Ph.D. Program in Computer Science, August 2003-Present University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

M.S., Computer Science, May 2007 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

B.S., Computer Science, May 2003 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

Graduate Teaching Assistant	University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA	Fall 2007

Graduate Teaching Assistant for Engr 499, a special topics course for freshmen engineering students. Was part of a collaborative effort to rewrite the curriculum of the Engr 101 course as a special topics course to use robotics as a medium for teaching independent problem-solving skills. Was responsible for developing the lab curriculum, instruction, and grading.

Consultant	Microsoft Robotics
Redmond, WA	July 2006-June 2007

Modified accompanying exercises for The Robotics Primer Workbook described below in order to be compatible with Microsoft Robotics Studio.

Consultant	iRobot
Boston, MA	July 2006-March 2007

Writing a workbook to go along with the textbook, The Robotics Primer by Maja Mataric. The handbook will cover basic robotics techniques using the iRobot Roomba. Also developing open-source utilities to accompany the handbook.

Summer Intern and Consultant	Evolution Robotics
Pasadena, CA	Summer 2004, 2005-Present

Helped prepare software for release by finding and fixing software bugs. Adapted Evolution software to work for the Pioneer robot, improving obstacle avoidance for a robot using infrared sensors, implemented a Kalman Filter for a new sensor for greater accuracy, and writing a driver for speech recognition software. Continuing year-round as a consultant.

Graduate Research Assistant	Interaction Lab
University of Southern California	Aug 2003-Present

Research assistant in the interaction lab under the direction of Prof. Maja Mataric. Current research interests include socially assistive robotics as applies to human-robot interaction and children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Project Leader	Robot Research Group
University of Rochester	Dec 2001-Sep 2002

Overall leader of the team. Work entailed coordinating the three groups and integrating their code. Also dealt with budget management and coordination of the group's travel to the 2002 AAAI conference in Edmonton Alberta. Oversaw the obtainment of a REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) from the NSF (National Science Foundation).

Team Leader	Robot Research Group
University of Rochester	Aug 2001-Sep 2002

Led a 3-person group to investigate a speech-recognition and conversation system for the Robot Research Group for 2001 and 2002.

Workshop Coordinator	Computer Science Department
University of Rochester	Aug 2001-May 2003

Co-leader of the workshop program, assisting in planning of the courses CSC-171 (Introduction to Programming) and CSC-172 (Data Structures) along with designing a parallel curriculum for the workshops.

Summer Intern	Laboratory for the Engineering of Man-Made Systems (LEMS)
Brown University	Summer 2001

Internship in computer vision under the direction of Benjamin Kimia. Full time work involving research, feasibility study, planning and programming of a preliminary system for signature verification.

Workshop Leader	Computer Science Department
University of Rochester	Sep 2000-Dec 2002

Duties include maintaining proficiency in current theories related to peer education through a course ``Seminar in Group Leadership''. Also, extensive grading and instruction of students through three-hour sessions where the problem at hand is solved not by the workshop leader, but by the students working together as a team.

Summer Intern	Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory
Brown University	Summer 2000

Completed internship in the laboratory of Mary Carskadon Ph.D. Worked as Polysomnography (PSG) technician, monitoring research participants (9-18 years old) and maintaining lab.

• Best Poster Presentation Award Winner (RO-MAN 2007)
• USC Mellon Award for Excellence in Mentoring (2007)
• Annenberg Digital Media Fellow (2005)
• Winner, AAAI 2002 Robot Host Competition
• Rush-Rhees Fellow (1999-2003)
• Meliora Scholar (1999-2003)

• David Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Mataric, "Human-Robot Interaction," In Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science, 2008.
• David J. Feil-Seifer, Kristine M. Skinner, and Maja J. Mataric, "Benchmarks for Evaluating Socially Assistive Robotics," In Interaction Studies: Psychological Benchmarks of Human-Robot Interaction, 8(3), 2007.
• Maja J. Mataric, Jon Eriksson, David J. Feil-Seifer, and Carolee J. Winstein. "Socially Assistive Robotics for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation". In Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 4(5), 2007.

• Joshua Wainer, David J. Feil-Seifer, Dylan A. Shell, and Maja J. Mataric, Embodiment and Human-Robot Interaction: A task-based perspective, In IEEE Proceedings of the International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Jeju Island, South Korea, Aug 2007.
• Emily K. Mower, David J. Feil-Seifer, Maja J. Mataric, and Shrikanth Narayanan, Investigating Implicit Cues for User State Estimation in Human-Robot Interaction Using Physiological Measurements, In IEEE Proceedings of the International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Jeju Island, South Korea, Aug 2007.
• Maja J. Mataric, Nathan Koenig, and David J. Feil-Seifer. Materials for Enabling Hands-On Robotics and STEM Education. In AAAI AAAI Spring Symposium on Robots and Robot Venues: Resources for AI Education (AAAI-SS), Stanford, CA, Mar 2007.
• David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Mataric. A multi-modal approach to selective interaction in assistive domains. In IEEE Proceedings of the International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Nashville, TN, Aug 2005.
• David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Mataric. Defining socially assistive robotics. In International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, pages 465-468, Chicago, Il, Jun-Jul 2005.

• David J. Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Mataric, "Robot-assisted therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders," Refereed Workshop Conference on Interaction Design for Children: Children with Special Needs, Chicago, Il, Jun 2008.
• David Feil-Seifer. "Socially Assistive Robot-Assisted Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders," Refereed Workshop International Conference on Robotics and Automation: NEWHRI, Unifying characteristics of research in human-robot interaction. Pasadena, CA, May, 2008.
• Maja J. Mataric, Nathan Koenig, and David J. Feil-Seifer, "Materials for Enabling Hands-On Robotics and STEM Education," In AAAI Spring Symposium on Robots and Robot Venues: Resources for AI Education, Stanford, CA, Mar 2007.

• Raul Correal-Tezanos (Fall 2006-Fall 2007), Tour Guide Robot: Navigation and System Integration
• Darren James Earl (Fall 2007-Present), Human-Robot Interaction using stereo vision
• Viren Ranan (Spring 2006-Spring 2007), Human-Robot Interaction using an overhead camera
• Joshua Wainer (Spring 2006-Spring 2007), Embodiment and Human-Robot Interaction: A task-based perspective

• Brandon Angelo (Fall 2007-Present), Human-like conversational gestures for a humanoid robot
• Sean Bachelder (Summer 2007-Spring 2008), Applications and Drivers for Humanoid Robot Control
• Ryan Berti (Spring 2008-Present), Face and Facial Feature Detection for Human-Robot Interaction
• Urmila Mahadev (Fall 2007-Spring 2008), Activity History for Analysis of Human-Robot Interaction
• Rustom Jehangir (Spring 2008-Present), Imitation Game for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Donovan Schafer (Summer 2006), Tour Guide Robot: Navigation and Interaction
• Kristine Skinner (Fall 2003-Spring 2007), Benchmarks for evaluating socially assistive robotics
• Jennie Vongsoasup (Summer 2006), Tour Guide Robot: Path-Planning and Navigation
• Helena Wotring (Summer 2006), Tour Guide Robot: Human-Robot Interaction Interface