TRUSTABLE AUTONOMY
Present Projects
Autonomous UAV
Status: Ongoing
Student Researcher(s): Charbel Abou Afech, BS Computer Engineering; Javier Narvaez, BS Computer Engineering; Gael Esparza Lobatos, BS Computer Engineering; Cynthia Portillo, BS Computer Engineering; Evelyn Dominguez, BS Computer Engineering; Katherine Poz Quijivix, BS Computer Engineering; Abraham Santiago, BS Electrical Engineering; Luis A. Meza IV, BS Mechanical Engineering; Jazmin Martinez, BS Electrical Engineering; Jonathan Penaloza, BS Electrical Engineering; Amanda Arst, BS Electrical Engineering
NASA collaborator(s):
CSUN CO-Is: Dr. Xiaojun (Ashley) Geng, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Real-Time Traffic Monitoring
Status: Ongoing
Student Researcher(s): Kousha Salimkhan, Jordan Aviles, Gev Chalikyan, Shonan Hendre, Jose Villalobos, Devdutt Prajapati
NASA collaborator(s):
CSUN CO-Is: Xunfei Jiang, Computer Science, Bingbing Li, Manufacturing Systems and Engineering, and Xudong Jia, Civil Engineering
CoHORT: Cooperative Human Operations with Robot Teams
Status: Ongoing
Student Researcher(s): Hariet Yousefi, ME
NASA collaborator(s): Dr. Jean-Pierre de la Croix, JPL
CSUN CO-Is: Prof. Amiel Hartman, ME; Dr. Barry Ridge, CS; Mr. Subhobrata Chakraborty, CS; Dr. Nhut Ho, ME
Campus Autonomous Robot Tours (CART)
Status: Ongoing
Student Researcher(s): Hariet Yousefi ME, Shari Salas, ME
NASA collaborator(s): Ali-akbar Agha-mohammadi, JPL
CSUN CO-Is: Amiel Hartman, Nhut Ho, Mechanical Engineering, Subhobrata Chakraborty, CS
Mars Science Helicopter Processor
Status: Ongoing
Student Researcher(s): Sara Ali, BS Computer Engineering; Aditi Kashyap, MS Electrical Engineering; Matthew White, BS Electrical Engineering; Yannis Nyemeck-ndjip, BS Electrical Engineering; Jared Carrillo, BS Mechanical Engineering
NASA collaborator(s):
CSUN CO-Is: Xiaojun (Ashely) Geng, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Bingbing Li, Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Collaborative Moonwalker
Status: Ongoing
Student Researcher(s): Martin Ha, BS, Computer Science; Elijah Sagaran, BS, Computer Science; Rowel Espejo, BS, Computer Science
NASA collaborator(s): Dr. Thomas Lu, NASA JPL; Dr. Edward Chow, NASA JPL
CSUN CO-Is: Dr. Bingbing Li, Manufacturing Systems Engineering; Dr. Thomas Chan, Psychology
Past Projects
SERL: Compact Autonomous Exploratory Search and Rescue Rover (CAESARR)
Status: Complete
Student Researcher(s): Kiet Phan and Francisco Oropeza, Mechanical Engineering
NASA collaborator(s): Jean-Pierre de la Croix, JPL
CSUN CO-Is: Amiel Hartman and Nhut Ho, Mechanical Engineering
Mars Science Helicopter: Image Processing
Status: Complete
Student Researcher(s): Eduardo Kestler, MS Computer Engineering; Kyosuke Imura, BS, University of California, Los Angeles; Edwin Lee, High School
NASA collaborator(s):
CSUN CO-Is: Dr. Cho Myung, Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department; Dr. Bingbing Li, Professor in Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning-Based Autonomous Mission Planning for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Missions
Status: Complete
Student Researcher(s):Sarah Cazessus, Graphic Design, Noah Preheim, Engineering & Computer Science
NASA collaborator(s):
CSUN CO-Is: Xiaojun (Ashley) Geng and Sembiam Rengarajan, College of Engineering and Computer Science
The Proteus Programming Language
Status: Complete
Student Researcher(s): Morgan Barrett, Ahmed Bahyal, Deekshith Myakala, Isaiah Martinez, Nicholas Rodriguez Weda, Computer Science
NASA collaborator(s): Dr. Klaus Havelund, Dr. Michel Ingham
CSUN CO-Is: Kyle Dewey, Computer Science
Model Based Programming Languages
Status: Complete
Student Researcher(s): Meyer Millman, Computer Engineering
NASA collaborator(s): Michel Ingham and Klaus Havelund, JPL
CSUN CO-I: Kyle Dewey, Computer Science
Enabling the Development of Perception Capability for Autonomous Urban Air Mobility Platforms
Status: Complete
Student Researcher(s): Ridge Tejuco, Computer Engineering
NASA collaborator(s): Shaun McWherter, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
CSUN CO-I: Ashley Geng, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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