Jared Coleman is a PhD student at the University of Southern California and an engineer at the Aerospace Corporation. His research interests lie at the intersection of algorithm design, distributed and dispersed computing, IoT, and cyber-physical systems. Jared studied abroad at the Universidade Federal de Itajubá in Brazil for three semesters, where he developed a passion for languages and teaching. In his free time, Jared enjoys hiking and working on language revitalization projects with his tribe, the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley, concentrating on the preservation of their endangered language.
The potential for mobile robots to transform the way we solve real-world problems is immense. Engineers and computer scientists have envisioned a world where cooperative mobile robot systems could be used for package delivery, agriculture, search and rescue, construction, remote exploration (deep sea, space, exoplanets, etc.), and disaster relief, and many other applications. However, in practice, robots face constraints in their physical capabilities and must operate within limits imposed by cost, environment, and technology. My research interests lie in developing the theoretical and practical foundations for cooperative mobile agent systems. Specifically, my goal is to investigate the impact of communication, localization, sensing, mobility, and computation constraints on the ability of mobile agent teams to cooperatively solve problems.