Presenter

Lionel P. Robert Jr. is a Professor of Information and Robotics at the School of Information and the College of Engineering Robotics Department at the University of Michigan. He is also an ACM Distinguished Member, AIS Distinguished Member "Cum Laude" and an INFORMS and IEEE Senior Member. He is currently the director of the Michigan Autonomous Vehicle Research Intergroup Collaboration (MAVRIC), an affiliate of the University of Michigan Robotics Institute (Robotics), and the National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) all at the University of Michigan and the Center for Computer-Mediated Communication (CCMC) at Indiana University and a member of the AAAS Community Advisory Board. He has appeared in print, radio and/or television for ABC, CNN, CNBC, Michigan Radio, Inc., New York Times and the Associated Press.