Bill Smart
Professor
CoRIS Associate Director for Academics
Organizations
Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute
Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering
Address
Mechanical, Indust & Mfgr Engr G316 Graf Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States
Degrees
Ph.D., Computer Science, Brown University, 2002
ScM, Computer Science, Brown University, 1996
MSc, Intelligent Robotics, University of Edinburgh, 1992
BSc, Computer Science, University of Dundee, 1991
Research Expertise
Machine learning, Reinforcement learning, robotics, AI
Research Groups
Biography
Robotics
Dr. Smart does research in the areas of robotics and machine learning. In robotics, Smart is particularly interested in improving the interactions between people and robots; enabling robots to be self-sufficient for weeks and months at a time; and determining how they can be used as personal assistants for people with severe motor disabilities. In machine learning, Smart is interested in developing strategies for teaching robots to act effectively (or even optimally), based on long-term interactions with the world and given intermittent and at times incorrect feedback on their performance.
Teaching
ECE 451: SYSTEMS DYNAMICS AND CONTROL
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