Research interests
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My current research is in new techniques for autonomous science, and
the mission design and operations consequences of such increased
autonomy capabilities. Many of the autonomy applications call for
automated interpretation of images of natural scenes, and I develop
techniques to do that, both for geological and atmospheric
applications.
I work with the AEGIS software team, which is rolling out a new
autonomous target-selection capability for the ChemCam instrument on
the Mars Science Laboratory mission. I also work in science
operations for the mission, as Science Payload Uplink Lead (sPUL) for
ChemCam, and as Science Theme Group Lead for Environmental and
Atmospheric Science (ENV-STL). Outside of MSL, I test autonomy and
operations techniques in terrestrial analogue environments from
Canada's high arctic to California's hot deserts.
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