Research Statement

       My primary area of research is developmental robotics and grounded language learning. I am currently developing algorithms for automatic speech segmentation, with an eye towards unsupervised linguistic concept learning. Our long term goal is to develop a system that can learn to used language purely through interaction with another linguistic agent. I work with Alexander Stoytchev on this research.
       I am also currently involved in a research project in the Human-Computer Interaction department. We are developing software to assist humans during manufacturing tasks by detecting and alerting if a mistake is being made. We track different tools used during the manufacturing process, and infer whether the manufacturing task is being executed correctly. This project involves the development and deployment of a system capable of operating robustly in a real factory environment, as well as a virtual reality cave, such as the ones operated by the department of Human-Computer Interaction at Iowa State University.