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Henny Admoni

Assistant Professor, Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University

Yale University, PhD Computer Science, 2015

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Dissertation: Nonverbal Communication in Socially Assistive Human-Robot Interaction

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Jake Brawer

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Colorado Boulder

Yale University, PhD Computer Science, 2023

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Dissertation: Fusing Symbolic and Subsymbolic Approaches for Natural and Effective Human-Robot Collaboration

Chris Crick 

Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University 

Yale University, PhD Computer Science, 2009

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Dissertation: Intention from Motion

Kevin Gold

AI and Machine Learning Researcher, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Yale University, PhD Computer Science, 2008

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Dissertation: Using Sentence Context and Implicit Contrast to Learn Sensor-Grounded Meanings for Relational and Deictic Words: The TWIG System

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Elena Corina Grigore

Research Scientist, NuTonomy

Yale University, PhD Computer Science, 2019

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Dissertation: Learning Supportive Behaviors for Adaptive Robots in Human-Robot Collaboration

Justin W. Hart

Clinical Assistant Professor with the College of Natural Sciences and Postdoctoral Fellow affiliated with the Building-Wide Intelligence Project and the Learning Agents Research Group Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin

Yale University, PhD Computer Science, 2014

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Dissertation: Robot Self-Modeling

Brad Hayes

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Boulder Engineering and Applied Science

Yale University, PhD Computer Science, 2015

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Dissertation: Supportive Behaviors for Human-Robot Teaming

Elizabeth (Eli) Kim

Postdoctoral Associate, The Technology and Innovation Laboratory (TIL), Yale Child Study Center

Yale University, PhD Computer Science, 2013

Dissertation: Robots for social skills therapy in autism: evidence and designs toward clinical utility

Dan Leyzberg

Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University

Yale University, PhD Computer Science, 2014

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Ahsan Nawroj

Yale University, Engineering and Applied Science (Robotics), 2017

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Dissertation: Design of an articulated, network-robot for constructing discrete structures

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Meiying Qin

Assistant Professor (teaching stream), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University

Yale University, PhD Computer Science, 2022

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Dissertation: Robot Tool Use: Learning, Transferring, Reasoning, and Applying Knowledge about Robots Using Human Tools

 

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Nicole Salomons

Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor), Imperial College London

Yale University, PhD Computer Science, 2022

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Dissertation: Robots that Tutor in Complex and Dynamic Environments

 
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Sarah Sebo

Assistant Professor, University of Chicago

Yale University, PhD Computer Science, 2020

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Dissertation: Developing Robot Teammates that Enhance Social Dynamics and Performance in Human-Robot Teams

 
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Aditi Ramachandran

Human-Robot Interaction Lead Designer, Vän Robotics

Yale University, Engineering and Applied Science (Robotics), 2019

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Dissertation: Building Effective Robot Tutoring Interactions for Children

Fred Shic

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington

Yale University, PhD Computer Science, 2008

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Dissertation: Computational Methods for Eye-Tracking Analysis: Applications to Autism

 

Ganghua Sun

Vice President, Goldman Sachs

Dissertation: From Motor Learning to Social Learning: A Study of Development on a Humanoid Robot

Ying (Jean) Zheng

Assistant Director, Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena, Yale University

Yale University, PhD Mechanical Engineering, 2013

Dissertation: Development of Variable Attention Capture (VAC) HapticFeedback Systems for Conveying Information at an Appropriate Level of Salience