David Porfirio, Ph.D.
NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
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About Me
My goal is for robot programming to be accessible to everyone.To that end, I design software and hardware interfaces that capture developer intent and fill in the pieces towards robotic applications that can be deployed at home and in the workplace.
My postdoc advisor is Dr. Laura Hiatt in the Adaptive Systems Section at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.
During my Ph.D., I was co-advised by Bilge Mutlu and Aws Albarghouthi. I was additionally mentored by Allison Sauppé, Maya Cakmak, and Kevin Ponto.
News
11.23
My work on Goal-Oriented End-User Development of Robots has been accepted to HRI 2024!
10.23
My co-organizers and I successfully ran the AAAI Fall Symposium, Unifying Representations for Robot Application Development!
8.23
I presented Guidelines for a Human-Robot Interaction Specification Language at RO-MAN 2023!
6.23
Our proposal was accepted for an AAAI Fall Symposium, Unifying Representations for Robot Application Development!
3.23
🏅 I presented my work at the AAAI Spring Symposium Series and received a best paper nomination!
3.23
I presented a full paper at HRI 2023, Sketching Robot Programs On the Fly!
12.22
My full paper and late-breaking report were accepted at HRI 2023!
Projects
POLARIS
HRI 2024
Exploring end-user development of robot programs in terms of goal predicates.
INTERACTION SPECIFICATION LANGUAGE
UR-RAD 2023
RO-MAN 2023
AAAI Spring Symposium 2023
Standardizing robot application development via a common, intermediate representation.
CROWDSOURCING TASK TRACES
HRI 2023 LBR
Collecting examples of step-by-step tasks through an easy-to-use crowdsourcing interface.
