Committee

General Chair

Gregory Dudek
Gregory Dudek
General Chair
Samsung Electronics and McGill University (on leave), Canada

Program Chair

Jaydev P. Desai
Jaydev P. Desai
Program Chair
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Editor-in-Chief

Ayanna Howard
Ayanna Howard
ICRA Editor-in-Chief
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Allison Okamura
Allison Okamura
RA-L Editor-in-Chief
Stanford University, USA

Conference Organization

Venkat N. Krovi
Venkat N. Krovi
Finance Chair
Clemson University, USA
U-Xuan Tan
U-Xuan Tan
Website Chair
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Erwin Prassler
Erwin Prassler
Sponsorships Chair
Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany
Dave Meger
Dave Meger
Local Arrangements Chair
McGill University, Canada
Jozsef Kovecses
Jozsef Kovecses
Local Arrangements - Co-Chair
McGill University, Canada
Jorge Angeles
Jorge Angeles
Local Arrangements Committee
McGill University, Canada
David St-Onge
David St-Onge
Robotic Art Program Chair
École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
Jean-Paul Laumond
Jean-Paul Laumond
Robotic Art Program Co-chair
CNRS, France
Damith Herath
Damith Herath
Robotic Art Program Co-chair
University of Canberra, Australia
Dominik Bösl
Dominik Bösl
IAB 2017
Kuka, Germany
Toshio Fukuda
Toshio Fukuda
Industry Forum Chair
Nagoya University, Japan
Giovanni Beltrame
Giovanni Beltrame
Government Forum Chair
École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
Ken Goldberg
Ken Goldberg
Publicity Chair
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Michael Jenkin
Michael Jenkin
Publicity co-chair
York University, Canada
Jonathan Kelly
Jonathan Kelly
Talent Recruitment Chair
University of Toronto, Canada
Clément Gosselin
Clément Gosselin
Media Relations, FR
Université Laval, Canada
Yogesh Girdhar
Yogesh Girdhar
Social Media Co-Chair
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
Malika Meghjani
Malika Meghjani
Social Media Co-Chair
Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, USA
Photo of Junaed Sattar
Junaed Sattar
Registeration Chair
University of Minnesota, USA

Program Planning

Pietro Valdastri
Pietro Valdastri
Publications Chair
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Elena De Momi
Elena De Momi
Publications Co-Chair
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Jing Xiao
Jing Xiao
Workshop and Tutorials Chair
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
M. Ani Hsieh
M. Ani Hsieh
Workshop and Tutorials Co-Chair
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Oliver Brock
Oliver Brock
Awards Chair
Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Vijay Kumar
Vijay Kumar
Awards Co-Chair
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Michael Wang
Michael Wang
Awards Committee
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Elizabeth Croft
Elizabeth Croft
Video Sessions Chair
University of British Columbia, Canada
Ioannis Rekleitis
Ioannis Rekleitis
Video Sessions Co-Chair
University of South Carolina, USA
Hong Zhang
Hong Zhang
Travel Awards Chair
University of Alberta, Canada
Sarthak Misra
Sarthak Misra
Travel Awards Co-Chair
University of Twente, Netherlands

Supporting Cast

Sunil Agrawal
Sunil Agrawal
Columbia University, USA
Fumihito Arai
Fumihito Arai
Nagoya University, Japan
Wolfram Burgard
Wolfram Burgard
Toyota Research Institute & University of Freiburg, Germany
Darwin Caldwell
Darwin Caldwell
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
Alicia Casals
Alicia Casals
Technical University of Catalonia, USA
Kostas Daniilidis
Kostas Daniilidis
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Pierre Dupont
Pierre Dupont
Harvard Medical School, USA
Antoine Ferreira
Antoine Ferreira
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, France
Eugenio Guglielmelli
Eugenio Guglielmelli
Università Campus Bio-Medico, Italy
John Hollerbach
John Hollerbach
University of Utah, USA
Seth Hutchinson
Seth Hutchinson
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Bradley Nelson
Bradley Nelson
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Rajni Patel
Rajni Patel
Western University, Canada
Joelle Pineau
Joelle Pineau
McGill University, Canada
Stergios Roumeliotis
Stergios Roumeliotis
University of Minnesota, USA
Nicholas Roy
Nicholas Roy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Shigeki Sugano
Shigeki Sugano
Waseda University, Japan
Gaurav S. Sukhatme
Gaurav S. Sukhatme
University of Southern California, USA
Steven Waslander
Steven Waslander
University of Waterloo, Canada
Stefan Williams
Stefan Williams
University of Sydney, Australia