David Conner
Associate Professor School Of Engineering And Computing
Newport News, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Conner is an associate professor of engineering and computing at Christopher Newport University with 17 years of experience educating and mentoring the next generation of engineers and computer scientists. He teaches courses from CS2 to AI, robotics, and parallel processing while leading CHRISLab, where he and students build ROS-based robotic systems including Turtlebots, Nao humanoids, and a Kinova arm. His research specializes in specifying low-level system capabilities to enable formal composition and synthesis of behavioral control for autonomous systems, blending controls, planning, and perception. Trained at Carnegie Mellon (Ph.D., M.S. in Robotics) with earlier degrees from Virginia Tech, he brings deep interdisciplinary expertise in both mechanical and robotic systems. Colleagues and students know him for turning theoretical composition methods into tangible robot demonstrations showcased on the lab’s channel.
17 years of coding experience
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, M.S., Mechanical Engineering at Virginia TechPh.D, MS, Robotics, Ph.D, MS, Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University
English
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Github Skills (49)
robotics10
python10
image-processing10
behavior10
robot10
moveit10
motion-planning10
ros10
slam9
localization8
state-machine8
robot-control7
simulations7
robot-simulator7
package7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
CNURobotics/kinova-ros
Dec 2017 - May 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 6 branches in 5 years 5 months
roboticsros2ros-packagesrosarms
CNURobotics/chris_turtlebot_navigation
Jan 2017 - May 2023
Contributions:5 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 4 months
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