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REACT Lab research featured in Harvard Magazine

July 5, 2022

by Kristina DeMichele

STEPHANIE GIL’S first exposure to robot teams didn’t even happen on this planet. During her freshman year at Cornell, she interned with NASA and participated in the agency’s Mars Exploration Rover mission. NASA sent two robots named “Spirit” and “Opportunity” to different extremes of the planet. “I saw how robots could be our explorers and counterparts in faraway places that we can’t easily or safely reach,” she says, becoming inspired by how the robots worked in coordination to achieve a goal: “I realized that robot teams could also make a big difference...

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REACT Lab PhD candidate, Sushmita Bhattacharya, named 2022 Apple Scholar in AI/ML PhD fellowship in Fundamentals of Machine Learning

March 1, 2022
Update | published March 2022
Apple names REACT Lab's Sushmita Bhattacharya among 2022 Apple Scholars in AI/ML

The Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD fellowship recognizes the contributions of emerging leaders in computer science and engineering at the graduate and postgraduate level. Each Scholar receives funding as they pursue their PhD, internship opportunities, and mentorship with an Apple researcher in their field. Apple Scholars in AI/ML are selected based on their innovative research, record as thought leaders and collaborators, and commitment...

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Stephanie Gil (Photo courtesy of Eliza Grinnell/Harvard SEAS)

Stephanie Gil joins Harvard Engineering

September 4, 2020

Computer scientist pursues real-world, life-saving applications

 

Scientists have long viewed robots as potential game changers in the way search and rescue missions are conducted, or how goods and services are mobilized across cities, especially when conditions make human intervention difficult or perilous. But there are myriad technical obstacles, and when the goal is for many robots to work together, those challenges become even more complex.

Computer scientist Stephanie Gil ...

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