Mechanical Engineering Control

MacSchwager Resume

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ResearchInterests

Modeling and controlling multi-agent systems; distributed algorithms for statistical

inference, estimation,

and learning; nonlinear and adaptive control; distributed phenomena in natural and

engineered systems.

AcademicAppointments

AssistantProfessor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston UniversityJan.

2012Present

Education

MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology, Cambridge, MA

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering Sept. 2009

Thesis: A Gradient Optimization Approach to Adaptive Multi-Robot Control, Minor :

Statistical In-

ference, Estimation, and Learning, Advisor : Prof. Daniela Rus

M.S., Mechanical Engineering June2005

Thesis: Towards Verifiable Adaptive Control for Safety Critical Applications, Advisor :

Dr. Anuradha

Annaswamy

StanfordUniversity, Stanford, CA

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Minor : Mathematics June2000

Experience

PostdoctoralResearcher, General Robotics, Automation, Sensing, and Sept. 2009Dec. 2011Perception (GRASP) Lab, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), MIT, Cambridge, MA

Studied the trade-offs of communication rate and dynamical performance in multi-robot

formation

control. Designed multi-robot and single robot planning algorithms for surveillance of

changing envi-

ronments. Developed multi-robot collaborative construction and sensing algorithms for

heterogeneous

robot groups.

ResearchAssistant, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT June2005 Aug.

2009

Cambridge, MA

Researched distributed robotic systems. Developed provable distributed control algorithms

for multi-

robot coverage and surveillance. Performed experiments with wheeled and flying robots to

demonstrate

coverage algorithms. Developed a method to learn dynamical models of animal groups from

animal

tracking data. Demonstrated model learning methods with GPS data from cow herds.

ResearchAssistant, Active Adaptive Control Lab, MIT Feb. 2003May2005

Cambridge, MA

Researched adaptive flight control systems. Designed provable algorithms for controlling

aircraft in

the event of actuator failure or airframe damage. Developed a nonlinear six degree-of-

freedom aircraft

simulator to test the control algorithms.

AutomationEngineer, Applied Materials July2000Sept. 2002Horsham, U.K., and Santa Clara, CA

Designed and maintained robotic systems for handling silicon wafers in computer chip

manufacturing

equipment. Participated in a selective new college graduate training program.

Honors&Awards

BestPaperFinalist, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2011.

BestPaperAward (second author), Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior

(SAB), 2008.

BestPaperFinalist, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2008.

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Mac Schwager Resume

BestPresentationofSession, Session on Robust and Adaptive Control of Aerospace

Vehicles, American

Control Conference (ACC), 2005.

Academic&ProfessionalActivities

Author of 8 peer reviewed journal articles and 28 peer reviewed conference papers.

Co-chiar of the session on Aerial Robotics, International Conference on Intelligent

Robots and Systems

(IROS 11), San Francisco, CA, September 2011.

Co-organizer of the workshop 3D Exploration, Mapping, and Surveillance with Aerial

Robots, Robotics

Science and Systems (RSS), Los Angeles, CA, June 2011.

Program Committee Member for the International Symposium on Distributed Robotic Systems

(DARS),

Lausanne, Switzerland, November, 2010.

Co-organizer of the workshop Network Science and Systems Issues in Multi-robot

Autonomy, Interna-

tional Conference on Robotics and Automation, Anchorage, Alaska, May, 2010.

Organizer of the CSAIL Robotics Journal Club at MIT meeting weekly to discuss the

latest robotics litera-

ture, October 2007 October 2009. (http://groups.csail.mit.edu/drl/wiki/index.php/Journal

Club).

Chair for the session on Learning & Scene Estimation, Conference on Field and Service

Robotics,

Chamonix, France, July 2007.

Reviewer for most major controls and robotics journals and conferences (more than 40

articles).

Member of the IEEE, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and IEEE Control Systems

Society.

My Erd?os number is no greater than 4.

References available upon request.

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