Raytheon Professor
Email: murphy@cse.tamu.edu
Phone: 979/845-2015
Office: HRBB 333
http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/murphy
Ph.D. Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992
M.S. Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989
B.M.E. Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1980
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am a founder of the field of rescue robotics; my personal goal is to enable emergency responders to routinely save lives through physically situated artificial intelligence (robots, sensor networks, etc.). This has led to a research career based on three principles: basic research should be informed by field experiences and working with users, meaningful solutions require teams of multi-disciplinary researchers addressing solutions within the ecology of the domain, and industry-agency-university linkages must be established in order to accelerate the diffusion of innovation.
AWARDS
- IEEE Fellow, 2010 - present
- Wired Magazine Alpha Geek, 2009
- AUVSI Foundation Al Aube Outstanding Contributor Award
- CMU Field Robotics Institute "Pioneer in Field Robotics"
- IEEE Spectrum "Dream Jobs"
- TIME Magazine, Innovators in Artificial Intelligence
- US Air Force Exemplary Civilian Service Award, 2005
- Eagle Award, National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue, 2001
EXPERIENCE
- Raytheon Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, 9/2008 - present
- Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida, 2003 - 2008 joint appointment in Cognitive and Neural Science, Department of Psychology; USF
- Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida, 1998 - 2003 joint appointment in Cognitive and Neural Science, Department of Psychology; USF
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Colorado School of Mines, 1992 - 1998
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE
- American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
- Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.
- Florida Fire Chiefs' Association
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
- Society of Women Engineers.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Murphy, R.R., Tadokoro, S., Nardi, D., Jacoff, A., Fiorini, P., and Erkmen, A., "Rescue Robotics," Handbook of Robotics, B. Sciliano and O. Khatib, editors, Springer-Verlag, pp. 1151-1174, 2008.
Murphy, R. R. and Woods, D.D, "Beyond Asimov: The Three Laws of Responsible Robotics," IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 14-20, July/Aug. 2009.
Murphy, R. R. and Argrow, B., "UAS in the National Airspace System: Research Directions," Unmanned Systems Magazine, vol. 27 no. 6, pp. 23-28, June 2009.
Murphy, R.R., Introduction to AI Robotics, MIT Press, 2000.
