The Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences at Brown University is
seeking graduate applicants interested in visual navigation in humans and
robots. The project investigates the nature of the information and spatial
knowledge that is used in active navigation, and how the layout of new
environments is learned. The research is based in a unique 40 x 40 ft
Virtual Environment Navigation Lab (VENLab) with an Intersense wide-area
tracker, Kaiser head-mounted display, and SGI Onyx 2 graphics. Human
experiments study active navigation and learning in virtual environments,
where 3D layout and landmark properties can be manipulated. In
conjunction, biologically-inspired navigation strategies are tested on a
mobile robot platform. The project is under the direction of Drs. Michael
Tarr, William Warren (Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, Brown) and Leslie
Kaelbling (Computer Science, MIT). More information is available at
www.cog.brown.edu, or the Dept. of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, Box
1978, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. Application materials can be
obtained from The Graduate School, Brown University, Box 1867, Providence,
RI 02912, phone (401) 863-2600, or on-line at www.brown.edu. The
application deadline is Jan. 1, 2000.
This program is funded by a Learning and Intelligent Systems grant and an
IGERT training grant, both from NSF.
-- Bill
William H. Warren, Professor
Dept. of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences
Box 1978
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
(401) 863-3980 ofc, 863-2255 FAX
Bill_Warren@brown.edu