Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder, 2024
M.S. Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2018
B.S Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2014
Graduate Researcher, University of Colorado Boulder (Aug 2020 - Aug 2024)
Associate Member of Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory (Jan 2019 - Aug 2020)
Senior Software Engineer, BAE Systems FAST Labs (Jun 2014 - Dec 2018)
Infantry Soldier, RI National Guard 1/143 Airborne Infantry Regiment (Jun 2008 - May 2011)
Infantry Soldier, US Army 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep 2002 - Mar 2006)
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.