Book Chapters:
  • Lenore Blum, Carol Frieze, Orit Hazzan, and M. Bernardine Dias, “A Cultural Perspective on Gender Diversity in Computing,” in Reconfiguring the Firewall: Recruiting Women to Information Technology across Cultures and Continents eds. by Carol J. Burger, Elizabeth G. Creamer, and Peggy S. Meszaros, AK Peters, Ltd., 2007.

Refereed Journal Publications:
  • M. Bernardine Dias and Anibal Ollero, guest editors, “Teamwork in Field Robotics,” Journal of Field Robotics Special Issue, to be published (expected 2008).
  • M. Bernardine Dias and Anthony Stentz, “TraderBots: Robust and Efficient Task Allocation for Robot Teams in Dynamic Environments”, International Journal of Robotics Research (submitted 2007).
  • M. Bernardine Dias, Robert Zlot, Nidhi Kalra, and Anthony Stentz, “Market-Based Multirobot Coordination: A Survey and Analysis”, IEEE special edition on multirobot coordination, 2006.
  • M. Bernardine Dias, G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, and Joseph Mertz, “The TechBridgeWorld Initiative: Broadening Perspectives in Computing Technology Education and Research”, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) special proceedings of the International Symposium on Women and ICT: Creating Global Transformation, 2006.

Ph.D. Dissertation:
  • M. Bernardine Dias, “TraderBots: A New Paradigm for Robust and Efficient Multirobot Coordination in Dynamic Environments,” Ph.D. Thesis, CMU-RI-TR-04-30, January 2004.

Refereed Conferences:
  • E. Gil Jones, M. Bernardine Dias, and Anthony Stentz, “Learning-enhanced Market-based Task Allocation for Oversubscribed Domains”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), October 2007, Accepted.
  • M. Bernardine Dias, Brett Browning, G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, Nathan Amanquah, and Noura El-Moughny, “Undergraduate Robotics Education in Technologically Underserved Communities”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2007.
  • E. Gil Jones, Brett Browning, M. Bernardine Dias, Brenna Argall, Manuela M. Veloso, and Anthony Stentz, “Dynamically Formed Heterogeneous Robot Teams Performing Tightly-Coordinated Tasks”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2006.
  • G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, Anthony Stentz, and M. Bernardine Dias, “DD* Lite: Efficient Incremental Search with State Dominance,” Twenty-First National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-06), July, 2006.
  • M. Bernardine Dias, Bernard Ghanem, and Anthony Stentz, “Improving Cost Estimation in Market-Based Coordination of a Distributed Sensing Task”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, August 2005.
  • M. Bernardine Dias, G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, and Thrishantha Nanayakkara, “Robotics, Education, and Sustainable Development”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), April 2005.
  • M. Bernardine Dias, Robert Zlot, Marc Zinck, and Anthony Stentz, “Robust Multirobot Coordination in Dynamic Environments”, the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), April 2004.
  • Anthony Stentz, M. Bernardine Dias, Robert Zlot, and Nidhi Kalra, “Market-Based Approaches for Coordination of Multi-Robot Teams at Different Granularities of Interaction,” the ANS 10th International Conference on Robotics and Remote Systems for Hazardous Environments, March, 2004.
  • M. Bernardine Dias and Anthony Stentz, “A Comparative Study between Centralized, Market-Based, and Behavioral Multirobot Coordination Approaches”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, October 2003.
  • M. Bernardine Dias, Solange Lemai, and Nicola Muscettola, “A Real-Time Rover Executive Based On Model-Based Reactive Planning”, the 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, May 2003.
  • M. Bernardine Dias and Anthony Stentz, “Opportunistic Optimization for Market-Based Multirobot Control”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, September 2002.
  • Christopher Urmson, M. Bernardine Dias and Reid Simmons, “Stereo Vision Based Navigation for Sun-Synchronous Exploration”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, September 2002.
  • Robert M. Zlot, Anthony Stentz, M. Bernardine Dias, and Scott Thayer, “Multi-Robot Exploration Controlled By A Market Economy”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2002.
  • David Wettergreen, M. Bernardine Dias, Benjamin Shamah, Jim Teza, Paul Tompkins, Christopher Urmson, Michael D. Wagner, and William L. Whittaker, “First Experiment in Sun-Synchronous Exploration”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2002.
  • Scott Thayer, Bruce Digney, M. Bernardine Dias, Anthony Stentz, Bart Nabbe, and Martial Hebert, “Distributed Robotic Mapping of Extreme Environments”, SPIE, November 2000.
  • M. Bernardine Dias and Anthony Stentz, “A Free Market Architecture for Distributed Control of a Multirobot System”, 6th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-6), July 2000.

Tutorials, Workshops, Symposia, Posters and Technical Reports:
  • G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, M. Bernardine Dias and Brett Browning, “Robotics Education in Emerging Technology Regions,” AAAI Spring Symposium “Robots and Robot Venues: Resources for AI Education,” 2007.
  • Nidhi Kalra, Tom Lauwers, and M. Bernardine Dias, “A Braille Writing Tutor to Combat Illiteracy in Developing Communities,” Artificial Intelligence in Information Communication Technology for Development workshop, IJCAI 2007.
  • Juan Pablo Gonzalez, Simon Cook, Thomas Oberthur, Andrew Jarvis, J. Andrew Bagnell and M. Bernardine Dias, “Creating Low-Cost Soil Maps for Tropical Agriculture using Gaussian Processes,” Artificial Intelligence in Information Communication Technology for Development workshop, IJCAI 2007.
  • G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, M. Bernardine Dias and Brett Browning, “Teaching technical creativity through Robotics: A case study in Ghana,” Artificial Intelligence in Information Communication Technology for Development workshop, IJCAI 2007.
  • Carol Frieze, Orit Hazzan, Lenore Blum, and M. Bernardine Dias, “Culture and Environment as Determinants of Women’s Participation in Computing: Revealing the ‘Women-CS Fit’,” Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2006.
  • E. Gil Jones, M. Bernardine Dias, and Anthony Stentz, “Learning-enhanced Market-based Task Allocation for Disaster Response,” technical report, Robotics Institute, October 2006.
  • M. Bernardine Dias, Thomas K. Harris, Brett Browning, E. Gil Jones, Brenna Argall, Manuela Veloso, Anthony Stentz, and Alexander A. Rudnicky, “Dynamically Formed Human-Robot Teams Performing Coordinated Tasks,” AAAI Spring Symposium “To Boldly Go Where No Human-Robot Team Has Gone Before,” 2006.
  • M. Bernardine Dias, Brett Browning, Manuela Veloso, and Anthony Stentz, “Dynamic Heterogeneous Robot Teams Engaged in Adversarial Tasks,” technical report, Robotics Institute, 2005.
  • Dani Goldberg, Vincent Cicirello, M. Bernardine Dias, Reid Simmons, Stephen Smith and Anthony Stentz, “Market- Based Multi-Robot Planning in a Distributed Layered Architecture”, Multi-Robot Systems: From Swarms to Intelligent Automata: Proceedings from the 2003 International Workshop on Multi-Robot Systems, March 2003.
  • M. Bernardine Dias, Dani Goldberg, and Anthony Stentz, “Market-Based Multirobot Coordination for Complex Space Applications”, the 7th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, May 2003.
  • Dani Goldberg, Vincent Circello, M. Bernardine Dias, Reid Simmons, Stephen Smith, Trey Smith and Anthony Stentz, “A Distributed Layered Architecture for Mobile Robot Coordination: Application to Space Exploration”, Proceedings of the 3rd International NASA Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space, October 2002.
  • Reid Simmons, Trey Smith, M. Bernardine Dias, Dani Goldberg, David Hershberger, Anthony Stentz, and Robert M. Zlot, “A Layered Architecture for Coordination of Mobile Robots”, Multi-Robot Systems: From Swarms to Intelligent Automata, Proceedings from NRL Workshop on Multi-Robot Systems, May 2002.
  • M. Bernardine Dias and Anthony Stentz, “A Market Approach to Multirobot Coordination,” technical report, Robotics Institute, August 2001.
  • M. Bernardine Dias, “Trident Sensing System: A configuration of sensors to aid alignment of an intelligent grasping device used for field-container handling”, technical report, Robotics Institute, November 2000.
  • M. Bernardine Dias, “Investigating the Viability of MEMS Vapor Sensors for Detecting Land Mines”, technical report, Robotics Institute, October 2000.
  • Anthony Stentz and M. Bernardine Dias, “A Free market Architecture for Coordinating Multiple Robots”, technical report, Robotics Institute, December 1999.