Project Computer Science

Trey Smith

Curriculum Vitae

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Contact

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Moffett Field, CA 94035

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Research Interests

Improving situation awareness for teams operating in the field, with an emphasis on

geospatial decision support, real-time distributed sensing, user-centered design, and

mobile

devices. Applications range from field science to planetary analog robotics to disaster

response. Past work has included autonomous robotic science, probabilistic planning for

robotic exploration, and rough-terrain robotic navigation.

Education

2012x FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Technical Information Specialist Certification

California Task Force 3, Menlo Park

2007 Ph.D., Robotics

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

Thesis Title: Probabilistic Planning for Robotic Exploration

Ph.D. Committee:

1. Reid Simmons (chair), CMU Robotics

2. Geoff Gordon, CMU Computer Science

3. Leslie Pack Kaelbling, MIT CSAIL

4. David Wettergreen, CMU Robotics

1999 B.S. / B.S. Computer Science / Math, with University Honors

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

Employment

2007- Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley / Systems ScientistNASA Ames

2001-2007Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. Candidate

Summer 2001NASA Ames Research Center Summer Internship

Summer 2000Jet Propulsion LaboratorySummer Internship

1999-2001Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Programmer

Summer 1998NASA Ames Research CenterSummer Internship

1996-1997Carnegie Mellon University Undergrad. Research Assistant

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Conference Papers

Nathalie A. Cabrol, David S. Wettergreen, William L. Whittaker, Edmond A. Grin,

Jeffrey E. Moersch, Guillermo Chong D., Charles S. Cockell, Peter Coppin, James M.

Dohm, Gregory Fisher, Andrew N. Hock, Lucia Marinangeli, Edwin G. Minkley, Gabriele

G. Ori, Jennifer L. Piatek, Alan Waggoner, Kimberley A. Warren-Rhodes, Shmuel J.

Weinstein, Michael Wyatt, Francisco Calderon, Stuart Heys, Dominic Jonak, R. Allan

James M. Dohm, Nathalie A. Cabrol, Edmond A. Grin, Jeffrey E. Moersch, Guillermo

Chong D., Charles S. Cockell, Peter Coppin, Gregory Fisher, Andrew N. Hock, Lucia

Marinangeli, Edwin G. Minkley, Gabriele G. Ori, Jennifer L. Piatek, Kimberley A.

Warren-Rhodes, Shmuel J. Weinstein, Michael Wyatt, Trey Smith, Michael D. Wagner,

Jennifer L. Piatek, Jeffrey E. Moersch, Michael Wyatt, Michael L. Rampey, Nathalie A.

Cabrol, David S.

Wettergreen, William L. Whittaker, Edmond A. Grin, Guillermo Chong

D., Charles S.

Cockell, Peter Coppin, James M. Dohm, Gregory Fisher, Andrew N.

Refereed Workshop Papers

Technical Reports and Theses

1.Probabilistic Planning for Robotic Exploration.

Trey Smith. Ph.D. Thesis, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University,

Pittsburgh, PA, CMU-RI-TR-07-26, 2007.

2.Rover Science Autonomy: Probabilistic Planning for Science-Aware Exploration.

Trey Smith. 2004. Ph.D. thesis proposal, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon

University.

3.Technology for Autonomous Space Systems.

Ashley Stroupe, Sanjiv Singh, Reid G. Simmons, Paul D. Tompkins, Vandi Verma,

Regina Vitti-Lyons, and Michael D. Wagner. Technical Report CMU-RI-TR-00-02, The

Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001.

Other Publications

1.Future Directions in Multi-Robot Autonomy and Planetary Surface Construction.

Trey Smith, Reid G. Simmons, Sanjiv Singh, and David Hershberger. In Proc. Space

Studies Inst. Conf. (SSI), 2001.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Disaster Response Incidents Supported

1. Japan Tohoku Earthquake, March 2011. Provided mapping support to USA-1 and USA-

2 Urban Search and Rescue teams deployed by USAID.

2. Chile Earthquake, February 2010. Provided I'm OK! software to World Bank staff in

Chile.

3. Haiti Earthquake, January 2010. Sent phones to support mapping conditions on the

ground by U.S. Military Southern Command.

4. Loma Fire, Santa Cruz County, California, Summer 2009. Deployed to provide phones,

training, and mapping support for CAL FIRE response.

5. Guiberson Fire, Ventura County, California, Summer 2009. Deployed to provide

phones, training, and mapping support for CAL FIRE response.

6.

CAL FIRE Sonoma Air Attack Base, California, Summer 2009. Provided phones with

GeoCam software over a month-long period to support transmitting live geotagged

photos from initial air attack plane to the Emergency Command Center in St. Helena.

7. Basin Fire, Big Sur, California, 2008. Deployed to collect and map geotagged photos in

support of the U.S. Forest Service response.

NASA Field Tests Supported

1. Planetary Lake Lander, study of global warming impact on high-altitude lakes and

planetary analog lake probe operations, deployed to Laguna Negra, Chile, November

2011.

2. Desert Research and Technology Studies (D-RATS), inter-center study of NEO

operations with astronauts and surface vehicles, supported ground control team in

Houston, September 2011.

3. Pavilion Lake Research Project, NASA/CSA international study using submersibles

and divers to investigate microbialites, deployed to Kelly Lake, BC, Canada, August

2011.

4. Haughton Mars Project, planetary analog robotic followup human precursor operations

study, helped experiment design and software development, July 2011.

5. Haughton Mars Project, planetary analog robotic followup operations study, deployed

to Devon Island, NT, Canada, August 2010.

6. Human Robot Systems Black Point Lava Flow Test, planetary analog robotic

reconnaissance operations study, supported ground control team at Ames, September

2009.

7. Human Robot Systems Moses Lake Test, planetary analog robotic reconnaissance

operations study, supported ground control team in Houston, June 2008.

8. Life in the Atacama Field Tests, robotic astrobiology study, deployed to Atacama

Desert, Chile three times, 2003-2005.

Awards

1. NASA Ames Research Center Ames Honor Award for Tech Transfer/Commercialization

to the GeoCam Project team, 2010.

2. Random Hacks of Kindness First Prize to the I'm OK! team for prototype software to

notify friends and family of your status after a natural disaster, 2009.

3. NASA Group Achievement Award to the Human-Robot Site Survey team, 2008.4. NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship (Ames Research Center),

2003-2005.

5. Carnegie Mellon University Honors in Computer Science and Mathematics, 1999.

6. Carnegie Mellon University Andrew Carnegie Scholarship, 1995-1999.

Invited Talks and Panels

1. GeoCam: Sharing Maps with Mobile Devices, Disaster Management Initiative

Workshop, CMU Silicon Valley, May 2011.

2. The GeoCam Disaster Response Project, FEMA Conference on GIS for Urban

Search and Rescue, Boston, June 2010.

3. Invited panelist, Citizen Response and Social Networking Panel, Disaster Management

Initiative Workshop, CMU Silicon Valley, March 2010.

4. Disaster Response at NASA, Random Hacks of Kindness #0, Mountain View, CA,

November 2009.

5. Improving the Operating Picture During Natural Disasters, Tactical Fire Remote

Sensing Advisory Committee Meeting, Boise, ID, November 2009.

6. Using Google Earth for Exploration, Planetary Science, and Disaster Response,

Scientific Applications with Google Earth Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, October 2008.

7. The Google NASA Disaster Response Project,

Google Geo Tech Talk, Mountain

View, CA, April 2008.

Teaching Assistantships

1. CMU 16-731 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, instr. Andrew Moore, Spring 2003.

2. CMU 16-862 Introduction to Mobile Robot Programming, instr. Illah Nourbakhsh, Fall

1998.

Conference Support

1. Program Committee, Int. Conf. on Applied Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), 2008.

2. Program Committee, Int. Conf. on Machine Learning (ICML), 2008.

3. Co-Chair, Workshop on Advancements in POMDP Solvers, Nat. Conf. on Artificial

Intelligence (AAAI), 2008.

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