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M. Bernardine Dias is a research scientist at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Her primary affiliations are with the Field Robotics Center at the Pittsburgh campus and the Computer Science department in the Doha campus where she leads several research projects and teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Dias earned her B.A. from Hamilton College, Clinton NY, with a dual concentration in Physics and Computer Science and a minor in Women’s Studies in 1998, followed by a M.S. (2000) and Ph.D. (2004) in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. Her principal research objective is to create culturally appropriate computing technology accessible to developing communities. She founded and directs the TechBridgeWorld group that enables technology research relevant to, and in partnership with, underserved communities throughout the globe.
Dr. Dias is also a leading researcher in autonomous team coordination. Her doctoral dissertation developed the “TraderBots” market-based framework for market-based multirobot coordination in dynamic environments. Together with Professor Anthony Stentz, she co-created and co-directs the rCommerce group whose goal is to advance the state-of-the-art in market-based team coordination. Dr. Dias also works on motion planning and navigation with constraints. The primary application of this work is in space Robotics, and has specific relevance to Mars rovers. Dr. Dias also has a strong interest in encouraging women in computing and in science, and is a founding member of, and faculty advisor to grduate women@SCS.
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