Associate Research Professor, Robotics
Office No.
1016
Education
• Hamilton College - B.A. - 1998
• Carnegie Mellon University - M.S. - 2000
• Carnegie Mellon University - Ph.D. - 2004
Past Classes Taught
16-200 Autonomous Robots, 16-362 Introduction to Mobile Robot Programming, 15-381 Artificial Intelligence, 15-502 Technology and Global Development, and 15-302 iSTEP: Technology Field Research in Developing Communities
Publications
• N. Kalra, T. Lauwers, D. Dewey, T. Stepleton, and M. B. Dias, “Design of a Braille Writing Tutor to Combat Illiteracy,” Information Systems Frontiers Journal, 2009.
• M. Bernardine Dias, M. Freddie Dias, Sarah Belousov, Mohammed Kaleemur Rahman, Saurabh Sanghvi, Noura El-Moughny, “Enhancing an Automated Braille Writing Tutor,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), October, 2009, St. Louis, MO, USA.
• E. Gil Jones, M. Bernardine Dias, and Anthony Stentz, “Time-Extended Multi-Robot Coordination for Domains with Precedence Constraints,” Robotics Science and Systems (RSS 2009), June, 2009, Washington, USA.
• G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, Jack Mostow, M. Bernardine Dias, Tracy Morrison Sweet, Sarah M. Belousov, M. Frederick Dias, Haijun Gong, “Improving Child Literacy in Africa: Experiments with an Automated Reading Tutor,” International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) April 2009, Doha, Qatar. [Honorable Mention, Student Paper Award]
• M. Bernardine Dias and Eric Brewer, “The Emerging Field of ICTD: Information and Communication Technologies and Development,” Communications of the ACM (CACM), June, 2009.
• Kentaro Toyama and M. Bernardine Dias, Guest Editors, IEEE Computer Magazine, special edition on Information Communication Technology for Development, June 2008.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
Research Interests
Technology for Under-Served Communities, Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD), Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Team Coordination, Fielded Systems, Technology Education, Technology Tools for Education, Assistive Technology, and Women in Computing
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