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Mobi.AI’s Research in the World

The minds behind Mobi have been shaping the field of AI and technology for years and continue to do so through ongoing research in the fields of artificial intelligence, robotics, and computer science.
Image of Professor Brian Williams giving a talk
Image of Peng explaining his work
Image of Professor Brian Williams giving a talk
Image of Peng explaining his work

A selection of research from Mobi team members:

From Mobi's research team:

Brian Williams, Chief Scientist at Mobi and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT
PhD in Artificial Intelligence from MIT
Featured Research: Remote Agent: to boldly go where no AI system has gone before - ScienceDirect
Thesis: Invention from first principles via topologies of interaction
Full List of Publications

Peng Yu, CTO
PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT
Thesis: Collaborative Diagnosis of Over-Subscribed Temporal Plans
Full List of Publications

Simon Fang, Research Scientist
PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT
Featured Research: A conflict-directed approach to chance-constrained mixed logical linear programming
Chance-constrained static schedules for temporally probabilistic plans
Full List of Publications

Yuening Zhang, Research Scientist
PhD in Computer Science from MIT
Thesis: Effective Teamwork Using a Theory of Mind Over Plans

Stephen Peters, Senior Software Engineer
PhD in Computer Science from MIT
Thesis: Hyperglue: an infrastructure for human-centered computing in distributed, pervasive, intelligent environments
Additional Featured Research: Using semantic networks for knowledge representation in an intelligent environment
Plan-driven ubiquitous computing
Patents: Determining alternative travel itineraries using weather information
Determining alternative travel itineraries using current location
Using preferential status indicators for alternative flight recommendations
Using a flight status centric view for alternative flight recommendations
Using a status centric view for alternative recommendations

Additional research from the Mobi Team:

Dana Rosenfarb, Senior Data Scientist
Masters Degree in Computer Science from MIT
Featured Research: Brain Treebank: Large-scale intracranial recordings from naturalistic language stimuli
Thesis: Decoding Neural Processing of Linguistic Features From Large-Scale Intracranial Recordings and Naturalistic Language Stimuli

David Recio, Software Engineer
PhD in Mathematics from University of Aberdeen
Featured research: Geodesic complexity of motion planning

Harriet Brown, VP of Product
BS in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University
Featured research: Student Awareness of the Privacy Implications When Using Facebook

James Russell, Chief Product and Engineering Officer
PhD in Computer Science from Cornell
Thesis: Full Abstraction and Fixed-Point Principles for Indeterminate Computation
Full List of Publications

Jacob Broida, Lead Algorithm Engineer
Masters Degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineering from MIT
Thesis: Active policy querying for dynamic human-robot collaboration tasks

Lorenzo Davoli, VP of Product, Europe
PhD in Industrial Design from Umeå University
Thesis: Transtructures, prototyping transitional practices for the design of postindustrial infrastructures
Full List of Publications

Tesla Wells, Algorithm Engineer
Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering from MIT
Thesis: Using Qualitative Preferences to Guide Schedule Optimization

Yingxiang Yang, Chief Data Scientist
Masters in Engineering Systems Divisions from MIT
Thesis: Understanding human mobility patterns from digital traces
Full List of Publications

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