NSF Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) Program:

Center of Perceptual Robotics, Intelligent Sensors and Machines (PRISM)



CUNY-Wide Internal Steering Committee

The CUNY-wide Internal Steering Committee includes the four Co-PIs (Profs. Xiao, Zhu, Wolberg, and Lee) and the following members:

§      Joseph Barba, Professor and Acting Dean, Grove School of Engineering, CCNY

§      Roger Dorsinville, Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, CCNY

§      Douglas Troeger, Associate Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Computer Science, CCNY

§      Neville A. Parker, Herbert G. Kayser Professor, Project Director of NYC-LSAMP, Director, CUNY Institute for Transportation Systems

§      Robert Haralick, Distinguished Prof., Director of Pattern Recognition Lab, The CUNY Graduate Center

§      Lori Scarlatos, Associate Professor, The CUNY Brooklyn College

§      Simon Parsons, Associate Professor, The CUNY Brooklyn College


External Advisory Committee

The External Advisory Committee currently includes the following members from both universities and industry (listed alphabetically):

§      Dr. Wai Chen, Chief Scientist /Director, Mobile Networking Research, Telcordia Technologies, Inc. 

§      Prof. Roderic Grupen, Professor of Computer Science, Director, Lab for Perceptual Robotics, UMass-Amherst.

§      Prof. Allen R. Hanson, Professor of Computer Science, Director, Computer Vision Research Laboratory, UMass-Amherst

§      Prof. Thomas S. Huang, William L. Everitt Distinguished Professor, Head of Image Formation and Processing Group, Co-Chair, Human Computer Intelligent Interaction Theme, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, UIUC

§      Prof.  Shree Nayar, T. C. Chang Chaired Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Columbia University, Co-Director of the Columbia Vision and Graphics Center and Head of the Columbia Automated Vision Environment (CAVE)

§      Dr. Diego Socolinsky, Director of Research and Development, Equinox Corporation

§      Prof. Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Associate Professor, Co-Director, Robotics Research Lab, Center for Robotics & Embedded Systems, Center for Embedded Networked Sensing, University of Southern California

§      Prof.  Mohan Trivedi, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of the Computer Vision and Robotics Research Laboratory, University of California in San Diego

§      Prof. Richard Volyes, Associate Professor and Director, Collaborative Systems Laboratory, Site-Director, NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Safety, Security, and Rescue Research, University of Minnesota

§      Prof. Ning Xi, John D. Ryder Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director, The Laboratory of Robotics and Automation, Michigan State University

§      Dr. Hui Zhang, Manager, Robotics & Automation Group, US Corporate Research Center, ABB Inc.


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