Our Team

Our team is composed of scientists who are the excellence in their fields, such as in robotics, human computer interface, and assistive technology. Led by Professor Daniela Rus, the director of CSAIL, we wish to find a new understanding of the complex challenge of enabling visually impaired people in getting and achieving a better autonomous life via a multidisciplinary approach.

Remembering Professor Seth Teller

Our team was previously led by Professor Seth Teller, who passed away on July 1, 2014.
MIT News has an appreciation of Seth's life and work. To honor his memory, MIT has created the Seth Teller Memorial Fund, which will support research, education, and other innovations that advance and improve assistive technology for people with a range of disabilities. In addition to the Memorial Fund, Professor Teller's personal page has a link to an email address, rememberingseth@csail.mit.edu, where you can share your thoughts, photos, or stories.

Supervisors

Prof. Daniela Rus

Director of CSAIL, MIT
(self-organizing robots, mobile sensor networks, new technology for desktop robotics)

Prof. Rob Miller

EECS Department, MIT
(human-computer interaction, user interfaces, crowdsourcing)

Prof. Carol Livermore

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University
(microelectromechanical systems MEMS)

Postdoctoral Researchers and Ph.D. Students

Dr. Nick Wang

(machine perception, human perception, scene understanding)

David Hayden

(assistive technology, machine learning, computer vision)

Rahul Namdev

(assistive technology, human computer interface, VSLAM)

William Li

(assistive technology, spoken language systems)

Xin Xie

(signal processing, nanotechnology, simulations)

Robert Katzschmann

(mechatronics, trajectory planning, medical applications)

Dr. Jingjin Yu

(control, planning algorithms, sensor fusion, cyber-physical systems)

Undergraduate Students

Ryan Fish (microcontrollers, embedded system)

Battushig Myanganbayar (massive open online courses)

Adrian Grossman (embedded system)

Collaborators

Prof. John Leonard (MIT)

Prof. Dan Feldman (University of Haifa)

Prof. Luca Fanucci (University of Pisa)

Ross Finman (MIT)

Simone Fontanesi (University of Pisa)

Alessandro Frigerio (University of Pisa)

Former Members

Dr. Maurice Fallon

Dr. Luis Velasquez-Heller

Steve Levine

Yafim Landa

Chelsea Finn

Peter Yu

Benjamin Mattinson

Aditya Gopalan

Adminstration

Britton Bradley