Robert E. Wagner
1216 Commonwealth Ave., Suite #15
Allston, MA02134-4638
Phone: (617) 734-2750Fax: (617) 353-7755
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Education
1997 – 2003Ph.D.Cognitive and Neural Systems
BostonUniversity, Boston, Massachusetts
Thesis:Stereo Active Visionand Peripheral OpticalFlow: Computer Vision Applications of the Wide-Field Human Visual Representation
1985 – 1989B.S.Computer Science
PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, Indiana
Research Interests
Biological Vision, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Robotics
Experience
1998 – PresentNaval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
Research Assistant - Research in face detection and recognition on a 3DOF stereo robotic head.
1998 – PresentBostonUniversity,Boston, Massachusetts
Research Assistant - Research in vision based navigation and object tracking.
2000 – PresentPharmacia Diagnostics, Inc.,Kalamazoo, Michigan
Software Consultant - Developed a scheduler to control the timing and movement of a robotic arm. Developed a patient report generator for configurable reporting of allergen test results.
Spring 2002BostonUniversity, Boston, Massachusetts
Lab Instructor - Instructed undergraduate lab course entitled “Evolution of Biological Intelligence.”
1994 – 1997 Information Data Management, Rosemont, Illinois
Research Associate - Research and development of laboratory information systems for blood banks,plasma centers and public health laboratories.
1995 – 1996Industrial Measurement Systems, Aurora, Illinois
Software Consultant – Developed machine vision applications.
1990 – 1994Becton Dickinson and Company, Elmhurst, Illinois
Scientific Programmer - Developed video microscopy applications to aid in the investigation of cancer and genetic diseases.
Summer 1989Ameritech Services, Schaumburg, Illinois
Summer Internship - Expert system design and analysis for switching station equipment placement.
Technical Skills
Programming Languages:C, C++, MATLAB, Java, 80x86 Assembly, Python
Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, MS-DOS, HP-UX, SunOS,
Document Preparation:TeX, LaTex
Conference Proceedings
Gaudiano, P., Chang, C., Ecemis, I., Martens, S., Sahin, E. Streilein, W. and Wagner, R. (1999). Neurobotics Lab Research: Learning, Vision and Sonar Recognition with Mobile Robots. Neural Networks in Applications ’99, Fourth International Workshop, Otto-von-GuerickeUniversity of Magdeburg.
Sahin, E., Gaudiano, P. and Wagner, R. (1998). A Comparison of Visual Looming and Sonar as MobileRobotRange Sensor. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems, BostonUniversity.
Patents
Bacus, J.W., Bacus, J.V. and Wagner, R.E. Method and apparatus for automated assay of biological specimens, US Patent 5,428,690, to Becton Dickinson and Company, Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C., 1992.
Bacus, J.W., Bacus, J.V. and Wagner, R.E. Method and apparatus for automated assay of biological specimens, International Patent 93102433.5, to Becton Dickinson and Company, 1992.
Professional Affiliations
Association for Computing Machinery
Special Interest Group in Artificial Intelligence
IEEE Computer Society