset. The Hierarchical Atlas. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 21(3):473-481, Jun. 2005. [J2] Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Ioannis Rekleitis. Propagation of Uncertainty in Cooperative Multirobot Local- ization: Analysis and Experimental Results. Autonomous Robots, 17(1):41-54, Jul. 2004. [J1] Ioannis Rekleitis, Gregory Dudek, Evangelos Milios. Multi-Robot