Teaching & Outreach

Research Interns (current and alumni)

Vinay Bettadapura, PhD Candidate at Georgia Tech
Chris Baldassano, PhD Candidate at Stanford University
Hilton Bristow, PhD Candidate at CSIRO, Australia
Yu-Wei (Johnny) Chao (Collaborator), PhD Candidate University of Michigan
Wongun Choi, PhD University of Michigan, currently at NEC Labs
Koen Buys, PhD Candidate at the KU Leuven
Adrian Canoso, MFA Academy of Art University, currently at Suitable Technologies
Jeff Gee, MFA Academy of Art University, currently at Suitable Tech Technologies
Cedric Cagniart, PhD TU Munich, currently at Google
Javier Romero, PhD KTH
Nikhil Karnad, PhD University of Minnesota, currently at Lytro Inc.
Ethan Dreyfuss, MSc Stanford University
Ian Goodfellow, MSc Stanford University, currently a PhD candidate at the Université de Montréal

CS324: Perception for Manipulation
Stanford University – Visiting Lecturer
CS280: Computer Vision
UC Berkeley – Presented a guest lecture
CS294-43: Visual Object and Activity Recognition
UC Berkeley – Presented a guest lecture
16-720: Introduction to Computer Vision
Carnegie Mellon University – Teaching Assistant
CSC 148: Introduction to Computer Science
The University of Toronto – Teaching Assistant
CSC 108: Introduction to Computer Programming
The University of Toronto - Teaching Assistant

The PR2 Exhibit at The Tech Museum in San Jose, CA, 2012
Working with children to program the PR2 robot through a graphical interface as part of an exhibit at The Tech Museum.
The Robot Block Party at Stanford University, a part of National Robotics Week, 2010-2012
Presented Willow Garage’s robots and software to the public as part of a yearly multi-company and robot event.
Hack the Future, 2012
Taught older kids to program the PR2 robot in Python.
Presented at Los Altos High School during STEM week 2011
Spoke to 300+ high school students about robotics and research.