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Michael De Rosa
Ph.D. Candidate

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Motion-planning for large-scale ensembles of modular robots.
• Algorithms for robust management of distributed systems.
• Sensor and wireless ad-hoc networks.
• Random generation of highly structured objects.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Contract Programmer, Synk 5/6
Decimus Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Feb 05 - Present

Graduate Research Intern, Claytronics/DPR Project
Intel Research Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Summer 2005, 2006, 2007

Research Associate B, ARTEMIS Project
Institute for Security Technology Studies
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
Apr 02 - Aug 04

Senior Network Consultant
Springfield Ford
Springfield, PA, USA
Jun 99 - Aug 02

Research Programmer, ActComm Project
Institute for Security Technology Studies
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
Jun 01 - Aug 02

Professional Services Intern
Event Zero, Inc. [defunct]
Arlington, MA, USA
Sep 00 - Dec 00

Coursework

15-750: Graduate Algorithms

15-712: Advanced Operating Systems and Distributed Systems

10-701: Machine Learning

15-745: Optimizing Compilers For Modern Architectures

15-863: Physically-Based Modeling and Interactive Simulation

15-853: Algorithms in the Real World

15-814: Type Systems for Programming Languages

EDUCATION

BA (High Honors) in Computer Science Dartmouth College (2003). [Kemeny Prize 2003 recipient]

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

M, De Rosa, S. Goldstein,P. Lee, J. Campbell, P. Pillai, "Distributed Watchpoints: Debugging Large Multi-Robot Systems". IEEE ICRA, April 2007.
Also: International Journal of Robotics Research [special issue, in preparation]

M. De Rosa, S. Goldstein, P. Lee, J. Campbell, P. Pillai, "Scalable Shape Sculpting Via Hole Motion: Motion Planning in Lattice-Constrained Modular Robots", IEEE ICRA 2006. May 2006. [Best Student Paper nominee]

S. Goldstein et. al. "The Ensemble Principle". 13th Foresight Conference of Advanced Nanotechnogy, 2005.

Q. Li, M. De Rosa, D. Rus, "Distributed Algorithms for Guiding Navigation across a Sensor Network", ACM MOBICOM 2003, pp 313-325. Sept. 2003.

M. De Rosa "Power Conservation in the Network Stack of Wireless Sensors", Dartmouth Technical Report TR2003-458. June 2003.

Q. Li, M. De Rosa, D. Rus, "Distributed Algorithms for Guiding Navigation across a Sensor Network", Dartmouth Technical Report TR2002-435. Nov. 2002.

Q. Li, R. Peterson, M. De Rosa, D. Rus, "Reactive Behavior in Self-reconfiguring Sensor Networks", ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review, Vol. 6 No. 4, Oct. 2002.

Q. Li, R. Peterson, M. De Rosa, D. Rus, "Reactive Behavior in Self-reconfiguring Sensor Networks", ACM MOBICOM Student Poster, Sept. 2002.

DEMOS/TALKS

M. Ashely-Rollman, M. De Rosa, et al. "Declarative Programming for Modular Robots", IEEE IROS 2007 Workshop on Modular Robotics, Oct. 2007.

M. De Rosa, S. Goldstein, P. Lee, J. Campbell, P. Pillai, "Distributed Watchpoints: Debugging Very Large Ensembles of Robots", RSS 2006 Workshop on Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots.

B. Aksak et al., "Claytronics: Highly Scalable Communications, Sensing, and Actuation Networks", ACM SenSys 2005.