Evaluating the impacts of a priori robot competency assessments on human decision-making
A project to investigate how communication of a robot’s a priori competency estimate impacts human decision-making.
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Quantifying and communicating in situ changes to robot competency
A project to evaluate a metric and algorithm which enables an autonomous robot to quantify when and how its competency changes in situ.
Evaluating a Competency-Aware Robot for an Autonomous Exploration Mission
A project to investigate how human users employ robots capable of quantifying, communicating, and updating estimates of their competency.
Collaborative Analyst Machine Perception (CAMP)
A collaboration between CU Boulder, the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and Lockheed Martin Space to develop information displays, machine learning, and data fusion algorithms to assist operators in OPIR and data exploitation missions.
publications
User Preference Elicitation for Unmanned Aircraft System Collaborative Search
Published in AIAA SciTech Forum, 2021
Recommended citation: H. M. Ray, N. Conlon, Z. Sunberg, and N. Ahmed. User Preference Elicitation for Unmanned Aircraft System Collaborative Search. AIAA 2022-2343. AIAA SCITECH Forum. January 2022. https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2022-2343
Generalizing Competency Self-Assessment for Autonomous Vehicles Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Published in AIAA SciTech Forum, 2021
Recommended citation: N. Conlon, A. Acharya, J. McGinley, T. Slack, C. A. Hirst, M. D’Alonzo, M. R. Hebert, C. Reale, E. W. Frew, R. Russell, and N. Ahmed. Generalizing Competency Self-Assessment for Autonomous Vehicles Using Deep Reinforcement Learning. AIAA 2022-2496. AIAA SCITECH Forum. January 2022. https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2022-2496
Investigating the Effects of Robot Proficiency Self-Assessment on Trust and Performance
Published in AAAI Spring Symposium Series (SSS), 2022
Recommended citation: N. Conlon, D. Szafir, and N. Ahmed. Investigating the Effects of Robot Proficiency Self-Assessment on Trust and Performance. Proceedings of the AAAI SSS-22 Symposium "Closing the Assessment Loop: Communicating Proficiency and Intent in Human-Robot Teaming. March 2022. https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.10407
‘I’m Confident This Will End Poorly’: Robot Proficiency Self-Assessment in Human-Robot Teaming
Published in IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022
Recommended citation: N. Conlon, D. Szafir, and N. Ahmed. "I’m Confident This Will End Poorly": Robot Proficiency Self-Assessment in Human-Robot Teaming. 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). October 2022. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9981653
Dynamic Competency Self-Assessment for Autonomous Agents
Published in ACM/IEEE HRI 2023 workshop on Variable Autonomy for human-robot Teaming (VAT-HRI), 2023
Recommended citation: N. Conlon, N. Ahmed, and D. Szafir. Dynamic Competency Self-Assessment for Autonomous Agents. In Proceedings of ACM/IEEE HRI 2023 workshop on Variable Autonomy for human-robot Teaming (VAT-HRI). March 2023. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.01646
Probabilistic Learning of Operator Interest in Surveillance Environments for Online Track Characterization
Published in AIAA SciTech Forum, 2024
Recommended citation: E. Kravitz, H. M. Ray, N. Conlon, N. Ahmed, I. Thomas, D. A. Szafir. Probabilistic Learning of Operator Interest in Surveillance Environments for Online Track Characterization. AIAA 2024. AIAA SCITECH Forum. January 2024. https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2024-2582
Intelligent Decision Support for Target Tracking Analysis and Characterization
Published in AIAA SciTech Forum, 2024
Recommended citation: H. M. Ray, N. Conlon, E. Kravitz, N. Ahmed, I. Thomas, D. A. Szafir, T. Wilson, and L. Montgomery. Intelligent Decision Support for Target Tracking Analysis and Characterization. AIAA 2024. AIAA SCITECH Forum. January 2024. https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2024-2582
Event-Triggered Robot Self-Assessment to Aid in Autonomy Adjustment
Published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2024
Recommended citation: N. Conlon, N. Ahmed, D. Szafir. Event-Triggered Robot Self-Assessment to Aid in Autonomy Adjustment. Frontiers in Robotics and AI 10:1294533. January 2024. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2023.1294533/full
A Survey of Algorithmic Methods for Competency Self-Assessments in Human-Autonomy Teaming
Published in ACM Computing Surveys, 2024
Recommended citation: N. Conlon, N. Ahmed, D. Szafir. A Survey of Algorithmic Methods for Competency Self-Assessments in Human-Autonomy Teaming. ACM Comput. Surv. 56, 7, Article 164 (July 2024), 31 pages https://doi.org/10.1145/3616010
talks
Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
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Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
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teaching
Teaching experience 1
Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014
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Teaching experience 2
Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015
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